7 Apr
2006
7 Apr
'06
11:54 a.m.
Hi,
I've got an oddball SCSI controller card that I would
like help identifying (actually, I have several *different*
ones but we'll start with this one :> )
Card is full length. PCI. Appears to be made by IBM
(FRU 76H6875). Has three AIC-7880's on it connected to
three "internal" wide SCSI-2 connectors -- and a single
external connector presumably tied to one of these three
busses. Onboard PowerPC and what appears to be a
connector for a flying CF card. A pair of 10 pin
headers one of which has a "SERIAL" legend nearby.
A third header labeled JTAG (no doubt for manufacturing
diagnostics).
External connector appears to be LVD or SE (bummer, I
was hoping to find a HVD in this box of goodies...)
I'll assume it's a RAID controller. But, question is
how well (if at all!) it is supported and whether it
is worth my time or if I should just toss it in the
box and dig out the next "mystery card"?
Thanks!
--don
7 Apr
7 Apr
12:20 p.m.
Did you google the fru? The first hit reveals that its an IBM
ServerRaid PCI SCSI-2 Fast Wide 3-Channel Array Controller board.
Brian
On Fri, 2006-04-07 at 08:54 -0700, Don Y wrote:
Hi,
I've got an oddball SCSI controller card that I would
like help identifying (actually, I have several *different*
ones but we'll start with this one :> )
Card is full length. PCI. Appears to be made by IBM
(FRU 76H6875). Has three AIC-7880's on it connected to
three "internal" wide SCSI-2 connectors -- and a single
external connector presumably tied to one of these three
busses. Onboard PowerPC and what appears to be a
connector for a flying CF card. A pair of 10 pin
headers one of which has a "SERIAL" legend nearby.
A third header labeled JTAG (no doubt for manufacturing
diagnostics).
External connector appears to be LVD or SE (bummer, I
was hoping to find a HVD in this box of goodies...)
I'll assume it's a RAID controller. But, question is
how well (if at all!) it is supported and whether it
is worth my time or if I should just toss it in the
box and dig out the next "mystery card"?
Thanks!
--don
12:24 p.m.
Don Y wrote:
Hi,
I've got an oddball SCSI controller card that I would
like help identifying (actually, I have several *different*
ones but we'll start with this one :> )
It's a ServerRAID controlller. Fairly vanilla 3-channel RAID. Most
of the ServerRAID boards work in PC or PCI-based RS/6000.
If you Google that FRU # you'll learn more than you wanted to know
about it.
Doc
12:45 p.m.
Doc Shipley wrote:
Don Y wrote:
I googled it before posting. :> All I found were lots of listings
for folks wanting to SELL them -- nothing telling me what features
it has (RAID 0, 1 and 5 would seem to be what I would expect), what
OS's would support it, whether or not the firmware
was reasonably current, etc.
All references to IBM's site proved to be deadends.
One seller site *claimed*:
"Windows NT, 2000, OS/2, DOS, Linux, Unix, Netware 4, 5"
but that hardly seems definitive (e.g., "Unix"??? :> )
So, my original question still stands... :-/
--don
Hi,
I've got an oddball SCSI controller card that I would
like help identifying (actually, I have several *different*
ones but we'll start with this one :> )
It's a ServerRAID controlller. Fairly vanilla 3-channel RAID. Most
of the ServerRAID boards work in PC or PCI-based RS/6000.
If you Google that FRU # you'll learn more than you wanted to know
about it.
12:48 p.m.
On Fri, 2006-04-07 at 09:45 -0700, Don Y wrote:
Doc Shipley wrote:
There's a trick to IBM FRU's (at least in my experience). Look up the
FRU on IBM's website, and then in any docs you find, note the FRU's this
FRU replaces and repeat ad nauseum. Eventually, you'll get to the
documentation.
Brian
Don Y wrote:
I googled it before posting. :> All I found were lots of listings
for folks wanting to SELL them -- nothing telling me what features
it has (RAID 0, 1 and 5 would seem to be what I would expect), what
OS's would support it, whether or not the firmware
was reasonably current, etc.
All references to IBM's site proved to be deadends.
Hi,
I've got an oddball SCSI controller card that I would
like help identifying (actually, I have several *different*
ones but we'll start with this one :> )
It's a ServerRAID controlller. Fairly vanilla 3-channel RAID. Most
of the ServerRAID boards work in PC or PCI-based RS/6000.
If you Google that FRU # you'll learn more than you wanted to know
about it.
1:27 p.m.
Brian Wheeler wrote:
On Fri, 2006-04-07 at 09:45 -0700, Don Y wrote:
Ah, OK. I'll try that. I had assumed that perhaps the Lenovo
deal had caused much of this stuff to just "disappear"...
Thanks!
--don
Doc Shipley wrote:
There's a trick to IBM FRU's (at least in my experience). Look up the
FRU on IBM's website, and then in any docs you find, note the FRU's this
FRU replaces and repeat ad nauseum. Eventually, you'll get to the
documentation. Don Y wrote:
I googled it before posting. :> All I found were lots of listings
for folks wanting to SELL them -- nothing telling me what features
it has (RAID 0, 1 and 5 would seem to be what I would expect), what
OS's would support it, whether or not the firmware
was reasonably current, etc.
All references to IBM's site proved to be deadends.
Hi,
I've got an oddball SCSI controller card that I would
like help identifying (actually, I have several *different*
ones but we'll start with this one :> )
It's a ServerRAID
controlller. Fairly vanilla 3-channel RAID. Most
of the ServerRAID boards work in PC or PCI-based RS/6000.
If you Google that FRU # you'll learn more than you wanted to know
about it. 
1:30 p.m.
Don Y wrote:
Probably not. These were used on RS/6K's too. Not much SCSI stuff went
to Lenovo. Even PC-based Intellistations and PC-based eServer xSeries
machines are still IBM. Just the commercial desktops and laptops went
to Lenovo.
Peace... Sridhar
There's a
trick to IBM FRU's (at least in my experience). Look up the
FRU on IBM's website, and then in any docs you find, note the FRU's this
FRU replaces and repeat ad nauseum. Eventually, you'll get to the
documentation.
Ah, OK. I'll try that. I had assumed that perhaps the Lenovo
deal had caused much of this stuff to just "disappear"...
1:53 p.m.
Sridhar Ayengar wrote:
Don Y wrote:
Probably not. These were used on RS/6K's too. Not much SCSI stuff went
to Lenovo. Even PC-based Intellistations and PC-based eServer xSeries
machines are still IBM. Just the commercial desktops and laptops went
to Lenovo.
Oh, I had thought *all* of this business was sold off <:-)
--don
There's a trick to IBM FRU's (at least in my experience). Look up the
FRU on IBM's website, and then in any docs you find, note the FRU's this
FRU replaces and repeat ad nauseum. Eventually, you'll get to the
documentation.
Ah, OK. I'll try that. I had assumed that perhaps the Lenovo
deal had caused much of this stuff to just "disappear"...
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