[Info-vax] 900GB 10K SAS drives

[David Froble]

mjjerabek wrote:
> I was given a box of (QTY 2) 900GB 10k SAS disc drives to try out, but have been unable to make them work. I have both a rx2620 and rx2800 that have been set to HBA mode where I could try them.
> 
> So far these 2 drives do not work.
> 
> Has anyone used these drives with an rx2660/rx2800 system with OpenVMS 8.4? Am I missing a patch or firmware update? Or are they just bad drives?
> 
> All help appreciated.
> 
> Mjj

This may not apply.  Did you have the system down to install the drives?  If 
not, then VMS will not use the drives until it is configured for them. 
Something like:

$ SYSMAN IO CONFIGURE /ALL

or something like that.  HELP will be your friend.