Re: How to order Power Server Parts?

Careful - that can void warranties and maintenance contracts. If there's a problem with the device that's attached with that cable IBM might say, call me when it's a supported cable, meaning an IBM cable. If that's a disk array that disappeared then you might be in for some unpleasant entertainment getting it to work.

Jim Oberholtzer
Chief Technical Architect
Agile Technology Architects


On 3/27/2013 4:38 PM, Roberto José Etcheverry Romero wrote:

Taking into account that SAS is a standard, if you say what
application you need it for, you may get the same cable without the
IBM FRU...
For example a 4 lane controller to expansion box or a 4 lane to
external tape cable...

Best Regards,


On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 6:36 PM, Nathan Andelin<nandelin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Thanks for the reply, Mark. I've already searched Google, which appears to have some "awareness" of the part, but when you try drilling down, everything that has come up for me so far has been a "false positive", so to speak. You end up at a site that offers various cable options, but not the one you're looking for.
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> -Nathan
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> ________________________________
> From: Mark S Waterbury<mark.s.waterbury@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion<midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2013 3:28 PM
> Subject: Re: How to order Power Server Parts?
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> Hi, Nathan:
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> Just do a google search for "44V5161" (without quotes) ... you will find
> many sites offering these for sale.:-)
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> Also available on e-bay (for a better price than elsewhere).;-)
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> HTH,
>
> Mark S. Waterbury
>

>> On 3/27/2013 5:24 PM, Nathan Andelin wrote:
>> Thanks for the reply, Matt. I've already looked on Amazon and Newegg, but without success.
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>> I just tried calling 1-888-SHOP-IBM, but Bridgette indicated that the part number I provided (44V4161) was not available, nor were substitutes indicated.
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>> -Nathan
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>> ________________________________
>> From: Matt Olson<Matt.Olson@xxxxxxxx>
>> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion<midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2013 3:15 PM
>> Subject: RE: How to order Power Server Parts?
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>> Newegg.com, even amazon.com sells external SAS cables.
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Nathan Andelin [mailto:nandelin@xxxxxxxxx]
>> Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2013 4:03 PM
>> To: midrange list
>> Subject: How to order Power Server Parts?
>>
>> I'm interested in ordering an external SAS cable. Do I need to trouble our IBM BP about something that small? Are other sources available? On the Internet?
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>> -Nathan.
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