Migrate existing zpool to Serveraid m1015 w/o losing data

[Gonghua Dong]

I have a freenas build on Supermicro A1SAI-2750f with SC721 mini-itx case also from Supermicro. my drives (WD Red x4) currently connected to the on-board SATA port (2 on sata2, 2 on sata3).

I'm ordering a Serveraid M1015 card and planning to use SFF-8087 splutter cable so each internal SAS port split into 4 SATA ports. the question is can I migrate from on-board sata to M1015 without having to rebuild the zpool?

Thanks for any help!

 

[Bidule0hm]

Yes, no problem ;)

 

[danb35]

Sure can. Be sure to flash the card to IT mode with P16 firmware (if using 9.3) or P20 (if using 9.3.1).

 

[Gonghua Dong]

Thanks very much for replying! That sounds promising. So I just plug in and reboot and it will pick up the pool automatically?

Thanks.

 

[danb35]

Yep.

 

[Gonghua Dong]

Awesome! Thanks u guys.