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Question 3200i
I been doing an upgrade to VMware 7 to an old infrastructure and I found the SAS card is not supported, due to the VMklinux is being depreceated in this release, I found there is a SAS12GBPS card and I can make it work with ESXi 7, but if it's possible I would prefer to upgrade the controller. But I don't know if the md3200i can support a 12GBPS controller upgrade I assume is not, but I would like to ask this first.
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tapelibraryfixer
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June 19th, 2021 03:00
it may not be officially supported but that doesnt mean it wont work.
would also need new sas cables to convert from card to controller
Origin3k
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June 19th, 2021 09:00
There is NO controller upgrade for the old pvt 3200. You should look for MD 3420 for 12G.
Also replacing the heart of a SAN which is way beyond its EOS and years out of service it doesnt make sense money wise i think.
But the old 6Gbit SAS HBAs becomes unsupportet with the start of the Dell 13Gen. Poweredge and they offer 12Gbit SAS HBAs together with SAS HD-Mini to HD cables to attach old 6Gbit stuff.
Regards,
Joerg
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June 20th, 2021 14:00
Btw. the MD3200i is a ISCSI one and not the SAS one.