Installation guide

Installation

Manual No. 775020 2-17

3. Safety check the installation before powering ON the system.

• Make sure cables are properly oriented so that the colored stripe

(Pin 1) on the edge of the ribbon cable aligns with Pin 1 on the

connector (see Figure 2-13).

Figure 2-13. SCSI Cable Pin 1 Alignment to the Connector

• Make sure all SCSI conventions (cable type, cable length,

termination, and SCSI addresses) are followed. Examples of cable

types are: flat, rounded, shielded, or non-shielded – use like types

together.

• For information about cable lengths and formats, please refer to

Table A-1 on page A-1.

n 1

This is a connector on the system board, face up.

Align the colored stripe on the edge of the ribbon

SCSI cable to Pin 1 on the connector.

Note: the colored stripe is Pin 1 in the SCSI cable.