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Replace H700 with LSI
Hi,
Can I replace my H700 in my R510 with a LSI RAID card?
I need an Internal and External connector.
We have a R510 (H700 RAID card) and will be purchasing a MD1200 (H800), and we'd like to utilize the existing 12 bays in the R510 as well as the 12 in the MD1200 to expand the current arrays.
Dell does not have a card with external and internal connector, so I'm looking into other options that I can hopefully swap out and it will import arrays automatically or easily. My understanding is that Dell RAID cards are based on LSI, so would they be my best bet?
My other option is to Purchase a H800 for the R510 to connect to the MD1200 and move one array (physically move disks) to the MD1200. So have one array on each controller.
Open to any advice too.
Cheers
Chipped87,
If you have an available slot in your server that is not being used you can add the H800 controller card and then attach the MD1200 to that controller. That way you would have one controller for your internal disks and the new controller for the external disks. That is the recommended way to set it up.
Though this suggestion wouldn't let you extend your raid set from within the R510 to the drives in the MD1200, it is generally not a good idea to extend a raid set to span the drives inside a server and the drives in a disk enclosure external to the server.
So Kenny's suggestion is probably a better choice and you just create a new raid set with the drives in the MD1200.
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Posted September 2nd, 2013 10:00
Chipped87,
If you have an available slot in your server that is not being used you can add the H800 controller card and then attach the MD1200 to that controller. That way you would have one controller for your internal disks and the new controller for the external disks. That is the recommended way to set it up.