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Dick Knowles
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Fri Oct 29, 2004 12:26 am Post subject:
What SCSI card? |
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We are trying to use a DLT8000 tape drive to backup a desktop PC. The tape
drive works when plugged into a Dell server with integral 7899 Ultra 160/m
SCSI controller.
We have tried using a 68pin (DLT) to 50pin (SCSI card) cable, but it
obviously wants a 68pin SCSI card. We have tried a 2944UW SCSI card, but
that won't recognise the DLT. Which SCSI card can we buy which will support
this DLT?
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Minnie Bannister
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Fri Oct 29, 2004 1:28 am Post subject:
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What interface does this drive have? The spec. sheet seems to say that
it is available with a variety of interfaces, but I can't figure out how
many different interfaces any one drive has.
Isn't the 7899 LVD? I know the 2944 is HVD. If you connected an LVD
device to an HVD card, you may have fried the drive.
MB
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On 10/28/04 04:26 pm Dick Knowles put fingers to keyboard and launched
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| Quote: | We are trying to use a DLT8000 tape drive to backup a desktop PC. The tape
drive works when plugged into a Dell server with integral 7899 Ultra 160/m
SCSI controller.
We have tried using a 68pin (DLT) to 50pin (SCSI card) cable, but it
obviously wants a 68pin SCSI card. We have tried a 2944UW SCSI card, but
that won't recognise the DLT. Which SCSI card can we buy which will support
this DLT? |
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Dick Knowles
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Sat Oct 30, 2004 12:28 pm Post subject:
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MB
The DLT 8000 only has 1 interface, which can be chosen at purchase time as
HVD or LVD. It is not obvious from the drive which option we have.
We thought the drive was HVD because when we replaced it with a Super DLT in
its original application, we had to get a new SCSI card to drive the SDLT (I
think because the SDLT required LVD). I am not sure about anything else
anymore. I have a complete matrix of what SCSI interfaces all our servers
have and what is working on them. I have researched the Adaptec site, but
the cards they offer do not match up to the SCSI interface definitions in
the DLT 8000 specification. They may well have a card that works, but it is
not obvious which.
I know the drive is OK, because it still works when we plug it into the
server. We just need it to work for this off-network desktop PC.
Dick
"Minnie Bannister" <GoonButNotForgotten@NottheBBC.org> wrote in message
news:10o2p4r5i770q6e@corp.supernews.com...
| Quote: | What interface does this drive have? The spec. sheet seems to say that it
is available with a variety of interfaces, but I can't figure out how many
different interfaces any one drive has.
Isn't the 7899 LVD? I know the 2944 is HVD. If you connected an LVD device
to an HVD card, you may have fried the drive.
MB
Whether you vote Democrat or Republican in November, the country will
still be run from boardrooms in the USA and elsewhere, not by your elected
representatives.
On 10/28/04 04:26 pm Dick Knowles put fingers to keyboard and launched the
following message into cyberspace:
We are trying to use a DLT8000 tape drive to backup a desktop PC. The
tape drive works when plugged into a Dell server with integral 7899 Ultra
160/m SCSI controller.
We have tried using a 68pin (DLT) to 50pin (SCSI card) cable, but it
obviously wants a 68pin SCSI card. We have tried a 2944UW SCSI card, but
that won't recognise the DLT. Which SCSI card can we buy which will
support this DLT? |
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Michael Squires
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Tue Dec 14, 2004 12:55 am Post subject:
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In article <yBcgd.3492$uf.1725@newsfe4-gui.ntli.net>,
Dick Knowles <DickBS32Knowles@Yahoo.Co.UK> wrote:
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We have tried using a 68pin (DLT) to 50pin (SCSI card) cable, but it
obviously wants a 68pin SCSI card. We have tried a 2944UW SCSI card, but
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The 2944UW is a high voltage differential controller, if the DLT is single
ended you're lucky there wasn't a fire.
I use a cheapie LSI/Sybios card with a DLT 4000 drive backing up a Dell
GX400; cost $15 on eBay. I prefer the Adaptec 2940UW, which sells in the
same range.
Mike Squires
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Mike Squires (mikes at cs.indiana.edu) 317 233 9456 (w) 812 333 6564 (h)
mikes at siralan.org 546 N Park Ridge Rd., Bloomington, IN 47408 |
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