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As the
end of HP Support for the HP e3000 approaches HP
Customers with NIO HP e3000 Systems (9x8, 9x9, 99x, etc.) have a limited and
aging set of peripheral choices. Specifically, Series 900 systems
support only SE-SCSI and HVD-SCSI type peripherals. At the time this
document is being written most of these devices are near or past their official
HP End-of-Support dates. At the same time there is a set of newer HP LVD-SCSI
devices supported on HP e3000 A-Class and N-Class systems which have longer
support lifetimes. This raises the question if there is a way to bridge
this HVD-LVD SCSI "gap". . .
As it turns out there are a variety of products which purport to
transparently convert from HVD to LVD SCSI type signaling (and vice versa).
As part of the HP-UX Hardware Providers Program several such products were tested by the HP-UX Labs and one vendor, Rancho SysTech, was selected as having the best Enterprise Server compatible device
(follow the HPHP home page link "HP certified third-party hardware products" and
look for the entry for
Rancho).
In conjunction with the HP-UX effort we in the MPE/iX Lab evaluated the
Rancho devices and determined that they are compatible with HP e3000 hardware
and MPE/iX software. When connected to an HP e3000 the Rancho converter
boxes are considered "Reference Products", that is, device support is provided
by vendor or reseller, not HP (see HPHP home page link 'Learn more about the "Certified for
HP-UX" testing program' for the difference between Certified and Reference
products).
For further details on the possible usage of these 3rd party supplied reference devices with HP
e3000 systems please see the following document "Reference
Product Report on HP e3000 Systems and Rancho Technologies HVD-LVD Converters".
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