How to move raid from SAS 6/IR integrated onto new Perc H700
I recently replaced the SAS 6/IR integrated with the the PERC H700. What is the procedure to get the OS to boot now? I had a raid 1 on the OLD SAS6/IR, how do I move that to the new controller? Do I...
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Boot to CTRL-R, highlight the controller on the VD MGMT screen, then Import the foreign configuration.Bootable Windows virtual disks were not supported for migration from a SAS 6/iR to a PERC 6/i. The...
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says offline virtual disks cannot be imported
View ArticleRe: How to move raid from SAS 6/IR integrated onto new Perc H700
Did you do anything with them before moving them ... forcing them offline or deleting the virtual disk from the SAS 6/iR?
View ArticleRe: How to move raid from SAS 6/IR integrated onto new Perc H700
Nope..Just swapped out the card
View ArticleRe: How to move raid from SAS 6/IR integrated onto new Perc H700
It is possible that the H700 simply does not support migration of SAS 6/iR VD's. (The PERC 7 "family" docs say that migration of VD's can be done from SAS 6/iR controllers, however, the H200 (part of...
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Thank You for your time. I'm just going to do it from scratch, server is not in production yet, might as well start from scratch.
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just a thought which needs verification, if I replace disk 0:0 & disk 0:1, will I have to re-install the OS? Disk 0:2 has already been replaced once.
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View ArticleRe: Is it total backplane failure or all disks have failed
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View ArticleRe: Dell C1100 / CS24-TY bios and ems/ibmc update
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View Articlewhat is the oem reserved partition from factory
Installing server 2012 on a brand new dell R620 and I see a 39MB OEM reserved partition.should i leave this or is it OK to blow it away?what is on it?thanks.
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That is a diagnostic partition. When you power on and select the option to run diagnostics (or utility partition), it runs from there. If you are reinstalling the system, then it is safe to remove...
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what is the SMTD? I always thought it is best to use SUU utility to install the OS.
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