ReadyNAS 3220 not working - Can I put the drives in an identical ReadyNAS3220 without ...

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)?

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jguz007 wrote:

Just swapped the drives.  What IP will the new chassis have with the swapped out drives?

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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.