Thanks to all who responded so quickly,
alan_at_nabeth.cxo.dec.com
DEBRULER_at_eglin.af.mil
tpb_at_zk3.dec.com
david.w.chapman_at_USSEV.mail.abb.com
My original question was:> From alpha-osf-managers-relay_at_sws1.ctd.ornl.gov Thu Jun 20 10:45 EDT 1996
> Sender: alpha-osf-managers-relay_at_sws1.ctd.ornl.gov
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> Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 10:33:58 -0400
> From: kliebert_at_kgo.csc.com (Karl Liebert)
> To: alpha-osf-managers_at_ornl.gov
> Subject: SCSI doesn't talk to new drives.
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> Hello all,
> I'm trying to add 4 rz28s to an empty SCSI bus. I have a dual port
> Turbo Channel to SCSI card in tc0. It works fine. It can run 8 bit
> SCSI fast or slow. I have recently bought a StorageWorks (BA350-KB)
> box and 4 RZ28M-VW. I have connected it to the DEC Alpha 3000-700 w/
> the appropriate cable, and the Jumpers and terminators on the Storage-
> Works box are set correctly for a single bus config. In the firmware
> mode (>>> prompt) I have run "t tc0 cnfg". This probes the SCSI buses
> on the tc0. The drives don't show up at all in fast or slow modes.
> I feel sure I have bought the wrong drives and/or StorageWorks box.
> What I need to know now, if I did buy the wrong stuff, is how to make
> it work (convertors or settings) or what I need to replace.
> Thanks in advance. This is my second time querying this group and
> you were very helpful last time.
>
> Later,
> Karl
> kliebert_at_kgo.csc.com
>
To sum up correct responses and what I was able to learn from the DEC
WWW areas, I got the wrong drives. I already had an 8 bit controller.
They sold me an 8-bit StorageWorks box and a set of 16 bit drives.
I'm not sure if the box would work if I changed the controller,
or added an adapter. So I hope to get the correct drives.
I wish they'd use a more consistent way of referring to the different
SCSI types. I'm not sure what all the correct terminology is, but there
is 2 or 3 ways of referring to many of them (and DEC literature uses ALL
the possible combinations). Many appear to be compatible, but if it
doesn't explicitly say so, one can't assume.
Thanks again for the wonderful help.
Karl
Received on Thu Jun 20 1996 - 21:25:04 NZST