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- From: zook@sweetpea.jsc.nasa.gov (Craig A Zook 283-4206)
- Subject: Re: SMD drives and the Sparc 690MP
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.190535.10201@aio.jsc.nasa.gov>
- Sender: zook@odessa (Craig A Zook 283-4206)
- Organization: MDSSC
- References: <1992Dec14.153230.15894@ists.ists.ca> <erl.724943355@powell>
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 19:05:35 GMT
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- In article <erl.724943355@powell>, erl@powell.cs.jt.dk (Erik Bruijn Larsen) writes:
- |> mjewison@nereid.sal.ists.ca (Mike Jewison) writes:
- |>
- |> >I am relatively new to the system administration world, and I've got a
- |> >question I hope someone can answer. We are currently running a
- |> >Sun 4/280 server with three disks connected via an SMD controller.
- |> >There are plans to upgrade the 4/280 to a Sparc 690MP in the near future.
- |> >Sun isn't very interested in taking back our old disks, so we would, if
- |> >possible, like to make use of them with the new server. Is it possible
- |> >to take the SMD controller card from the 4/280 and plug it directly into
- |> >the 690MP? If not, does anyone know of a card which would plug into the
- |> >690 and allow us to make use of the SMD drives?
- |>
- |> As far as I know it is possible to plug a SMD controller in the Sparc 690MP.
- |> In one month or so I have to do the same like you.
- |> Our dealer told me that it is possible, so I trust him.
- |> SMD controllers should also be supported by Solaris 2.x.
- |>
- We just recently upgrade a 4/280 to a 4/670. We were told by Sun that the
- SMD type drives (xd) were not supported. I just went and looked at the
- /sys/sun4m/conf/GENERIC file on the 4/670 we recieved and could find no
- reference to the drivers for the SMD drives.
- We ended up moving the SMD drives to a 4/470 which does support SMD.
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