[TriLUG] OT: Dell 2650 SCSI error: Start Unit Request Failed

[Brian]

Hi Folks,

Thanks to a fellow TriLUGger (John Turner)'s recent generosity, I now 
have a Dell 2650 server, which has a 1x5 SCSI-3 hot-swap drive bay 
configuration.

I bought a brand-new Hitachi 36GB 15krpm U320 drive for the machine. 
After installing it, on bootup the SCSI BIOS reports the "Start Unit 
Request Failed" error.

All I've read so far suggests that this means the drive is bad.  That 
seems unlikely since it's a brand-new drive.  I've tried it in each of 
the five bays, with identical results.  Unfortunately I don't have any 
other SCSI hosts I could use to test the drive.

I can hear the drive spin up, so there's that...

Does anyone have some experience with this error?  Is it a case of 
incompatible SCSI standards?

Thanks,
~Brian