DLT8000 drive and K-Class Servers

[Larry Irving]

I've got a DLT8000 drive I need to connect to my K200. I currently have my core I/O and HP-PB 16 bit scsi ports free.

The DLT8000 has and LVD/SE 68 pin connection. When I connect it to either port on the server, the server fails to boot. Is it possible to install this DLT and if so how?

Thanks,
Larry

[Vincent Farrugia]

Hello,

It is possible only if you buy an LVD-to-HVD converter. You K200's port is HVD, and each and every card you can buy for it is HVD as well. So you definetely need a converter.

Here is an example of one:

http://www.paralan.com/mh16.html

HTH,
Vince

[Vincent Farrugia]

Hello,

It is possible only if you buy an LVD-to-HVD converter. You K200's port is HVD, and each and every card you can buy for it is HVD as well. So you definetely need a converter.

Here is an example of one:

http://www.paralan.com/mh16.html

HTH,
Vince

[Vincent Farrugia]

Hello,

It is possible only if you buy an LVD-to-HVD converter. You K200's port is HVD, and each and every card you can buy for it is HVD as well. So you definetely need a converter.

Here is an example of one:

http://www.paralan.com/mh16.html

HTH,
Vince

[Vincent Farrugia]

Hello,

It is possible only if you buy an LVD-to-HVD converter. You K200's port is HVD, and each and every card you can buy for it is HVD as well. So you definetely need a converter.

Here is an example of one:

http://www.paralan.com/mh16.html

HTH,
Vince

[David Macpherson]

Hello -

Do you happen to have the part number for your HP-PB 16-bit SCSI port(s)?

It's also quite possible for you to install the DLT drive internally (this is what I had to do), using a 68-pin to 50-pin SE connector, and removing the CD-ROM drive. This worked wonderfully.

You can also connect it to a single-ended 50-pin external SCSI port, using an adapter, but the performance on the drive will suffer a bit.

[Dietmar Konermann]

Attention:
As far as I know the only external SE SCSI interface you can buy for the K-Class is HP-PB, where you need to use the tape2 driver instead of stape. The tape2 does not support DLT8000 (and indeed does not work)... so this is not an option.