Re: [OT] Compaq Smart-2DH array controller

["matt_miles_uk" <m_miles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hey,

they have one long connector on the back (similar to the contacts on
a PCI or ISA card.  Guess this means they are SCA? Ho Yin says I
should be able to swap pins on the drives but from what I can see
there aren't any.... hmmm...

I'll try the F8 thing now...

Matt

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Jonathan @ Home" <jonathan@f...>
wrote:
> When it bots up it should give you the option to press F8, you then
get into
> the SCSI BIOS and you can configure RAID sets in there. Well you do
on all
> the Compaqs I've worked on in the last 5 years.
>
> As to termination, do your drives have SCA connectors on them? SCA
has both
> the power and the signals through the same connector as they are
designed
> for Hot Swap bays. Or do they have a separate MOLEX connector for
power?
> Either way you will need to terminate the end; my cables have the
terminator
> built in and are from Compaq. I have several of them but they will
not
> connect to SCA drives, I have to use adapters to hook up my drives.
>
> Cheers
> Jonathan
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: matt_miles_uk [mailto:m_miles@b...]
> Sent: 19 May 2004 14:11
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] Re: [OT] Compaq Smart-2DH array controller
>
> Hi Jonathan,
>
> I know it has an Adaptec chip and that it tries to initialise at
> bootup.  It then finds no drives (I think this may have something
to
> do with the fact I haven't attached any yet!).  Windows XP has
> installed it and says its working but I have no way of configuring
it
> from here on.
>
> I believe that in order to set up RAID on it some extra software is
> needed...?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Matt
>
> P.S
>
> I'm new to the SCSI thing, if I install a compaq SCSI array do I
have
> to terminate it? If so how?
>
> --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Jonathan @ Home"
<jonathan@f...>
> wrote:
> > Do any of the chips have any ID on them to indicate a
manufacturer?
> Adaptec?
> > I have a Compaq RAID controller, I haven't set mine up either but
> it is
> > recognised on boot up.
> >
> > Cheers
> > Jonathan
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: matt_miles_uk [mailto:m_miles@b...]
> > Sent: 19 May 2004 13:52
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: [ukha_d] [OT] Compaq Smart-2DH array controller
> >
> > Hey all!
> >
> > Anyone had any joy installing one of these in something OTHER
than
> a
> > ProLiant?  Reason I'm asking is taht i'm too skint to buy a
> ProLiant
> > at the moment but have a SCSI array sitting here with a 2DH
> > controller card.  Would this work under win2k or XP without being
> in
> > a compaq server?
> >
> > Any advice (or drivers, config software etc appreciated!).
> >
> > Failing that, anyone got an old (cheap) ProLiant they want to get
> rid
> > of?
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Matt
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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