Help SCSI help

[ramathorn]

I am trying to help my brother out here, he has a HP XL Jet 1500 printer (huge mofo), the printer was operated by a really old G2 HP Server. The server was ancient and basically completely keeled over, so they have replaced it with a new G6 from the same product line (ML150 - glorified PC really).

They had a SCSI card in the machine which operated the printer, it was a PCI card with a 68 pin output, the new server has a PCI slot but it is the newer 3.3 Volt as apposed to the old 5 volt (the card will only work / fit in a 5 volt slot).

So basically they need a new card, however I have very little to no experience with SCSI in general (seems to be a rediculous amount of different cable standards too). Will any SCSI controller with this interface work? I've seen ones that in the spec sheet say they will support up to 15 SCSI devices but throughout the document base all examples on storage. Anyone advice on this would be greatly appreciated, managed to get it up in the meantime with an old workstation but it cant stay there as a permanent solution.

 

[Bob007]

Scsi was/is a chain system. Meaning you can chain a number of devices on a single cable. Which is why the push things like "up to 15 devies" when they market them. As long as the plug at the server side matches the cable end for the printer you should be fine with any new card. And yes the cabling is a pain in the arse. You'll prob find that your printer is also terminator (no not arnie) so should sit at the end of the chain.

Keep the Old card to hand. Check it for switches and try to find the documentation for it. Try to match the setup to the new card to minimise any problems you may come across.