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Paul Brown1

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June 12th, 2013 12:00

PS6000e vs PS6010 controllers

Through an acquisition I have been given 6 new unopened Dell EqualLogic storage boxes.  I have installed a couple of them in my lab to learn more about them since I need to install a couple of them at some remote sites.  Two of of them are PS6010 systems full of 600G drives with the 10G only controllers.  I have not found the GBIC for these PS6010 controllers was wondering if I can just pull a couple of 1G controllers out of a PS6000e to get the PS6010 chassis setup and online?  The PS6000e box has 2TB drives in it which I am not sure would meet performance needs for the remote sites.  I know these boxes are a little dated since they were purchased in 2010 but they still show maintenance through 2014. 

I guess the short is how swappable are these chasis?  Can you put any controller in any chasis with any type drive or are there special chasis to match contollers and drives?

Thanks, Paul