RE: Since when is adding DASD so difficult?

Thanks, this sounds promising.



                    "Andy
                    Nolen-Parkhouse"           To:     <midrange-l@midrange.com>
                    <aparkhouse@attbi.c        cc:
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adding DASD so difficult?
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                    06/06/2002 12:38 PM
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Pam,

Here are some things I would suggest checking:

- The #5065 Storage/PCI Expansion Tower was announced with V4R4 so I
assume that it is still supported by that version.  It is an SPD
optical-attach tower supporting PCI disk and cards.  It should support
the current Ultra2 SCSI disks.  IBM has offered a field conversion (at
charge) of this tower to one of the newer HSL-attached #5074 or #5079
I/O Towers so it would not need to be discarded if you upgraded entirely
to 8xx generation hardware.

I would see if it is still available.  According to IBM's Sales Manual,
it has not yet been withdrawn, but that isn't always a reliable source.

I'm not sure why you would need to discard it when you finally upgrade
you OS.  The 720 generation hardware should be well supported for a
while.

It's worth exploring.  There may well be some gotcha that I haven't
noticed.  Getting accurate information on a configuration is difficult.
Sometimes the only way to find out if something is available is to have
a vendor configure it as an official IBM MES and make sure the system
doesn't choke on it.

Regards,
Andy Nolen-Parkhouse