Carl Lowenstein wrote: > >> Wow, that's awesome, the servers are Compaq - ML370 R01 P933-256. Sorry >> about not being more specific in my earlier post, it's been so long >> since I've worked with SCSI that I all but forgot about the many >> flavors. The specs say wide ultra2 so I'm assuming these drives would be >> a no go? >> > > As I remember, ultra160 drives are backwards compatible to ultra2. > The real next question has two-parts. The drives are 80-pin SCA > (single connector attachment). They came enclosed in carriers that > slot directly into some Compaq backplanes. > > Best case, your Proliant has the fittings for these carriers. > Next-best case it has some other way of using 80-pin SCA drives. > Worst case, the server has cabling for the older 68-pin drives and > these won't work at all. > > I just went looking at the maintenance manual for what I think is this > computer, and it looks like the drive carriers will fit. You too can > see the manual at: > <http://preview.tinyurl.com/4ys8rg> > > Look at "hot plug drive cage" #8 on page 1-4 and "Hot-Plug SCSI Hard > Drive" on page 2-19. Unless Compaq did something really silly in > mechanical design, the drive carriers that I have are just like the > ones in the drawing. > > carl >
Perfect, I will contact you off-list to make arrangements. Thank you so much Tyrion -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
