Transfer the HD from C260 to C220

[Chi Fai Leung]

Hi All UC Server Experts,

I installed and finished the configurations the ESXi with some Cisco Appliances into the UCS C260 Server with 2 x 500GB Hard Disk RAID 1, but now I want to transfer the 2 x 500GBwith data to a new UCS C220 server.

Actually, I don't have the 2 extra HD to do that.

Can I just plug and paste the HD to the new C220 Server?

How can I confirm the RAID and data is safe?

[padramas]

Hello,

First make sure the HDD models are compatible between C260 and C220 server from the datasheet.

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps10493/products_data_sheets_list.html

Then, what is the RAID controller model installed on C260  and C220 server ?

If the controllers are compatible, then after the hard disk swap, you can import the RAID configuration during the first boot sequence.

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/unified_computing/ucs/c/hw/C220/install/raid.html#wp1016557

Padma

[Chi Fai Leung]

The HDs should be compatible.

The C260 RAID Controller is: LSI MegaRAID SAS 9261-8i

The C220 RAID Controller is: LSI MegaRAID SAS 9266-8i

I will transfer the HD from C260 to C220 today.

[Chi Fai Leung]

According to the "Restoring RAID Configuration After Replacing a RAID Controller", how can I import the RAID configuration during the first boot sequence? That mean I have to export the RAID configuration from the C260 and import that to the new C220 server?

[Chi Fai Leung]

Thanks!

It was successful for me to swap the HD already.