compatible drives for a DS2405?

[Manuel Contreras]

we picked up a pair of ds2405 FC Enclosures filled with 146GB FC drives for some additional storage requirements on an HPUX box.


Performed an ioscan and noticed I have 21qty ST3146807FC, and 9qty BD1465822C...

# diskinfo /dev/rdsk/c25t12d0
SCSI describe of /dev/rdsk/c25t12d0:
vendor: HP 0146G
product id: ST3146807FC
type: direct access
size: 143374744 Kbytes
bytes per sector: 512


# diskinfo /dev/rdsk/c24t14d0
SCSI describe of /dev/rdsk/c24t14d0:
vendor: HPQ
product id: BD1465822C
type: direct access
size: 143374744 Kbytes
bytes per sector: 512


can anyone shed some light on these HPQ drives?

a quick google search seems to indicate they are more affordable, like 1/3 the cost.

would like to verify these are recognized as official replacement dc2405 drives.

thanks

[e4services · Accepted solution]

My quess on the price difference is that the parts for sale are System Pulls, i.e. used with some hours on them.
As for the difference in Part Number, the BD number is a typical HP/Compaq product ID. And I show that this was originally in the Compaq style Hot Plug Tray not the HP Telluride style Hot Swap Tray for the DS models, and must have been switched out.

But why the others present the Seagate part number as the product ID, that is not typical with an HP Firmware on the drive, but my be so.

As for 'Official', well I do not show that there was a 146GB drive listed as an accessory when that unit was was sold, so the last owner must of just put in an 146GB FC drive he could find (the A6231A A6194A A6194-60001 were the 'Official' 73GB Hot Swaps for the unit)

So, the bottomline answer, and best solution, is, there is no 'Official' replacement. You are on your own replacing the drive in the tray with a new FC drive like the Fujitsu MAW3147FC or Seagate ST3146807FC ST3146855FC or 300GB MAW3300FC

[Manuel Contreras]

found this ds2405 support communication - customer notice from HP

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&taskId=125&prodSeriesId=331334&prodTypeId=329290&objectID=c00776070


and it looks like the BD1465822C is considered an upgrade...

feeling better already :)
thanks

[Manuel Contreras]

found official support notice from HP on the DS2405...

[Support_3]

the list you provided lists both scsi and fibre drives so isn't a list of disks that go in the DS2405.

the problem the original author has is the HPQ drives won't have the correct brackets.