Connector question...

From: David Holland <dholland_at_woh.rr.com>
Date: Fri Jul 23 21:28:52 2004

Hi,

I'm getting around to doing something w/ that RS/6000 59H (finally) -
Backup server for my network.

So I Epay for a 10/100 MCA NIC, (No, 10Mbs won't do for the amounts of
storage involved). I've had a Sun Storage Library in the basement for
a while, get AIX re-installed, and the box on the LAN.. And then I go to
plug the library into the SCSI connector. Wots this.. Hmm, not HD50
like I thought.. Hmmm Google..Google..Google... And an hour later
Google has told me very little.

Anyways, the SCSI card is a IBM's SCSI-2 Fast/Wide card # 71G2589.
The connector itself has 68 'pins' (says so on the connector) Looks
more like a Centronics connector but is smaller, and has more than 50
pins. (Or you could say it looks like a SCA connector, but is missing
12 pins.) Its also to "big" to be VHDCI.

Hopefully I'll be able to re-ID the harddrives in the system, and
connect the library onto the other end of the SCSI chain, and get it
connected that ways. (Otherwise, I'll be looking at interfacing the
library to a SGI Indy (or Octane). The RS/6000 is at least more
impressive looking.)

Anyways, I'm annoyed now, and would at least like to know what that
connector is, and where I can get an adapter/cable for it. (whatever
this is to HPDB50)

Anyone out there own a "Mallet-O-Understanding", and feel like beating
me about the head and shoulders w/ it? :-)

Thanks,

David
Received on Fri Jul 23 2004 - 21:28:52 BST