Thanks to the following people for the quick responses!
Benjamin Smith
Judith Reed
Saulo Murguia
Dennis Breeden
Wayne Blumstengel
Leonard, Roger
The general consensus is that if I upgrade the firmware of my HSZ70
controllers to at least 7.3, I will be able to use the 18.GB drives w/o much
problems. Wayne Blumstengel mentioned that he just received v7.7. I'm going
to check with our purchasing on that. I was sure we're under some sort of
support contract with Compaq. Judith Reed not only assured me that the 36GB
drives work fine, she was also very kind to provide me with the contact for
a reseller. Special thanks goes to Judith.
Here's my original message
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We are looking to expand our storage capacities on one of our alpha 4100's.
It has an ESA10000 storage cabinet attached, with 2 HSZ70 controllers in
redundant configuration. We currently have a mixed 4.3GB and 9.1GB drives
(in different RAID configs) in the cabinet. They all work fine. I am looking
to replace some of the 4.3GB drives in the cabinet with larger ones. Looking
at Compaq's web site, I found the drives that I'm interested in.
36.4-GB Pluggable Wide-Ultra SCSI-3 10,000 rpm [159138-001; DS-RZ1FC-VW]
18.2-GB Pluggable Wide-Ultra SCSI-3 10,000 rpm [380589-B21; DS-RZ1ED-VW]
Before purchasing them, I want to find out whether if my HSZ70 controllers
will support them. However, even after surfing for a few hours on Compaq's
site, and the list archives, I was unable to find any information on HSZ70
compatibility with newer drives. I'm guessing that my controllers need to be
at a certain firmware level, and here's what I have on both HSZ70's:
HSZ70 ZG81713714 Firmware V71Z-0, Hardware H01
Any information will be greatly appreciated. Will summarize.
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Hank Lee
hank.lee_at_vta.org
Sr. UNIX Systems Administrator
SAP Basis Administrator
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
UNIX is very user friendly, It's just very particular about who it makes
friends with.
Received on Fri Mar 24 2000 - 21:25:58 NZST