We have an old Powerstation 360 that I am trying to keep alive, as
it is a server for several licenses which cannot be transferred to
another machine.

What type of disks does this require? I'm not much of an expert
on older RS/6000 hardware, but as far as I can tell, they aren't
standard the 50-pin LVD SCSI disks that Sun and HP machines of the
same vintage use. I'd like to get a few spares to keep on the
shelf for when the current one dies.

Thanks.

Scott Norwood wrote:

> We have an old Powerstation 360 that I am trying to keep alive, as
> it is a server for several licenses which cannot be transferred to
> another machine.
>
> What type of disks does this require? I'm not much of an expert
> on older RS/6000 hardware, but as far as I can tell, they aren't
> standard the 50-pin LVD SCSI

50pin is narrow SCSI, and that is usually SE, not LVD (even when there is a
standard for narrow LVD, but it's not used, neither by Sun nor HP)

> disks that Sun and HP machines of the
> same vintage use. I'd like to get a few spares to keep on the
> shelf for when the current one dies.

There are two kind of disks the 7012-360 can use: bus attached disks
(something proprietary) and SCSI disks. lscfg should tell You what kind of
disk it is, or just see if they have a 50pin cable (if yes, they are SCSI).
In case of SCSI You can use any SCSI disk You want (as long as its not HVD),
the only limitation might be the AIX version You use. You also can use LVD
disks which fall back to SE...

Benjamin

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