Subject: Re: RZ-28 drives - problems adding them, and some spare
To: Chris Wareham <chris.wareham@iosystems.co.uk>
From: Paul Thompson <thompson@mail.athenet.net>
List: port-vax
Date: 05/07/2002 06:57:37
Are you adding an external storageworks shelf or adding them internally?
If external, they get their ID from the shelf.
If internal, check google for the jumpers to set the ID's.

On Tue, 7 May 2002, Chris Wareham wrote:

> I have just acquired six RZ-28 hard drives, and wish to put
> two or three of them into my MicroVax 3100 m80. If I add one
> of them, it shows up as expected when I do SHOW DEV. However,
> if I add one or two extra drives then no drives are found
> when I do SHOW DEV. Is this a SCSI ID or termination issue?
> If so, how do I set the ID's or terminate an RZ-28?
> 
> I also want to add one to my VaxStation 3100 (in addition
> to its 540Mb boot drive), although I don't know if I'm
> going to run into the same problems there.
> 
> Three of the drives are surplus to my requirements, so if
> anyone in the UK is interested in them then let me know.
> They are 2.1Gb drives and two of them are in the plastic
> boxes like the ones in an AlphaServer RAID array. They're
> the full height drives, so they wont fit into something like
> a VLC.
> 
> Chris
> 
> 

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