14 Jul
2020
14 Jul
'20
6:08 p.m.
All the Smart Array controllers, to my knowledge, have
the ability to
run as a JBOD, so I imagine that would work. The biggest issue I've
found with older SA controllers, is getting them configured (and driver
support for really old ones on modern OSes).
Jason,
Thanks. To be clear there are no HDDs connected to the controller (there is a separate
5304 controller that has all the HDDs on it). I just did not have enough external ports on
the 5304 to drive the tape library so I wanted to repurpose the original 3200 controller.
I would think it would not be an issue but the system keeps complaining on boot that there
are no physical drives (I assume it means HDDs) connected to the 3200.
-Ali