[olug] [OT] 80 pin SCA SCSI drives

[John Lindinger]

This url is the exacy page to enter your drive serial # & model #.

http://www.seagate.com/support/service/warranty_validation.html


--- John Lindinger <jilindi at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Try this eBay search...  the 68/80 pin adapters go for $10 to $20 bucks.
> 
>
http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?MfcISAPICommand=GetResult&ht=1&ebaytag1=ebayreg&query=68+80+pin&query2=68+80+pin&search_option=1&exclude=&category0=&minPrice=&maxPrice=&ebaytag1code=0&st=&SortProperty=MetaEndSort
> 
> As mentioned by others, the adapter will let you specify the scsi id with jumpers.
> 
> Also, check out seagate warranty service, you may be covered, though murphy's law works
> against such wishful thinking.
> 
> Try entering your drive serial #s here...
> http://www.seagate.com/support/service/index.html
> 
> John Lindinger
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> --- "Timothy G. O'Brien" <irishmasms at netscape.net> wrote:
> > Now that I am over that nasty cold (well, almost); I am trying to troubleshoot some
> > drive problems in an Intergraph RAID array. The drives keep "going" bad - 4 went bad
> > the end of March, and two supposedly went bad over the weekend. 
> > 
> > I was not called in until late in the game the first time back the beginning of
> April,
> > where we swapped out the four drives that were supposedly bad & reconstructed the
> > array. This morning I was able to attack the latest issue early on. Going into the
> RAID
> > controller I was able to produce a miracle and get the two drives that supposedly
> were
> > "bad" working again! Thankfully the logical drive in did not have any data on it yet.
> 
> > 
> > Discussing the issue with an experienced Intergraph tech of 25+ years he (as I)
> > contributed it to a power or temperature issue. Yes a temperature issue, a +/- 5
> degree
> > change will cause havoc with the RAID controller & backplane apparently. Pass that on
> > to the powers that be to take action as required & on to other issues.
> > 
> > Now that you have the background – here is my dilemma. I have four drives that may
> > still be good, even though the RAID controller supposedly thought they were bad.
> These
> > four ST19171WC are SCSI, 80-pin SCA (Hot Swap able) – so they do not have the normal
> > connectors, nor pinouts to set the SCSI id's and such. I'm wanting to put them on
> > another SCSI controller and run some tests to confirm they have failed or not. Sooo
> the
> > question – if I wanted to put these on another SCSI controller, is there any way I
> can
> > do so? 
> > 
> > -- 
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