Scsi Hdd 40pin To 80pin - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

TayfuN · 12-21-2007, 06:36 AM

Yesterday i bought a SCSI Hard Drive, but don't watch on connection of this HDD, on my hard Drive that was before are 80-pin's (ST318453LC), but on this (like google says) 40-pin's (ST3300007FC). Can someone give me Idea what to do

???? Please Help me ! BTW, i can't Change or sell this Hard Drive, and if you know what I need to buy, give me a link, where to get that... Please !

Sorry for my English

vanblah · 12-21-2007, 07:12 AM

I've had luck getting strange cable configurations from these guys:

http://www.cablestogo.com/

They probably make an internal 40-pin to 80-pin cable.

TayfuN · 12-21-2007, 07:54 AM

Nope, I was talking with assistant (of that web) and he said that they don't have such cable or adapter

vanblah · 12-21-2007, 08:20 AM

Did you ask about custom cables? Almost anything can be made but it can get expensive.

TayfuN · 12-21-2007, 09:20 AM

yes.. By the way, i am from Europe

Vitter · 12-21-2007, 09:41 AM

The simplest solution would be to buy a SCSI controller card. I'm afraid there is no such solution as an adapter from an IDE interface (40-pin) to a SCSI (80-pin). I'm not sure how much they run, however.

TayfuN · 12-21-2007, 10:00 AM

I know what i can buy, but i can't find what i need

and there is NOT IDE interface !

TayfuN · 12-22-2007, 06:23 AM

Someone says that this is not a SCSI HDD

He says that this is Fibre Channel

maybe someone can help now ?

vanblah · 12-22-2007, 11:05 AM

Yep. That's fibre channel. You'll need to get a fibre channel card.

TayfuN · 12-22-2007, 12:17 PM

Is this what I need ? : http://cgi.ebay.com/Qlogic-2200-Fibr...QQcmdZViewItem

or this ? : http://cgi.ebay.com/QLOGIC-QLA2340-2...QQcmdZViewItem

or this ?

http://cgi.benl.ebay.be/Emulex-LP-80...QQcmdZViewItem

vanblah · 12-22-2007, 01:00 PM

The QL2200 is a pretty generic card. You'll want to make sure that you don't get a "branded" one. In other words, QLogic puts a chip on the card that makes it only compatible with IBM or Dell servers.

TayfuN · 12-22-2007, 01:42 PM

hmm but I have IBM eServer xSeries 346 8840-55Y

vanblah · 12-23-2007, 08:01 AM

Then you probably SHOULD get a branded one from IBM. They're a lot more expensive though. Sometimes you can find used IBM QL2200's on eBay though.

For $15 I'd try the generic one though.

12-21-2007, 06:36 AM	#1 (permalink)
TayfuN Upright	Scsi Hdd 40pin To 80pin Yesterday i bought a SCSI Hard Drive, but don't watch on connection of this HDD, on my hard Drive that was before are 80-pin's (ST318453LC), but on this (like google says) 40-pin's (ST3300007FC). Can someone give me Idea what to do ???? Please Help me ! BTW, i can't Change or sell this Hard Drive, and if you know what I need to buy, give me a link, where to get that... Please ! Sorry for my English

12-21-2007, 09:41 AM	#6 (permalink)
Vitter Upright	The simplest solution would be to buy a SCSI controller card. I'm afraid there is no such solution as an adapter from an IDE interface (40-pin) to a SCSI (80-pin). I'm not sure how much they run, however. Last edited by Vitter; 12-21-2007 at 09:47 AM..

12-22-2007, 12:17 PM	#10 (permalink)
TayfuN Upright	Is this what I need ? : http://cgi.ebay.com/Qlogic-2200-Fibr...QQcmdZViewItem or this ? : http://cgi.ebay.com/QLOGIC-QLA2340-2...QQcmdZViewItem or this ? http://cgi.benl.ebay.be/Emulex-LP-80...QQcmdZViewItem Last edited by TayfuN; 12-22-2007 at 12:51 PM..

12-21-2007, 07:12 AM	#2 (permalink)
vanblah Junkie	I've had luck getting strange cable configurations from these guys: http://www.cablestogo.com/ They probably make an internal 40-pin to 80-pin cable.

12-21-2007, 07:54 AM	#3 (permalink)
TayfuN Upright	Nope, I was talking with assistant (of that web) and he said that they don't have such cable or adapter

12-21-2007, 08:20 AM	#4 (permalink)
vanblah Junkie	Did you ask about custom cables? Almost anything can be made but it can get expensive.

12-21-2007, 09:20 AM	#5 (permalink)
TayfuN Upright	yes.. By the way, i am from Europe

12-21-2007, 10:00 AM	#7 (permalink)
TayfuN Upright	I know what i can buy, but i can't find what i need and there is NOT IDE interface !

12-22-2007, 06:23 AM	#8 (permalink)
TayfuN Upright	Someone says that this is not a SCSI HDD He says that this is Fibre Channel maybe someone can help now ?

12-22-2007, 11:05 AM	#9 (permalink)
vanblah Junkie	Yep. That's fibre channel. You'll need to get a fibre channel card.

12-22-2007, 01:00 PM	#11 (permalink)
vanblah Junkie	The QL2200 is a pretty generic card. You'll want to make sure that you don't get a "branded" one. In other words, QLogic puts a chip on the card that makes it only compatible with IBM or Dell servers.

12-22-2007, 01:42 PM	#12 (permalink)
TayfuN Upright	hmm but I have IBM eServer xSeries 346 8840-55Y

12-23-2007, 08:01 AM	#13 (permalink)
vanblah Junkie	Then you probably SHOULD get a branded one from IBM. They're a lot more expensive though. Sometimes you can find used IBM QL2200's on eBay though. For $15 I'd try the generic one though.