[rescue] Rescued a SS1000 w/ Fiber Attached Disk Array, Need Advice

Ray Crane rescue at sunhelp.org
Thu Sep 6 20:10:31 CDT 2001


 [My apologies if this shows up twice on the list, I first sent
  it earlier from an email address that apparently wasn't sub'd.
  I fixed the problem and am now resending it.]

 I seem to be the proud owner of a mostly whole SparcServer 1000,
 with fiber attached disk array. They called me Fred Sanford as I 
 took it, but I think I can accept that. :) Never turn down free
 Sun equipment, I say...

 I've not booted it up yet, so I'm not sure what it has. There 
 appear to be two slide-in system boards in the unit, each with
 its own SCSI,serial,kbd,ethernet, etc. It looks like there are
 slots for two more such boards. 

 Now, the disk array. And the bad news. They stripped the fiber
 interface out of the SS1000 befor they gave it to me. So I've
 got no way to hook the two peices together. :( The part number
 on the array is 595-3374-02. 

 Can one pick up a SBUS fiberchannel card on the used market 
 reasonably cheaply? Worst case I guess I could just strip the 
 drives out and make use of them individualy, but I'd rather
 not do that. 

 Any advice or pointers in regards to this rescue are 
 greatly appreciated. 

--
Ray



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