jamiejunk
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Got some new LSI HBA cards for some new setups I'm doing. In my older servers I'm not sure what version of the IT firmware they are running. Seems like the suggested version of the firmware is version 16. So I want to kill all the birds with the same stone.
So my first question is, can I swap out an HBA with a different HBA and not lose or effect my pools? My thought is I'll update the firmware on the new cards, then just replace the cards in the existing servers. Seems like i'd have less downtime doing that. Then take the existing cards, flash them offline in another server and put them into the new servers i'm building.
Second question is how are you guys flashing these cards? Are you using the USB.ISO thing and booting into freedos or whatever and flashing the cards? Or sticking them in a windows machine and flashing the cards?
Thanks!
So my first question is, can I swap out an HBA with a different HBA and not lose or effect my pools? My thought is I'll update the firmware on the new cards, then just replace the cards in the existing servers. Seems like i'd have less downtime doing that. Then take the existing cards, flash them offline in another server and put them into the new servers i'm building.
Second question is how are you guys flashing these cards? Are you using the USB.ISO thing and booting into freedos or whatever and flashing the cards? Or sticking them in a windows machine and flashing the cards?
Thanks!