HP DAT 72i SCSI tape drive in COMPAQ Proliant ML370 (P17)

[Matthew N. Dodd]

On Fri, 19 Mar 2004, Yaraghchi, Stephan wrote:
> Since you're one of the developers, can I assume that you had
> your hands on COMPAQ Proliants more frequently than others?
>
> Is there any way to work around this problem and to use both of
> the SCSI ports?

The pass-through interface on the ida(4) devices is somewhat limited; I'm
not sure you'd be happy with the performance if it worked.

My solution has been to recable things so that the external bunkhead scsi
connector attaches to the non-ida(4) SCSI card.  This assumes your
hardware has both. Adding a cheap Adaptec for the tape drive is the only
other option.

I do have all the info I'd need to write the pass-through though its quite
low on my list.

> I also have several 64-Bit/66MHz fibre channel host adapters
> for COMPAQ machines, which I can't get to work until now.

If these cards use the HP Tachyon fibre channel controller you might try
looking for the information that was posted about a binary driver someone
was working on.

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