Re: Continuing hunt for a replacement SAS hard drive

Huh,
A few questions.
1. Does the JS12 connect thru a SAS RAID module or just the SAS Switch? if
it's a SAS Switch and the blade manages the RAID it should work.
2. I believe blades force you to use VIOS, if so, almost any xseries disk
should work. is the mirror done thru software (mirrorios) or thru the sas
raid controller in the JS12?
I've used those blades but connected to FC storages or DS3200 SAS storages.
Best Regards,
Roberto

On Fri, Apr 20, 2018 at 6:02 PM, Pete Helgren <pete@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

My like finding parts for my 1993 Toyota Previa (now gone, alas!) trying
to find a replacement HDD for my aging Bladecenter S is getting to be a
challenge. I thought just making sure I had the correct FRU would be all I
needed....not so. Although my failed drive lives in a Bladecenter S
Storage Module, it is connected to my JS12 Blade which is a wee bit more
persnickety about what it connects to.

The drive is IBM FRU 43W7526. It is a Seagate drive model ST3146855SS.
The kicker is that it is a pSeries labeled drive, not xSeries, and I think
that is significant. My usual "used parts" provider came up dry and even
the good Dr. Franken, with his ever growing flotsam of IBM i parts, was
unable to find one. So, I wonder if the community might point me to a
helpful source of hard drives for IBM i. I already purchased, and
returned, a couple from Hard Drives Direct. Midland Info Systems also came
up dry. The combination of the correct FRU, part number and pSeries
designation is critical so I created a side by side image of the two
drives, one that was in the BCS and needs replacement and the xSeries one I
purchased and returned because it didn't work.

You'll find a PDF (which you will need to rotate 90%) here:
http://petesworkshop.com/downloads/BCS_HDD.pdf If you are a vendor AND
have the exact match, feel free to contact me off list. I'd like to get
this drive replaced because it probably won't be long before the mirror
goes as well...

Thanks
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