PE 2950 rebuild

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Hello,  I just rebuilt a PE2950 because I erased all the hard drives in it.  It has 5 physical drives and I created two virtual drives with a Raid 0 and a Raid 5 configuration.  When I look at the Server Administrator it says I have 4 drives on Connector 0 and 1 drive on Connector 1.  What is up with that?  Is this something I did while setting this server up?  What are the implications of this configuration, if any.  Can I leave it this way or do I have to go in and wipe it out and start over?  Server has to be put into production within the next two weeks so any help would be GREATLY appreciated!   Thanx, KBeau

DELL-JamesC · Answer

There are no channels on SAS so it makes no difference.  Unlike SCSI RAID where there were seperate channels and the config was important.  You can change connectors by moving the drive to a different slot but it does not matter.

KBeau · Answer

Thanks Jay!  I feel a lot better after hearing that.  I didn't think there would be any problems.  After all, if the RAID's are configured correctly, what do I care what 'connector' they are on?  But it always helps to have a more experienced opinion verify that. Have a good one, KBeau

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