The external SE interface located on the 928's master I/O board is part of
the internal bus, where the tape drive is already located, so there is room
for it.
John Lee
Vaske Computer Solutions
At 07:25 AM 3/22/04 -0500, Gilles Schipper wrote:
>There should be no reason why you cannot set up the external DDS3 drive on
>the same interface as the internal DDS3 drive - unless there are 7 other
>devices already using that interface.
>
>However, changing either the interface or the unit number WILL require
>config. changes.
>
>
>At 08:27 PM 2004-03-21, John Pitman wrote:
>>No, its a dds3 unit.
>>
>>If I disconnect the internal, and connect an external DDS3 drive set up as
>>unit 3, will there be any config changes needed? The external scsi socket is
>>on different bus?
>>
>>Prefer to minimize pain for local minimally technical staff.
>>
>>thanks,
>>jp
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "John Lee" <[log in to unmask]>
>>To: "John Pitman" <[log in to unmask]>
>>Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2004 4:44 AM
>>Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] Dying dds tape drive
>>
>>
>> > John-
>> >
>> > Is it DDS2? If so, they're notorious for failure. Go to DDS3 if you
can.
>> > It will read your DDS2 tapes, and in fact will write to them, too,
>>although
>> > it will act as a DDS2 drive in terms of performance and capacity if you
>>use
>> > DDS2 tapes, but it will be more reliable.
>> >
>> > If it turns out the drive is bad, I'd replace it with an external unit
(if
>> > it's not external already) or if you have a HASS array there, you can get
>> > them for HASS arrays. This way, you don't have to shut the system
down at
>> > every failure and it doesn't require an HP tech to replace.
>> >
>> > If you want to explore any of this further, let me know.
>> >
>> > Best,
>> >
>> > John Lee
>> > Vaske Computer Solutions
>> >
>> >
>> > At 01:39 PM 3/19/04 +1100, you wrote:
>> > >We have a remote 928, and a month or two ago its dds drive died - got an
>> > >error indicating low level io problem, call hp. Replaced it with a
refurb
>> > >unit, worked ok for a few weeks, now this drive is giving me a subsys
>>113,
>> > >error -44, generic hardware error, call hp.(trying to do a remote
>>online).
>> > >Anybody BTDT lately? Any advice? This thing is in China, outside any
well
>> > >known cities, and HP engineers are thin on the ground.
>> > >
>> > >TIA,
>> > >John Pitman
>> > >
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