User`s guide

Chapter 5: Installing the Controller and Disk Drives ● 42
3 If space inside your computer cabinet is limited, connect your disk
drives to the SCSI cable before installing them. (For installation
instructions, refer to your computer’s documentation.)
Caution: To avoid causing unstable operation, do not attach a
cable to the controller unless the other end of the cable is
attached to a least one disk drive.
Alternatively, install your disk drives, then connect them to the
controller.
4 When all internal disk drives have been installed and connected,
close your computer cabinet, reattach the power cord, then continue
with Connecting External Devices on page 42.
Connecting External Devices
Note: If you are not connecting any external devices, see Next Steps
below.
1 (SCSI controllers only) Ensure that SCSI IDs and termination are set
before completing the connections to external disk drives or devices.
See page 41.
2 Use high-quality cables to connect your controller to your external
device(s), such as disk drives or disk drive enclosures.
Adaptec recommends using only Adaptec cables. For more
information or to purchase cables, visit the Adaptec Web site at
www.adaptec.com .
Next Steps
If you are installing the controller driver and an operating system onto a
bootable array, continue with Creating a Bootable Array on page 43.
If you are completing a standard installation onto an existing operating
system, continue with Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating
System on page 56.
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