Re: 170 DASD

[Larry Bolhuis <lbolhuis@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Chris,

  The 6717 and 6817 are the same drive. 6717's mount in 170's and 6xx/7xx PCI 
towers. 6817's mount in 270/820 and 5074 and it's ilk.

  The 6607's are in the proper Physical tray however the connector will be 
incorrect for the 6x17 drives I believe. The 6607 has a 68pin connector plus 
address connector and power connector.  The 6x17's have an 80pin SCA connector 
as I recall. So you can install the drives in the machine and use the MFIOP 
but you will need trays if you order 6817s as those will come with the wrong one.

  Hope this helps!

  - Larry

Chris Bipes wrote:
> 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.



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