RE: Eliminating white storage rack (9309 rack enclosure)

Bryan,

Your data don't look right, I think that you are misinterpreting your
rack config.  There was a time, back when the entire system was rack
mounted, that you could have an expansion bus with cards within a 9309
rack.  These would have been utilizing the old SPD bus.  You have listed
a number of PCI cards and there is not PCI bus which would fit in such a
rack.

Perhaps you could walk up to the rack and look for some model numbers
and the like.  Likely candidates would include 9337 disk drives and
various tape drives.

Regards,
Andy Nolen-Parkhouse

> Subject: Eliminating white storage rack (9309 rack enclosure)
>
> What would be involved in eliminating our white storage rack in order
to
> gain space in our data center?  Even though we upgraded from a 620 to
an
> 820
> last fall, we still have this huge cabinet (it's three times as big as
our
> 820) taking up space in our data center.  We now have three boxes; the
> cabinet, a tower, which was the 620, and the 820.
>
> From what I can decipher from the rack config, the 9309 has:
>
> 2729-001 Multifunction adapter
> 2741-001 Multifunction adapter
>
> 2809-001 Combined function IOP
>
> 282C         SI  I/O Adapter
>
> 2720-001 Comm port card
> 2721-001 Comm port card (two)
> 2724-001 Comm port card
> 2838-001 Comm port card (two)
>
> Can someone give a little explanation of what these components do???
I
> cannot find any info on them on the web. All I have is the description
in
> the rack config and that does not tell me very much about their
functions.
> How do I know if all these components are being used?  We are running
> Harbinger EDI, FAX/400, PASTHR to and from Japan, and at one time
would
> access remotely with a Perle controller on two (?) different lines.
The
> cabinet also houses a 9348 reel tape system which we no longer use and
> actually took off maintenance.
>
> Is this a straightforward project for a business partner?  What would
a
> business partner need from us besides a rack config to give us a
proposal?
>
> Thanks in advance for any help at all.
>
> Bryan Burns