RE: 2748 DASD controller - A word of warning.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Allen, Stuart [SMTP:sallen@fellowes.com]
> Sent: Monday, April 24, 2000 9:50 PM
> To:   'Midrange'
> Subject:      2748 DASD controller - A word of warning.
> 
>       Dear All
>       I have just discovered (the hard way) that an incompatability exists
> between
>       a #2748 and# 2809 cards.
>       Basically, (on a 7xx - in a PCI expansion unit #9329 / #9330) if you
> put a
>       2748 in C16, you can't have a #2809 in C15, it must instead be a
> #2824.
> 
> 
It turns out that there's also an incompatability between the 2748 and the
9329 also!!
If anyone out there is ordering one of these, make doubly sure your business
partner has the latest version of the ibm configurator   -   otherwise you
may end up having to do a scratch install like i just have.  26 hours of
hell and it aint over yet...

Regards,
Stuart
                                     
Stuart Allen
European Systems Analyst
Fellowes

mailto:sallen@fellowes.com


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