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Title:Ask the Storage Architecture Group
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Moderator:SSAG::TERZAN
Created:Wed Oct 15 1986
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:6756
Total number of notes:25276

6585.0. "DEC3000-800, PMAZC-AA, BA362" by PRSSOS::BACHELET () Wed Apr 16 1997 04:16

One customer wants to connect a BA362, with 2 RZ29B,

on his PMAZC controller in a DEC3000-800 system.

	I'd like to know:

- Does this config works?

- If yes, with which SCSI cable?

- Is it supported under UNIX?

Thanks in advance. Patrick.
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6585.1NABETH::alanDr. File System's Home for Wayward Inodes.Wed Apr 16 1997 10:446
	The Digital UNIX SPD has rarely, if ever, called out whether a
	particular box/cabinet/shelf is supported.  It is the drives
	that matter.  Looking through the SPDs, the first version to
	support the RZ29B on the DEC 3000 family was V3.2B.  The PMAZC
	is Fast/Narrow/Single-ended SCSI.  So, you just need the right
	cable.  I don't know which one that is though.
6585.2SMURF::KNIGHTFred KnightWed Apr 16 1997 13:1514
Yes, Digital UNIX will support that config.  As Alan said,
we don't care about the wire.  As long as the device and
the adapter are supported, we'll support it.  Of course,
if you don't have a "DEC" cable, we may tell you to go
buy one (since ours are better than all the others in the
world).

Try:
BN21N-01 50 pin HD to 68 pin HD

I can't remember of the 68 pin end is a RT angle, or if
it's straight.  You need the RT angle for the BA362 box.

	Fred
6585.3BA362 cableBRLLNT::MONTAQUILACover me, I'm changing lanes!Thu Apr 17 1997 08:1313
    I have a BA362 right in front of me and yes you could
    use a 68HD RT on the enclosure but your putting alot
    of stress on the cable because the connector is recessed
    a good 1 1/2" in (this is true for the BA364 too).  I   
    suggest, (And I recommend to customers
    as well) for 50HD ST to 68HD ST  :
    
    		BN31V-01     (for 1 meter)
       or	FR-PCXAR-WK  (for 2 meter)
    
    Regards,
    Brian