Setup guide

46 • Avid|DS
Chapter 4 • Assembling the System
Three-Enclosure
Configuration
The three-enclosure configuration uses two Avid MediaDock LVDs in single
bus configurations and one Avid MediaDock LVD in a dual bus configuration.
This configuration lets you use a maximum of twenty-four drives; twelve on
each SCSI bus.
SCSI cable from channel 1/A
of the Adaptec controller to
Avid MediaDock LVD #1
SCSI cable from channel 2/B
of the Adaptec controller to
Avid MediaDock LVD #2
Avid|DS workstation
SCSI cable
SCSI cable
Avid MediaDock
LVD #3
Before assembling this storage configuration, you must replace the
ESM (Enclosure Service module) on Avid MediaDock LVD #1 and
#2 with an SRM (SCSI Repeater module). Contact your Avid|DS
reseller to obtain the necessary replacement module.