My original Post:
> We have an AS4000 in which we want to add more disks to. Currently we
> have 2 Storage Works BA36R-RA Shelfs (the manual for them actually
> says 'BA356-S Series'). These are each connected to seperate KZPDA-AA
> PCI SCSI Adaptor boards. I would like to simply get another Storage
> Works shelf and daisy chain it off one of the current chains. I guess
> I need to know if this is even possible. The card is a Fast Wide card
> so it should allow for 16 devices, right? I will put all the wide devices
> on the chain with 16 devices and all the older SCSI devices on the chain
> with 8 devices.. (BTW - I know about the total devices = number possible
> - one for the scsi controller...)
>
> Do I need to buy the split bus version of a Storage Works shelf? Do
> I need to buy anything else?
Thanks to everyone who replied. The general consensus is:
1. No version of Digital UNIX supports SCSI address above 8 with the KZPDA-AA
card.
2. Single ended connections might be a problem later on.
Thanks to:
alan_at_nabeth.cxo.dec.com
"Degerness, Mandell ITSD:EX" <Mandell.Degerness_at_gems2.gov.bc.ca>
Michael Springer <Springm_at_clmmp001.atsc.allied.com>
"Dr. Ram Rao" <ram_at_ini.dec.com>
-Dan
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Received on Mon Jul 13 1998 - 20:35:06 NZST