Re: install DASD a C.E.-only job?

[Glenn Ericson <Glenn-Ericson@xxxxxxx>]

Dan is there any other card the  EMC  DASD will
attach through? 
That 6501 is Slow. It likely is not allowing  your 3590 to run
at  your 
400 bus speed  which is likely  slower then 3590 as well.

At 06:46 PM 08/02/2001 -0400, Bale, Dan wrote:
> Is it within the realm of possibility for me
> to install DASD and a 6501
> card and get the AS/400 (9406, model 510, V3R7) to actually use it? 
> The
> EMC DASD subsystem was actually installed into the expansion box
> (but
> was never connected to the system) over a year ago, but we made a
> bad
> assumption that we could attach it to another 6501 card which
> already
> had the 3590 tape subsystem attached.  Now that we've got a spare
> 6501
> card, and we're getting a little tight on disk space, we're itching
> to
> get this installed.
>
> Or is this C.E.-only territory?  IBM wants $200 per hour to do
> this,
> which we would easily shell out for, but if this is a relatively
> simple
> install without an *easy* opportunity to hose the system, then I'd
> like
> to give it a go myself.
>
> Dan Bale
> IT - AS/400
> Handleman Company
> 248-362-4400  Ext. 4952
> D.Bale@Handleman.com
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