User`s guide

Contents
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7
Installing Optional Disk and Tape Drives
Introduction............................................................................................ 7-1
Tape Drive Configuration Guidelines...................................................... 7-1
SBB Configuration Guidelines................................................................ 7-1
CD-ROM Drive Configuration Guidelines ............................................... 7-2
SCSI Configuration Guidelines............................................................... 7-2
SCSI ID and Termination................................................................. 7-2
Setting IDs and Termination ............................................................ 7-3
Boot Device..................................................................................... 7-4
External Channel............................................................................. 7-4
Storage Backplane .......................................................................... 7-5
Drive ID........................................................................................... 7-5
Cables............................................................................................. 7-6
Storage Backplane ................................................................................ 7-7
Installing Optional Drives ....................................................................... 7-9
Installing a Half-Height 5¼-Inch Device into the Top-Right Drive Bay .... 7-10
Installing a Full-Height 5¼-Inch Device into the Top-Right Drive Bay..... 7-12
Expansion Brackets................................................................... 7-14
Hot-Swap Drive Bay ........................................................................ 7-16
SBB LED Status Indicators........................................................ 7-18
External Storage.................................................................................... 7-20
Connecting an External SCSI Bus to the Storage Backplane ........... 7-20
Connecting an External Device to a SCSI Controller........................ 7-22
8
Installing Expansion Boards
Introduction............................................................................................ 8-1
ISA/EISA Expansion Board Configuration Guidelines............................. 8-1
PCI Expansion Board Configuration Guidelines...................................... 8-2
Configuring Your EISA/PCI Expansion Boards Using the SCU............... 8-3
Identifying the Server Boot Device................................................... 8-4
Server Bus Scan Order ................................................................... 8-4
Examples of EISA/PCI Scan Order.................................................. 8-6
Identifying PCI Devices in the SCU.................................................. 8-8