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Conference ssag::ask_ssag

Title:Ask the Storage Architecture Group
Notice:Check out our web page at http://www-starch.shr.dec.com
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

6632.0. "Is the HSZnn rack mountable?" by SANITY::LEMONS (And we thank you for your support.) Mon Apr 28 1997 11:41

    Hi
    
    Can I mount an HSZnn in a AlphaServer 2100a RM cabinet configuration
    (which uses a H9A10-CG 19" wide cabinet)?
    
    Thanks!
    tl
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6632.1OTOOA::LAVIGNEMon Apr 28 1997 15:553
    No I do not think that that is a supported config.  Use an SW500 or 800
    or buy a Raid 450 package if you aren't going to need anymore than 24
    drives.
6632.2I have to disagree with JP....SSDEVO::INDERMUEHLEStonehenge Alignment ServiceTue Apr 29 1997 10:218
Actually, you can mount the BA350-Mx shelf in a 19" cabinet and then
install the controllers. CSS is doing this all the time. 
You might contact CSS and inquire. They use the BA35R-MR and BA35R-SF
and configure all kinds of things, Intel and Alpha in Retma racks.

Regards,

John I
6632.3SANITY::LEMONSAnd we thank you for your support.Tue Apr 29 1997 10:538
    Thanks.  I've sent mail to (I think) the product manager.  Is there
    anyone else I should ask?  I looked at CSS' excellent Web site
    (http://quotsr.mko.dec.com/css_custom_packaging/#AlphaServer 2100), and
    did see a bunch of information.  But I didn't find a part number for a
    rack-mountable HSZ.
    
    Thanks!
    tl
6632.4OTOOA::LAVIGNETue Apr 29 1997 11:045
    I would also have to agree with John and disagree with my first
    response, I was looking for support for the BA350-mb and not the CSS
    shelves.  It looks like it is fully supported.
    
    JP
6632.5Confusion alert!!!!SSDEVO::INDERMUEHLEStonehenge Alignment ServiceTue Apr 29 1997 15:2523
   <<< Note 6632.3 by SANITY::LEMONS "And we thank you for your support." >>>

    Thanks.  I've sent mail to (I think) the product manager.  Is there
    anyone else I should ask?  I looked at CSS' excellent Web site
    (http://quotsr.mko.dec.com/css_custom_packaging/#AlphaServer 2100), and
    did see a bunch of information.  But I didn't find a part number for a
    rack-mountable HSZ.
    
    Thanks!
    tl

Your primary confusion lies in thinking that the HSZxx is something that it
is not. Or something like that, there, thing, stuff.......

The HSZ is a module that plugs into a controller shelf. The controller
shelf is what is rackmounted. Both the BA350-Mx and the BA35R-Mx are those
controller shelves and they can be both mounted in a 19" RETMA rack,
depending on the mounting kit used.

Hope this helps a little.

John I
6632.6SANITY::LEMONSAnd we thank you for your support.Tue Apr 29 1997 17:4311
    John
    
    Ah ha.  Yes that helps a lot, thanks!  Yes, I did not realize that the
    HSZ family went inside the rack-mountable BA35/6R; these devices ARE
    listed in the CSS Cookbook mentioned in .3.
    
    I walked around our computer room, and found a BA350-MA book, and now
    see what one looks like.  That helps.
    
    Thanks again!
    tl