[Info-vax] smartarray 5300 question

[Hans Vlems]

On 21 feb, 10:32, Hans Vlems <hvl... at freenet.de> wrote:
> On 21 feb, 00:45, MG <marcog... at SPAMxs4all.nl> wrote:
>
> > On 20-feb-2013 21:39, Hans Vlems wrote:
>
> > > It proves that either the SCSI converter is dead, or the other cable
> > > is dead or both.
>
> > What does your setup (roughly) look like, SCSI ID- and termination-
> > wise?  In my experience, the majority of my SCSI and related issues
> > have been with regard to termination, even when I thought I 'nailed
> > it', I occasionally managed to overlook or miss something.  Also,
> > what kind of converters are you using?
>
> >   - MG
>
> The SCSI converter is a unit from McPriceBreakers, who are no longer
> active on eBay.
> Their units had an option to handle the unused datalines.
> I'm not sure termination is the problem in this example:I connected a
> (blue) BS35x cabinet that works fine
> with a KZPCM controller to the SA5300 controller and no drives were
> detected. And I'm
> sure that that cabinet is configured correctly.
> This evening I'll remove the KZPAC controller, put two new disks in
> the AS800 internal
> drive cage and install VMS 8.4 on a SCSI disk connected to its built-
> in LSI controller.
> Yesterday evening the KZPAC was disconnected from the internal drive
> bay and kept
> complaining about that.
> I tried various disks with the SA5300, one at the time. Each disk was
> set to SCSI id 0.
> Only when that disk was in the internal drive bay of the AS800 did it
> become visible to
> the SA5300 controller. For the other disks (connected with a flat
> cable and the SCSI
> converter) that indicates either a bad cable, bad converter or
> termination problem.
> In this particular test termination may have been a prblem though.
> Hans

MG
it IS a scsi termination problem. The flatcable used did fail in
another
configuration that is known to work.
Now I've got to find a proper working cable on eBay or Marktplaats.
Hans