[rescue] Sun Enterprise 3500- FC-AL drives not recognized

[Dave McGuire]

  Ok, here's a pic of an E3500 that's here:

  http://www.neurotica.com/misc/E3500-rear-sm.jpg

  Note that my old E3500 only had a single cable back there to get to
the internal array, if memory serves.  They are all SC fiber.

            -Dave

On 09/12/2017 08:57 PM, PhreakShow Telephone Company wrote:
> So what exactly do i need to get?   ive never worked with FC-AL drives before.
> 
> Thanks again guys.  I cant wait to get this beast operational.
> 
> On Tue, Sep 12, 2017 at 8:50 PM, Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote:
>> On 09/12/2017 08:45 PM, Carl R. Friend wrote:
>>>> I got my first Sun Enterprise 3500 at Vintage computer festival midwest.
>>>>
>>>> I got it home.  got it put together.   Connected up a trusty old VT220
>>>> and was able to get to the firmware.   The 8 FC-AL disks installed
>>>> arent recognized.    Boots off a CD-ROM fine.
>>>>
>>>>> From what i can tell it requires GBIC Controllers in the disk
>>>> controller card on the machine.
>>>
>>>    It's been a few years since I've seen one, but I seem to recall
>>> that there needed to be a fibre-cable between at least one of the
>>> SOCAL controllers and a jack in either the leftmost or rightmost
>>> "slot" in the back so it could talk to the drives (even though
>>> they're internal).
>>
>>   This is absolutely it, I remember this from my E3500.
>>
>>              -Dave
>>
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>> Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
>> New Kensington, PA
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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
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