Re: Extra Disk 170

[Keith Carpenter <carpcon@xxxxxxx>]

Larry,

Will either a 2726 or 2748 work in a 150 ?
The 2740 & 2741 require a "fast" PCI slot, but I saw no mention of this 
restriction for the 2726 or 2748.

Keith



Larry Bolhuis wrote:
> Respectfully I've done a bunch of these and they are very 
> straighforward.  The top and front covers get replaced (OK the back too 
> but who uses those?). You take off the right side cover and the new 
> right side just slides together with the CEC side.  Then a strap gets 
> screwed down the back to hold them together and the new top pops on (a 
> few more screws).  There is one ribbon cable that connects the two sides 
> together and a SCSI ribbon cable goes from the new 6 drive expansion to 
> the disk controller in the CEC. Then the right side cover removed from 
> the original system goes onto the new expansion unit. You *WILL want a 
> 5.5mm socket to do this upgrade, but it's the only tool you'll need.  
> This is a FC 7101 or 7102 expansion unit.
>
> You MUST have a RAID controller to connect this expansion because the 
> base controller will only control 4 drives.  FC 2740, 2741, 2748 or 2726 
> will all work in there.
>
> - Larry