Re: SCA SCSI drives for Ultra 1

[Michael <macallan%netbsd.org@localhost>]

Hello,

On Jan 16, 2009, at 10:48 AM, jim smith wrote:

On Fri, 16 Jan 2009 10:18:58 -0500
Chris Ross <cross+netbsd%distal.com@localhost> wrote:

 Generally, with a machine of that age (I have a few myself), the older the

technology is, the more likely it is to work.  (*grin*)

Not necessarily--I have found [the hard way] that Ultra 2's can be
particular about the SCA drives that will work.  I had a couple of SCA
pulls from an old HP server that I could *never* get to work in my
Ultra2.  I know it's not an Ultra1, but they're not all that different,
are they?

They are pretty different - the U2 supports SMP,  the non-entreprise U1 lacks an UPA slot and supports only 8bit fast SCSI II. But as far as the SCSI chip goes IIRC the U1E and the U2 use the same thing.

have fun

Michael

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