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June 22nd, 2015 00:00
PowerEdge 2950-additional PERC card to connect to PowerVault 220S
Hi,
I have one unit PowerEdge 2950 (Service Tag# <
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I would like to know is it possible to connect 2950 to this PowerVault 220S? I going to refurbish this 2950 to Windows Server 2012.
This PE2950 originally didn't come with extra PERC card. If I want to add in the extra PERC card to connect to PV220s, is it possible to do that?
DELL-Daniel Ca
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June 22nd, 2015 09:00
Hello, jindrax.
So, I'm not saying it's impossible, however it will definitely get tricky. The PV220s works with a PERC 3 or PERC 4, which is NOT validated on the PE2950. The PE2950 is about the time we started switching over to SAS, if I recall correctly. So it'll be difficult at best to find a card for connecting the PV220s.
Aside from that, using the PV220s with Windows 2012 isn't a good idea either. While windows may have a random driver for it, it won't match the firmware, and will cause it to act 'funky' to say the least.
In this case, honestly you'd be better suited to find a large (4TB) USB drive, and be in a much better position than trying to mesh the older technology to today's.
jindrax
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June 22nd, 2015 19:00
Hi Daniel,
So your advice is not to mess up PE2950 with PV220s. Instead, get additional hard disks and slot into PE2950. Right?
DELL-Daniel Ca
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June 23rd, 2015 08:00
Well said. Yes, that is correct.