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Barracuda 36ES Product Manual, Rev. H
Table 19:
Cable characteristics for single-ended circuits
Maximum number of
I/O transfer rate
devices on the bus
<10M transfers/s
16 (wide SCSI bus)
<20M transfers/s
4 (wide SCSI bus)
<20M transfers/s
8 (wide SCSI bus)
A stub length of no more than 0.1 meter (0.33 ft) is allowed off the mainline interconnection with any connected
equipment. The stub length is measured from the transceiver to the connection to the mainline SCSI bus.
Single-ended I/O cable pin assignments for LW drives are shown in Table 16.
Single-ended I/O pin assignments for the LC model are shown in Table 17. The LC model does not require an
I/O cable. It is designed to connect directly to a back panel connector.
9.7.1.3
Low voltage differential I/O circuits
The maximum total cable length for use with drives using LVD I/O drivers and receiver circuits is 12 meters
(39.37 ft.). A stub length of no more than 0.1 meter is allowed off the mainline interconnection with any con-
nected equipment. LVD I/O pin assignments for LW model drives are shown in tables 15 and 16. LVD I/O pin
assignments for LC model drives are shown in tables 17 and 18.
9.7.1.4
General cable characteristics
A characteristic impedance of 100 ohm + 10% is recommended for unshielded flat or twisted pair ribbon cable.
However, most available cables have a somewhat lower characteristic impedance. To Minimize discontinuities
and signal reflections, cables of different impedances should not be used in the same bus. Implementations
may require trade-offs in shielding effectiveness, cable length, the number of loads, transfer rates, and cost to
achieve satisfactory system operation. If shielded and unshielded cables are mixed within the same SCSI bus,
the effect of impedance mismatch must be carefully considered. Proper impedance matching is especially
important in order to maintain adequate margin at fast SCSI transfer rates.
Transmission line impedance
Maximum cable
length allowed
REQ/ACK
6 meters (19.7 ft)
90 + 6 Ohms
3 meters (9.8 ft)
90 + 6 Ohms
1.5 meters (4.9 ft)
90 + 6 Ohms
Other signals
90 + 10 Ohms
90 + 10 Ohms
90 + 10 Ohms
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