User`s guide

DigiDrive Guide12
Connecting DigiDrives
To connect an external SCSI drive to your
computer:
1 Be sure that power to both the computer and
hard drive is off.
2 Connect the SCSI drives to your computer
with their accompanying SCSI cables.
Always use high-quality cables. Additionally,
use the shortest possible SCSI cables to make the
best possible connection—if you are using a sin-
gle-ended accelerator card, your total SCSI cable
length should never exceed 3 meters. If you are
running an LVD accelerator, your total SCSI ca-
ble length can run as long as 12 meters.
3 Secure the SCSI cables in place with their
thumbscrews. Loose SCSI cables can cause prob-
lems with your system.
4 Connect any other drives by daisy- chaining
from one drive to another. Cable lengths on the
computer SCSI chain should be kept to a mini-
mum. Use the shortest length possible. The
overall SCSI chain length should not exceed 3
meters.
5 Verify that the last SCSI device connected is
properly terminated (see the section that fol-
lows regarding termination).
6 Attach a power cable to your hard drives.
Your hard drives should now be properly con-
nected and ready for use.
Connecting a SCSI cable to the SCSI port
to external
SCSI hard drive
Connecting an external SCSI hard drive
SCSI Hard Drive
to computer’s
SCSI port
SCSI Terminator
To computer’s SCSI host
bus adapter