Philip Tait wrote: > Previous traffic on this list indicates that some participants have > succeeded in getting a Dell sales rep. to order empty drive carriers for > them (although ours is not being very cooperative so far). > > - Can anyone confirm that ' F9541' is the correct part number for a SAS > drive carrier for an MD1000 enclosure? > > - Can anyone provide any guidance from recent experience of ordering > these parts? > I received some very helpful responses. I have summarised them here, in the hope they may be useful for someone else. (Perhaps we need an FAQ?)
- Chase and Michael referred me to http://discountechnology.com/ , and confirmed the part number. - Michael provided a URL for the part: http://discountechnology.com/Dell-F9541-NF467-H9122-G9146-Hard-Drive-Tray-Caddy?sc=2&category=33 and pointed out that the part number is different for SATA drives, due to the need for an interposer board. (Which surprised me, because I thought the SAS specification provided for connection of a SATA drive to a SAS backplane connector). - Aleks suggested looking at softarcade.net, where he bought the SATA version, CC852. He mentioned that mounting screws are available from Discounttechnology.com in packs of 20($2.95) and 100($9.95). However, item number 90273A144, "Zinc-Plated Stl Flat Head Phil MachineScrew 6-32 Thread, 1/4" Length" from http://www.mcmaster.com appears to be equivalent, at $3.42 for 100. I received no response to indicate anyone has succeeded in getting these from Dell of late. Thanks to the people who responded with such helpful advice. Philip J. Tait http://subarutelescope.org _______________________________________________ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list [email protected] https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq
