I don't believe I posted a summary to this. Just 2 replies. Also, haven't
yet been able to pull the drive off the old server to verify if it'll work
or not.
Thanks to Shaun and Robert for their answers. Original question at the end.
Lisa
I don't know about this exact combination but I have had 3rd party Exabyte
drives connected to an Ultra 450 (using the same SCSI card) and haven't had
any problems. The biggest problem I had was trying to source a VHDCI to
Micro50 cable - Sun Australia didn't have any and didn't know where to get
them - we ended up getting a couple from one of our 3rd party supplier - the
cable was from Digital (much to the embarrasment of our Sun person).
Hope this is of some help.
Cheers, Shaun.
--- +- Shaun W. Amy. -------------------------------- Telephone: +61 2 9372 4452 -+*********************************************************** > >Check the Sun supported hardware for the Ultra 5 (it would have been one of >the many booklets that came with it). I've had problems attaching a 5Gb 8mm >drive to an Ultra 4000, the damn thing corrupted the boot disk! Sun's list >said only the 14Gb 8mm was supported on the 4000, so we got one and it >worked just fine. I would guess that your drive wouldn't work, but I'd be >happy for you to prove me wrong. > >cheers, > >Robert Rose >Unix Systems Administrator > >PS. The Model 911 refers to the Sun external enclosure, not the device >within. The tape drive is probably a 2Gb or 5Gb Exabyte. > >> ---------- >> From: Lisa Weihl >> Sent: Wednesday, 30 September 1998 6:42 AM >> To: Sun Managers mailing list >> Subject: old tape drive on new SCSI card >> >> Since finding out that my old CD-ROM won't work (well at least not to boot >> off of) on my new Ultra 5 SCSI card I've been wondering if our older tape >> drive will work either. I don't want to take it off the current server >> just to check it besides which I'd need to order a special VHDCI to >> micro50 >> connector just to test it. The tape drive is Model 911 which is 8mm. It >> currently runs on a SparcServer 10. >> >> The card is the 6540A, single-ended dual channel UW SCSI. From what I'm >> seeing in the SMCC Info Library manual that came with the server it looks >> like that drive might only work with the SunSwift card. Can anyone verify >> this for me? >> >> If it won't work, what are my choices for backup mechanisms on this new >> Ultra? >> >> >> Lisa >> >> ****************************************************************** >> Lisa Weihl, System Administrator E-mail: lweihl@cs.bgsu.edu >> Department of Computer Science Office: Hayes 225 >> Bowling Green State University Phone: (419) 372-0116 >> Bowling Green, Ohio 43403-0214 Fax: (419) 372-8061 >> >> >
****************************************************************** Lisa Weihl, System Administrator E-mail: lweihl@cs.bgsu.edu Department of Computer Science Office: Hayes 225 Bowling Green State University Phone: (419) 372-0116 Bowling Green, Ohio 43403-0214 Fax: (419) 372-8061
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