Hardware Specifications - Intel 12Gb/s User Manual

Note: When you migrate drives, move only the drives that make up the virtual drive
2. Turn off power to the server and all drives, enclosures, and system components.
Disconnect the power cords from the systems.
3. Open the host system by following the instructions in the host system technical
documentation.
4. Either remove the SAS cable connectors from the internal drives, or remove the
shielded cables from the external drives that you want to migrate.
a. Make sure that pin 1 on the cable matches pin 1 on the connector.
b. Make sure that the SAS cables conform to all SAS specifications.
5. Remove the drives from the first system, and insert them into the drive bays on the
second system.
6. Connect the SAS cables to the drives in the second system.
7. Determine the SAS target requirements.
8. Perform a safety check.
a. Make sure that all of the cables are attached correctly.
b. Make sure that the RAID controller is installed correctly.
c. Close the cabinet of the host system.
9. Reconnect the power cords to the system.
10. Turn on the power to the system.
The controller detects the RAID configuration from the configuration data on the
drives.

Hardware Specifications

You can install the 12Gb/s Intel
has a PCIe slot. The following table describes the hardware configuration features for the
12Gb/s Intel
12Gb/s Intel® RAID Controllers User Guide
(not all of the drives in a drive group), so that you do not see an NVRAM
mismatch error (providing a configuration is on the destination controller).
The NVRAM mismatch error appears only if you move all of the drives to the
other controller.
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RAID Controllers in a computer with a motherboard that
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RAID Controllers.
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