RE: 510 v 170 disk drives -- MIDRANGE-L

I pulled 4.19 gig drives out of a 170 and put in a 620 no problem. And he
had some 4.19 that where pulled out of a 2?? or 3?? (i think) and had these
converted to fit in the 620. I have a couple of the brackets (no I do not
want to sell them) See pictures at
http://www.opensource400.org/images/Mvc-001s.jpg
http://www.opensource400.org/images/Mvc-002s.jpg
http://www.opensource400.org/images/Mvc-003s.jpg
http://www.opensource400.org/images/Mvc-004s.jpg
http://www.opensource400.org/images/Mvc-005s.jpg

Some of the drives I have put in my 170 had an angle bracket on the side
like in the picture and some have been start on the side.

I also ordered 6713 from IBM for a 170 and it was in a huge case, I found
out they are called 6813 for the 170, even if everything says it is a 6713.

I would take one of the 2 gigs apart first, they can not be used in a 170
and see what the drive looks like. And have him send a couple of pictures
of the kits to see if they will fit those drives. The 2 gigs would work in
the 620 and would of fit the kits, but because of raid and space in the 620
they where not put in to the 620. This 620 had the expansion on it.

And see
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/pubs/html/as400/v4r5/ic2924/v4r5hwpdf/pdf/eng68074.pdf

when you are ready to put them in the 170.

I am not saying it will work, just what I have experienced.

And let me know how it works out.

John Ross
www.opensource400.org


At 05:51 AM 7/9/02 -0400, you wrote:
>Peter,
>
>The following quote is from the V4R2 System Handbook in the section
>related to the 170:  "There is no support for external disk on the Model
>170 nor can previous models of internal disk be migrated from other
>AS/400s." (p 78)
>
>In addition, there are no "disk unit kits" listed as being available for
>the 170.  These kits are the brackets which someone is selling on eBay.
>The kits are listed for the 6xx models which were announced at the same
>time as the 170s.  It is possible that IBM chose not to list such kits
>because there is no MES upgrade from a previous model to a 170.  It is
>also possible that you just can't get there from here.  The 620 and 720
>machines can have both PCI and SPD buses, so it is difficult to draw
>parallels between these machines and the 170, which is PCI only.
>
>I would be extremely hesitant unless you can get confirmation from
>somewhere that the specific kits which are for sale would work.  Also
>bear in mind that there are dozens of different kinds of kits, each
>designed to convert a particular kind of disk to another.  If they are a
>reputable vendor and are willing to accept returns if it doesn't work,
>then it might be worth a try, but I would not feel good about it.