Smart Array Controller Driver installation

[Walter Perewernycky]

We have 2 ML370s - one with a 5300 array controller, second with a 5i controller. Able to swap hard drives (RAID5) from 5300 to 5i, but not reverse - blue screen starting Win2000 server. Obviously the 5300 driver is compatible with the 5i controller but not the other way around. Does anyone know a way to install Win2000 drivers for the 5300 after the drives have been relocated to a ML370 with a 5300 controller from a machine that ran with a 5i controller ?

[Jon_75]

Have you tried to simply install the controller but not switch over the drives?
Once the controller is installed, install the drivers for the 5300. Attach some external drive to see if it works (e.g. driver). Once the OS can see both controllers and all drives, you should be able to move it to another server as the drivers would detect/not detect the appropiate controllers.

-Jon

[Walter Perewernycky]

Jon,
Thanks for your response. We finally decided to reinstall Win200 os. During this setup, not repair, it detected the previous installation, and prompted if another driver for the RAID controller needed to be installed. After the reboot, the correct driver was used for the RAID system, and all other programs/setting/drivers were maintained.
Walter