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Hello everyone, I have a quick question about the Dell PowerEdge T410, which is, can I put another SCSI RAID controller in the machine in addition to the one already in place.
I need to implement an external storage solution and I have a Dell Powervault 220S that I plan to use for this. But I need an additional SCSI controller in the server to interface with the array and to configure the hard drives in a RAID array. Currently the server has 4 2 TB drives in it already configured for RAID 5 but I'll be using that for something else. If I can provide anymore information let me know.
Thank you in advance for any help.
Bloombase - Eug
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Posted March 6th, 2012 07:00
Would like to know if QLE2562 is supported by T410? I don't see it on the list above.
DELL-Dao L
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Posted March 6th, 2012 19:00
Hi,
The T410 is not verified to use the older SCSI RAID controllers ( such as the PERC4 cards, which is required for the PV220s to operate ). As you might be aware, all the currently tested and available cards for the server are SAS based.
Theoretically as long as there is an available slot to plug in the card, it should run, the problem is whether the storage BIOS would boot without issues on this server, which we can't verify on that. Thus if you already have the equipment at hand, you may give it a try but the Dell tech support team can only provide limited support on the setup. Another challenge is whether you could locate suitable drivers from LSI, the older cards were generally EOL from Dell support before Windows Server 2008.
Thanks.
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keegans
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Posted August 16th, 2011 14:00
Thanks for the help