-The Dell PE1800 servers utilize the Intel ICH8 chipset, which will not do
-hot swap SATA. However, "cold plug" is supported.
-
-1. Connect an ESATA to SATA connector inside the DELL PE1800 from SATA CON 0
- to an external card cage bracket. KingWin makes such an adapter cheap.
-2. Power up the PE1800.
-3. To use the external ESATA drive:
- 1. Connect the drive to the PE1800 via an ESATA cable.
- 2. Power it up.
- 3. Run the script: sudo esata mount.
- 4. Perform the IO operations with the mounted filesystem @ /media/esata.
- 5. Run the script: sudo esata umount.
- 6. Power down the drive.
- 7. Disconnect the drive's ESATA cable from the PE1800.
-
-Prerequisites:
- - sudo apt-get install scsiadd