>The on-board SAS controller isn't externally facing, and not expecting >hotswap drives. Drive detection is performed by BIOS during POST. >Dell optiplex, precision, and poweredge. I have all 3 sitting in my >basement right now, with SATA cables dangling out the chassis through >holes I cut, in order to attach removable disks externally. It all works >but I have to power off the host while connecting/disconnecting drives.
>The poweredge server also has an HBA (basic SAS) with hotswappable drives >on the front. These do not require any poweroff to swap the drives, as the >name suggests. Well, at least in my case with both the HP DL380 and the Oracle T3-1 we're talking about server cases with hot-swap drive bays. So, I wouldn't expect external connectors anyway. But as both are in producition with literally hundreds of live users, the possibilty to swap drives in operation is crucial. So, again, would the T3-1 onboard controller do that? Cheers Stefan ________________________________ Acando GmbH, Millerntorplatz 1, 20359 Hamburg, Germany | Geschäftsführer: Guido Ahle | Amtsgericht Hamburg, HRB 76048 | Ust.Ident-Nr.:DE208833022 _______________________________________________ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
