Hello,
I have an Intel pedestal server chassis with the standard 6 bay hard drive cage. I recently acquired an AXX6DR3GEXP hot-swap 6 drive cage with an Adaptec ASR-3405/128MB Raid card.
I would like to replace the standard cage with the hot-swap cage and need help with the installation. I plan to install FreeBSD on this server and do not need a dedicated RAID controller but would like the ability to install both SAS and SATA drives. The hot-swap cage was removed from a dead server with the same hardware configuration (motherboard, PSU, case, etc.).
Besides install/connection help, I would also like to verify if this drive setup is possible? Also, do I need the RAID card to make this work?
Here is my system:
motherboard> S5000XVN/XSL
Backplane/Cage> AXX6DRV3GEXP
Raid Card> Adaptec ASR-3405/128MB