In addition to the excellent points made by Timothy, you will have to do additional checks.
It seems that this DS8K might have been used to sell off individual components as 'spares'. Does it still have the embedded HMC? What type of FICON adaptors does it have (SX or LX). From previous discussions your z114 has SX. The DS8K end also needs to be SX. Regards Parwez Hamid​ ________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> on behalf of Enzo D'Amato <edam...@octechservices.org> Sent: 12 June 2022 22:58 To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> Subject: Restore DS8884 firmware without ibm support contract Hello. I am a high school student who has recently purchased a z114 mainframe (I have posted about the project before here). I have been working to find CKD storage for my machine, so that I can do a proper z/OS installation. I have an opportunity to acquire a DS8884 storage unit that I know has the licences required for mainframe attach. Unfortunately, the person who owns it it knows very little about the unit, and all of the drives have been removed. The owner claims that they have all of the CDs to do a full restore to factory settings, but they have not sent over pictures of the CDs. Is it really possible to fully restore one of these units with just disks? Additionally, if the disks aren't available, can the unit be restored without them? I am aware that getting the unit back up and running may take some work, but I am welling to put in the effort, as CKD storage is extremely difficult to find, but I don't want to embark on an impossible project. I would appreciate any information that you may have that could help me ensure that I can get the machine up and running before I commit to shipping it. Thank you, Enzo Damato? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
