Just got one of these of fleabay to increase the storage on my server. Anybody know if it should do anything when powered up if it’s not connected ?
I haven’t hooked it up to the server - mainly cause I haven’t got a raid card yet (anybody got a dual channel SCSI 160 going cheap??)
I’ve plugged it in to power it up, you can hear a click from the psu’s when they are swiched on but apart from that, nothing. Is it a dud 
or will it only work when connected properly :rolleyes:
What kind of server have you got? I think I’ve got an IBM ServeRAID 4 series card somewhere that I know doesn’t work in Compaq Servers :rolleyes: but have never had the opportunity to try it in anything else…
Don’t know much about the unit, but if it’s just a ‘dumb’ disk shelf, you won’t see any action out of it until it’s hooked up to a RAID controller.
This is what I’m thinking. It is baisically a box with a couple of psu’s some fans and a load of hard disks. There are no electronics in it as such apart from the two SCSI management modules. The guy I bought it off says I should get fans and lights when I power it up but my guess is that I will only get this when the SCSI card ‘switches it on’
My server is a Dell Poweredge 2650 
Drop me a PM with some snail mail details and when I route it out next week, I’ll send it to you for testing…
If memory serves, it’s a single channel U160 controller - ideal for what you’re wanting.
I would have thought you should get some fan action also. I think we have one of these at work, i’ll check on monday and let you know.
Any joy with this Keith?