topic Re: SmartArray 642 connecting two Drive Cages in ProLiant Servers - Netservers

SmartArray 642 connecting two Drive Cages

Thomas Tamegger — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:30:26 GMT

Hello,

We have a ProLiant ML350 G4p with an SmartArray 642 Controller. At the Moment,the original 6 Bay Drive Cage is connected to the 642 Controller with a RAID5 Configuration. We want to install the additional 2Bay Drive Cage. The Question is, if we can connect the 2Bay Cage also on the Controller to build a RAID5 with 8 HDD´s.

regards, Thomas

Re: SmartArray 642 connecting two Drive Cages

Thomas Dertz — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:03:22 GMT

Hello,

the SA 642 has only 1 internal connector, you need the SA 6402 or 6404.
See this http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/servers/proliantstorage/arraycontrollers/index.html

Re: SmartArray 642 connecting two Drive Cages

Thomas Tamegger — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:48:56 GMT

Thanks for the answer ...
Is there no possibility , e.g with an Y Cable or connecting the 2Bay Cage trough the 6Bay Cage?