Re: Cabling question

Rob,

It looks like Roberto asked all the questions I was going to. I doubt you needed any hardware other than the drives themselves and to be sure DB2 (the drive bays not the database) was plugged into the controller card. You don't even need a new RAID array (assuming there is one to start with ) just add those drives to the existing one.

Jim Oberholtzer
Chief Technical Architect
Agile Technology Architects


On 11/5/2013 6:50 AM, rob@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

On my 8203-E4A,
on it's Linux lpar,
This:


IOA Hardware Resource Information Details


Manufacturer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : IBM
Machine Type and Model . . . . . . . . . : 2780001
Firmware Version . . . . . . . . . . . . : 000E0000
Serial Number. . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 07226094
Part Number. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 0000042R6927
Plant of Manufacturer. . . . . . . . . . : 004C
Cache Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 235 MB
DRAM Size. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 200 MB
Resource Name. . . . . . . . . . . . . . : /dev/sg12

Physical location
PCI Address. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 0001:c0:01.0
SCSI Host Number . . . . . . . . . . . . : 2
Platform Location. . . . . . . . . . . . : U0595.001.13230A8-CB1-C01
Current Requested Caching Mode . . . . . : Default

controls the 6 disks in the left (from the front) of the 0595. I want to
add 6 more disks into the right bay. I've procured a 571A card and stuck
it into U0595.001.13230A8-CB1-C04.

I think I then have to run a 42R4053 cable from C01 to C04 as shown in one
of our other 0595's. Is this the right cable? Why do I think that? Well
I have another 0595 and that is what it uses. Granted I didn't confirm
the identity of the two cards it connects.


Yes, I realize this is only temporary as 0595's will not be supported in
the next release and these 6 disks, cable, and card I've just bought is
only temporary.

Rob Berendt
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