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ReadyNAS 3220 not working - Can I put the drives in an identical ReadyNAS3220 without ...
ReadyNAS 3220 not working. Boots up but no Web interface. Can I put the drives in an identical ReadyNAS3220 without losing any data? They are both the same model, I just need the data from the N...
jguz007 wrote:
ReadyNAS 3220 not working. Boots up but no Web interface.
Can I put the drives in an identical ReadyNAS3220 without losing any data?
Yes. The NAS software and configuration files are all on the disks. That is a faster way of troubleshooting than the methods Sandshark and I proposed in your other thread. If the working NAS also fails to boot from the failed NAS disks, then the problem is definitely with one of the disks. Otherwise, it is a chassis failure.
Make sure both NAS are powered down when you move the disks. I strongly recommend labeling them as you remove them.
One caveat - if the software isn't exactly the same, then the working NAS will update either the flash or the OS partition to whatever software is newer.
For example, if the working NAS is running 6.10.5 and the failed NAS was running 6.10.8, then the working NAS will update its flash to 6.10.8 when you first boot with the disks from the failed NAS. Then when you boot up again with the original disks for that NAS, the NAS will update the software on those disks to 6.10.8.
Similarly, if the working NAS is running 6.10.8 and the failed NAS was running 6.10.5, then the first time you boot with the failed NAS disks, the working NAS will update the software on those disks to 6.10.8. Later on when you put those disks back in the failed NAS (when/if the failed NAS is operational again), that NAS will update its flash to 6.10.8 to match what is now on the disks.
thanks for the reply!!
For the record, I will not lose any data on my RAID10 complex by moving them to another chassis, correct?
jguz007 wrote:
For the record, I will not lose any data on my RAID10 complex by moving them to another chassis, correct?Correct.
Just swapped the drives. What IP will the new chassis have with the swapped out drives?
I can't seem to reach it on its old IP?
THanks!Did you try putting the disks from the working NAS in the failed one, and see if the failed one then boots up?
Also, did you try pinging that NAS when it is powered (but diskless)?
jguz007 wrote:
Just swapped the drives. What IP will the new chassis have with the swapped out drives?
RAIDar is the easiest way to find the IP - it uses ethernet broadcast, so it can find it even if it is not compatible with the subnet. It does require Java, and I do understand you might need to get permission to install it. But it can be on any PC.
Of course if you know the hostname of the failed NAS, you can also try that.
But to answer your question - it depends on how your network is configured.
- If failed NAS had a static IP address (configured in the NAS itself) then the working NAS would end up using the same address. That's because the configuration files are all on the disks.
- If the failed NAS was configured to use DHCP, then the NAS would get whatever address the router assigns to it. If you reserve addresses in the router, then the working NAS would continue to have the same address it had before you swapped the disks. That is because the reservation depends on the mac address of the NIC, and is not in a configuration file.
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