Finally, got a used Z600 in a slightly "used" condition, with a good portion of origional Hardware being stripped away, as arranged by seller to reduce price (glad to arrange that)
Intended to upgrade CPU to a pair of X5660 , 48G of 1333 ECC Ram
also interested in running entire HD rig with LSI Raid controller move all of the HD outboard, running SAS 6Gb/s Bus instead of on board SATA 2 Bus
Checking Quickspec (ver.51) did mentioned 1 raid card able to run SAS 6Gb/s speed (LSI 9260-8I)
However, power supply and HD rack seem to be a serious problem, impossible to mount all 8 HD inside Z600
All of HD will running outside mainframe using external HD cage (save mian power supply and reduce heat).
My eyes fall on LSI 9280-8E which is very attractive choice.
Therefore my question will be:-
is it possible to run LSI 9280-8E on Z600? (Mine is C2 Board)
Currently i am running on a LSI 3443E (2 HD running internal controller card bus)
Expect reply soonest
Regards
Pm100
