Moving E3500 18GB hard drives to Sunfire 280R UltraSparc3

Hello,

I wish to move a SCSI 18GB hard drive from an E3500 running Solaris 8
to a SunFire 280R Ultra Sparc3. The idea is that I don't want to
install a new operating system on the 280R, but I just want to move my
existing environment to a faster CPU.

Will this work? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

(Glo Worm) writes:

> Hello,
>
> I wish to move a SCSI 18GB hard drive from an E3500 running Solaris 8
> to a SunFire 280R Ultra Sparc3. The idea is that I don't want to
> install a new operating system on the 280R, but I just want to move my
> existing environment to a faster CPU.
>
> Will this work? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

probably not, the 280R takes FCAL disks (SCSI over FCAL protocol over
copper) not trad SCSI (SCSI over copper). If the latter is what the
3500 takes (likely) then this will not work.

Chris
--
Chris Morgan
"Post posting of policy changes by the boss will result in
real rule revisions that are irreversible"

- anonymous correspondent

In < > (Glo Worm) writes:

>Hello,

>I wish to move a SCSI 18GB hard drive from an E3500 running Solaris 8
>to a SunFire 280R Ultra Sparc3. The idea is that I don't want to
>install a new operating system on the 280R, but I just want to move my
>existing environment to a faster CPU.

>Will this work? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

No. The FCAL disks from the 3500 don't fit in a 280R; they're
1/2 ht, while the 280R are 1/3 ht.
--
David B. Chorlian
Neurodynamics Lab SUNY/HSCB

"David B. Chorlian" <> wrote:
> In < >
(Glo Worm) writes:
>
> >Hello,
>
> >I wish to move a SCSI 18GB hard drive from an E3500 running Solaris 8
> >to a SunFire 280R Ultra Sparc3. The idea is that I don't want to
> >install a new operating system on the 280R, but I just want to move my
> >existing environment to a faster CPU.
>
> >Will this work? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
>
> No. The FCAL disks from the 3500 don't fit in a 280R; they're
> 1/2 ht, while the 280R are 1/3 ht.
> --
> David B. Chorlian
> Neurodynamics Lab SUNY/HSCB
>
>

Hi,

You could get a E3500 with both versions of 18 GB HDD. So could work
somehow.

HTH,

Axel Neumann

"Chris Morgan" <> wrote:
> (Glo Worm) writes:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I wish to move a SCSI 18GB hard drive from an E3500 running Solaris 8
> > to a SunFire 280R Ultra Sparc3. The idea is that I don't want to
> > install a new operating system on the 280R, but I just want to move my
> > existing environment to a faster CPU.
> >
> > Will this work? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
>
> probably not, the 280R takes FCAL disks (SCSI over FCAL protocol over
> copper) not trad SCSI (SCSI over copper). If the latter is what the
> 3500 takes (likely) then this will not work.
>
> Chris
> --
> Chris Morgan
> "Post posting of policy changes by the boss will result in
> real rule revisions that are irreversible"
>
> - anonymous correspondent

Hi,

The E3000 uses SCSI internally. The E3500 uses FC-AL internally.

HTH,

Axel Neumann