LVD-SCSI

From: Witvliet, Hans (Hans.Witvliet@Alcatel.nl)
Date: Thu Apr 12 2001 - 00:50:31 PDT

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    From: "Witvliet, Hans" <Hans.Witvliet@Alcatel.nl>
    Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 09:50:31 +0200
    Subject: LVD-SCSI
    

            First of all, thanks for all the replies,

            Looks like the $100 is not wasted.
            Before ordering i noted that physical dimensions and SCA-connector
    are identical to the 2G drive i have currently,
            And according to the specs with a jumper the selection can be made
    between differential or single ended mode.

            What i failed to see in time, was that LVD-drives uses different
    electric levels for logical "0" or logical "1",
            And according to Seagate, that LVD-drives and HVD-drives should not
    be mixed!

            Well at least Thomas got the drive working, so i have good hopes.

            I 'll report the results, when the drive arrives....

            Hans.
            
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            -----Original Message-----
            From: Thomas P. [SMTP:m.adto.m@gmx.de]
            Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2001 5:41 PM
            To: Witvliet, Hans; Suse Sparc Users List
            Subject: Re: [suse-sparc] Hardware
            Hello out there,

            exactly this disk is running here in my SS20 with no probs. Sure
    because of the sun design the disk doesnt run at the max. possible speed
    (about 6-7mb/s) but it is running fine....

            Dont forget: put a better fan in, the drive needs cooling.

            Thomas

            
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            -----Original Message-----
            From: Walker, John [SMTP:jwalker@williamsindustries.com]
            Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2001 4:49 PM
            To: Witvliet, Hans
            Subject: Re: [suse-sparc] Hardware
            You really need to determine what the SCSI interface card is. It
    seems
            reasonable if your current SCSI drive is differential then a new
            differential drive should work. Finding this out will probably
    entail
            removing the cover and taking a peak. Look for the existing drive
    and SCSI
            card and write down the model numbers.

            John Walker

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            -----Original Message-----
            From: William Perry Dulyea [SMTP:wdulyea@qualcomm.com]
            Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2001 8:37 PM
            To: Witvliet, Hans
            Cc: Suse Sparc Users List
            Subject: Re: [suse-sparc] Hardware
    The best advice I can give you is to find the technical info on the current
    drive you are using in your SS20. This will tell you if you are using the
    LVD or HVD.

    -William

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            -----Original Message-----
            From: Craig Barnes [SMTP:craig.barnes@btinternet.com]
            Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2001 9:09 PM
            To: Witvliet, Hans; Suse Sparc Users List
            Subject: Re: [suse-sparc] Hardware

            The SS20 takes Narrow SCSI SCA drives, but UW and probably LVD will
    work as
            the yare backwards compatible, I have used two 4GB UW scsi disks in
    my SS20
            with no problems. Heat may be an issue on larger disks, and remember
    the
            SS20 only takes low profile drives 1" high.

            Craig

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    Kind regards, SDHans Witvliet Alcatel Telecom NL, TTAC
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