[geeks] q about connecting external SCSI array

[Phil Stracchino]

On 04/16/10 20:07, Patrick Giagnocavo wrote:
> I have an external SCSI array with regular 68-pin, and an Adaptec card
> with 68pin VHDCI connector.  The cable has finally come in, however the
> system the Adaptec card is in, is already running. The OS is VMWare ESXi
> v4 which can refresh storage adapters, and the Adaptec card is not
> connected to the boot drives.
> 
> Can I connect the external array without having to reboot or will
> something bad happen should I try to do that?

Sounds to me like you should be perfectly safe.  The worst potential
consequence I can see is ESXi fails to pick up the array on the rescan.


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