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Old 01-16-2008, 05:40 PM
Trinean
 
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Default Re: disk 540-5936 on E280R?

"jdh13" <jdh13@free.fr> wrote in message
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> hello all,
> I have a disk ST36607L (SUN36G) a-k-a 540-5936, and i wonder if i can
> plug it into a Sun E280R, where i have front location 1 empty. But it
> seems that only FC-AL disks are possible, isn't it?
> Here the output of format on E280R:
> AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS:
> 0. c1t0d0 <SUN36G cyl 24620 alt 2 hd 27 sec 107>
> /pci@8,600000/SUNW,qlc@4/fp@0,0/ssd@w2100002037e6e2b3,0
> and the 540-5936 is SCSI
>
> Thanks in advance for help,
>
> gerard


The Sun Fire 280R only takes FC-AL drives so you can't plug a SCSI disk in
the internal slots.
To use SCSI you would need to connect something external.
There is an onboard SCSI port for an externally connected device like a
diskpack.

Trinean


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