Rob,

Oops - the manual for this library tells me it has a *differential* SCSI interface which I'm

almost certain requires an HVD or (old-style) diff adapter on the host. It probably won't

work with an LVD adapter in the filer.

Limited specs are in the Sun systems handbook at:

http://sunsolve.sun.com/handbook_pub/Systems/L280/L280.html

and the manual is online at:

http://sunsolve.sun.com/data/805/805-3958/pdf/805-3958-10.pdf

See page 1-2 (p26 of the PDF) which says "SCSI-2 high density wide differential".

The L280 is an oem from HP (model 718) who offered it with either SCSI type, so

if you've got a real HP one you might be lucky.

Otherwise you're stuck. I've never had much luck with SCSI converters, but others

may disagree. NetApp don't seem to offer a differential adapter according to the

parts finder on NOW.

hth

Duncan

----- Original Message -----

From: Robert Borowicz

To: toasters@mathworks.com

Sent: Friday, September 26, 2003 11:25 PM

Subject: Attaching 4700 to an FAS940

I'm coming in on Sunday to cable two Sun L280 (4700?) DLT 7000 7 tape stackers to my FAS940.

Support told me that the system will probe the SCSI controller and yield the correct device types.

Here's my sysconfig -v output:

slot 8: SCSI Host Adapter 8a (Adaptec AIC7899A)
                HW Version 0.0
                Ultra160 SCSI, Low Voltage Differential
        slot 8: SCSI Host Adapter 8b (Adaptec AIC7899A)
                HW Version 0.0
                Ultra160 SCSI, Low Voltage Differential

Anything I should know to get these bad boys to work? I'll be configuring them as NDMP devices from my Legato 6.1.3 server next week.

Thanks in advance!

-Rob

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