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January 19th, 2021 16:00
Have 2 similar servers but different raid controllers
I have 2 dell power edge T320 servers. One with a perc h710 controller and another perc h310 controller. Is there a way to move my boot drive from the server with the perc h310 controller to the server with perc h710 controller.
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DELL-Shine K
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January 19th, 2021 19:00
You should be able to migrate virtual disk from H310 to H710 controller. Please refer "Virtual Disk Migration" section on page 16 of below link for more details.
https://downloads.dell.com/manuals/all-products/esuprt_ser_stor_net/esuprtl_adapters/poweredge-rc-h310_User's%20Guide_en-us.pdf
Please note it is good practice to backup your data before carrying out any maintenance tasks. Also as a best practice ensure you have latest firmware installed on the controller
jbrotto
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January 20th, 2021 08:00
It is a boot drive. Would I need to change the boot file as to boot from that drive on the other machine?
jbrotto
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January 20th, 2021 08:00
Is there a particular menu option to do so?
jbrotto
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January 20th, 2021 08:00
It will work for UEFI RAID configuration the same way? I won't need to remount the drive when loading windows?
DELL-Shine K
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January 20th, 2021 08:00
You can refer "Enabling Boot Support For A BIOS-Enabled Controller" section on page 59 of below link for boot drive configuration
https://downloads.dell.com/manuals/common/rc_h310_h710_h710p_h810_ug_en-us.pdf
DELL-Shine K
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January 20th, 2021 08:00
Server should boot from this new virtual disk if you configure this new virtual disk as bootable device on H710 configuration utility. I do not believe any other changes required to boot from the new virtual disk. As this is a new server you might face some driver related issues if there are mismatch between both server configurations.