Proliant 5500 max disk size?

[jamesbird]

Trying to load a couple of SCSI 39GB drives into a 5500 and I cant make them be seen - It's happy enough stuffed full of 18.2G drives, have I reached a BIOS limit, or am I missing a trick?
Any ideas welcome, thanks
James

 

[ntinlin]

Are these actual Compaq 36Gb drives in the beige caddy's?

Should be supported as long as both the system and RAID controller firmware are at latest revisions.

For SA2-DH, 3200 etc. that will be v4.50 x

System firmware will vary depending whether it is a Pentium Pro or PIII model.

Neill

 

[jamesbird]

Thanks Neill, these are a pair of IBM drives I've loaded up into the Compaq caddies. I know the drives are good and I know the caddies are good, but the combo - who knows. Time to check my firmware loads!
All the best
James

 

[iolair]

I have two 72GB drives in my 5500, and they work just fine. I bought IBM drives, too, and put them in the beige cages. No problems, Smart Start configured them right away. Did you set the SCSI ID on them? I had to do that with the little plastic jumpers.

Iolair MacWalter

 

[jamesbird]

Iolair, could be - I'd assumed one of the cage cables was the SCSI ID setting - best I go look
Thanks - James