[Fwd: shelves configuration on 2100 + DAC960 ?]
Sorry I though I was sending it to the list...
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> From: Bourdin Pierre <bourdin@imerir.com>
> To: Jay Estabrook <Jay.Estabrook@compaq.com>
> Subject: shelves configuration on 2100 + DAC960 ?
> Date: 28 Jul 2003 09:32:52 +0200
>
> Hi all !
> I would like to find the best configuration for an 2100 with 2 shelves
> on a DAC960...
> I installed a Debian without any difficulty, bypassing the DAC, but now
> I want to build a configuration in Raid (0 or 0+1) using the DAC.
>
> If I make no mistake, I have 3 chains on the bord that accept 7 disks...
> And 2 x 8 disks on the 2 shelves so I should connect all the disks on
> the board...
> But all I have is something like this:
>
> [RDY] [RDY] [RDY]
> [RDY] [RDY] [RDY]
> [RDY] [RDY] []
> [RDY] [RDY] []
> [] [] []
> [] [] [RDY]
> [] [] [TAP]
> [] [] [CDR]
>
> The DAC960 is a D040340 == DAC960PD-3 Firmware 2.73
> I have DS-RZ1ED and RZ29B disks...
> I must be in dual-bus ?
>
> the connections look like:
> [Mylex DAC960] [NCR8xx]
> |0 |1 |2 |
> | | | |
> | | | |
> | | ----| |
> |up |down |down |up
> [shelf 0] [shelf 1]
>
>
> The NCR is connected to the second shelf to have a disk not in raid for
> the installation of the system.
>
> So the questions are:
> How can I change dual-bus ?
> Is it possible to have one shelf in dual-bus and the other not ?
> Is it possible to boot directly on the raid config ?
>
> If you have an idea how to configure it the best way...
>
> Thank's, Pierre.
>
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Av. Pascot BP 2013
66011 PERPIGNAN
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fax: 04 68 55 03 86
email: bourdin@imerir.com
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