[rescue] DSSI-Storageworks Stupid Mistake

[Dave McGuire]

On July 8, Eric Dittman wrote:
> I tried to get my VAX 4000/500 running tonight without any
> success.  The storage is all SCSI disks in a Storageworks
> shelf, controlled by an HSD10.  The HSD10 could only see
> one of the five SCSI disks.  I swapped out the first HSD10
> for another to test.  The second HSD10 could also see only
> the same single disk.
> 
> I moved SBBs around in the shelf, changed the HSD10 config
> around, and no luck.  Only the same single disk could be
> seen by the HSD10.

  Bummer.

> I finally decided to give up for the evening.  I then realized
> that someone in the past couple of weeks when I was moving
> stuff around I moved all the disks from a BA356 to a BA350.
> All four disks that couldn't be seen were wide, so of course
> they wouldn't work in a narrow shelf.
> 
> Boy that was stupid.

  Yes. ;)  (dave ducks)

    -Dave

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