Technical data

Installing Disk and Tape Drives
7-2
SCSI Configuration Guidelines
The SCSI controller has two buses, Channel 1 and Channel 2, which are typically
used as follows:
Location Mode SCSI type Bus
Speed
Max.
Devices
Max. Bus
Length
Internal
(Channel 1)
Single-
ended
Wide Ultra
SCSI
40
Mbytes/s
8 1.5 m
External
(Channel 2)
LVD Wide Ultra2
SCSI
80
Mbytes/s
16 devices 12 m
•
Both ends of each SCSI bus must be terminated. The main logic board
termination is set automatically. The other termination on Channel 1 is set on
the storage backplane.
•
External SCSI connections must be to the second SCSI bus (Channel 2).
Use the SCSI knockouts at the rear of the server and the supplied SCSI
cable.
•
The Channel 2 bus length is measured from the main logic board Channel 2
connector to the end of the external bus.
•
All devices on a SCSI bus require a unique SCSI ID. SCSI ID 7 is assigned
to the SCSI controller.
•
If a single-ended device is added to a bus with LVD devices, the bus
becomes single-ended.