[Info-vax] P410 on DS10/DS15

[John H. Reinhardt]

On 10/13/2020 8:31 AM, Rod Regier wrote:
> On Tuesday, October 6, 2020 at 4:01:07 p.m. UTC-3, John H. Reinhardt wrote:
> 
>> The only way I can see to do SATA on the RX2600/2620/ZX6000 is a Smart Array card with an external port such as a P600 and an external disk enclosure as you mentioned.
> 
> I had earlier published a bill of materials on how a P410i card can talk to an external eSATA standalone enclosure. (uses the P410i internal connector) w/o SKUs it would look like:
> * PCIX to PCIe adapter
> *P410
> *P410 1G cache card and FBWC
> *internal/internal 4x cable
> *Int to ext 4x chassis adapter  (hard to source)
> *External/external 4x single cable
> *Standalone eSATA enclosure (moderately hard to source)
> *1-4 SATA drives
> 
> I have found suppliers and SKUs for all of the above.
> 

True.  I guess my point was you need an external box. It's matter of choice and availability on how you get there.

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John H. Reinhardt