RE: 170 DASD

["Andy Nolen-Parkhouse" <aparkhouse@xxxxxxxxx>]

Chris,

My recollection is that the two drives have similar speeds and feeds but
that the 6717 is an SPD drive and the 6817 is PCI.  Why your 170 would
report a 6717 is a mystery, you should be looking for the PCI.  The above
recollection is confirmed in the V4R4 System Handbook.

Regards,
Andy Nolen-Parkhouse

> On Behalf Of Chris Bipes
> Subject: 170 DASD
> 
> Does any one know the difference between a 6717 and 6817 disk drive?
> They
> are both 8.58G 10K drives.  We have a 6713, 8.58G 7200rpm in our 170-
> 2291
> with 5.1.  I am looking at replacing the 6607's with 10K drives.  The
> IBM
> links does not show the 67xx drives for the 170 but show the 68xx
> drives.
> The 67xx drive must work cause we have one working.  Is the interface
> different?  Ultra2 vs. Ultra3 or something to that effect.  Will I need
> to
> upgrade the DASD controller from the MFIOP to a 2741 to support the
> 68xx
> drives?  What I am interested in is changing the 4G to 8.5G 10k drives.
> The
> price is the same for both the 6717 and 6817 drives so I want to know
> the
> difference.  Is it just the mounting kit?  Cause it don't matter to me
> since
> I will be replacing existing drives and can swap the mountings.
> 
> Christopher K.