Rob,
Thanks. I obviously recollected the conversation with the CE erroneously.
When I WRKHDWRSC TYPE(*STG), I get:
Resource Type-model Status Text
CMB05 2844-001 Operational Combined function IOP
DC03 5709-001 Operational Storage Controller
Using option 9 (Work with resources) shows:
Resource Type-model Status Text
DC03 5709-001 Operational Storage Controller
DD013 4326-074 Operational Disk Unit
DD010 4326-074 Operational Disk Unit
DD011 4326-074 Operational Disk Unit
OPT02 6337-002 Operational Optical Storage Unit
TAP02 6384-001 Operational Tape Unit
D01 28D2-001 Operational Device Services
DD012 4326-074 Operational Disk Unit
Which are the disks, tape, and optical drives (got no idea what D01 is).
Not much chance of swapping out the tape drive.
Jerry C. Adams
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From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of rob@xxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, May 14, 2010 10:03 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Preventive Maintenance Question
2844 is not a RAID card. It is a combined function IOP card. On new
hardware the big push is for IOPless. If you look in WRKHDWRSC *STG you
should see your 2844 and then any cards it controls embedded underneath
it. For example
Resource Type-model Status Text
CMB03 2844-001 Operational Storage Controller
DC09 571A-001 Operational Storage Controller
TAPMLB01 3573-020 Not detected Tape Library
5709 is a RAID enablement card.
I reread your email. You're using cartridge tapes. How passe'. I think
they are going the way of the dodo bird. I think your's may stay around
for the foreseeable future though. Anything smaller gets whacked.
http://www-947.ibm.com/systems/support/i/planning/upgrade/futurehdwr.html
I am going to assume that your tape drive is imbedded on the same imbedded
controller as the disk drives thus making a simple shift to a different
bus, not so simple. I don't know how much a lto3 or 4 tape drive would
cost you. I also don't know what the additional maintenance would be
since it would now be "an external tape drive" and that seems to make IBM
giddy. Maybe that's just because it will be it's own serial number when
you call in for maintenance.
Rob Berendt
midrange.com
