[Info-vax] VSI VMS Community License Program - PAKS Arrived today

[John H. Reinhardt]

On 8/14/2020 3:48 PM, Mark DeArman wrote:

> 
> Honestly it might make sense to dump the SCSI-3 enclosures at that
> point, and try and adapt the p800 type to a new SAS enclousre instead.
> I haven't really looked at all the fitting issues inside the rx2620. I
> just have gobs of 146gb SCSI-3 disks left over from work though. Haha.
> I'll have to look into it.  Or just dump the rx2620 and put a blade in
> c3000 inclosure.  Probably cost less anyway.
> 

You might be able to find some mounting hardware that allows you to put 2.5" SAS/SATA drives in the 3.5" slots on a RX2620 but then you have a problem with the backplane being SCA-80 and not SAS/SATA.  The other problem is that the RZ2620 has a PCI-X bus and the Pxx Smart Array cards are all PCI-E except for the P600 which has no external ports.  What you can do is use a PCI-E to PCI bridge card (again see discussions by Rod Reigier and me "P400 in DS10") with a P411 with the external port and put the drives in an external SAS/SATA disk enclosure. A P811 has external ports but is a full height board and doesn't fit when using a bridge card.

PCI-e to PCI Bridge <https://www.ebay.com/itm/PCI-TO-PCIe-Bridge-Card-CHIPSET-PLX8112/233387975013>  I've bought one and it works in my DS10.  But these guys are S-L-O-W to ship. It took 3 weeks from New England to Texas.  There are ones on Amazon but at 150% of the price. Might be worth it.


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John H. Reinhardt