Typical System Configurations; Figure 22. Scsi System Sample Configurations - Seagate STD124000N Product Manual

Chapter 5

Typical System Configurations

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The SCSI standard provides support for up to eight SCSI addresses or IDs. These
IDs refer to host adapters or peripheral devices such as printers, magnetic discs or
tape drives.
Any combination of a single host and up to seven additional SCSI devices can be
chained together on a single SCSI cable.
Figure 22 shows a variety of possible SCSI system configurations.
Host
Computer
Adapter
System
Single Initiator–Single Target
Computer
Host
System
Adapter
Single Initiator–Multiple Target
Host
Computer
Adapter
System
Host
Computer
Adapter
System
Multiple Initiator–Multiple Target

Figure 22. SCSI System Sample Configurations

SCSI Bus
Drive
SCSI Bus
Drive
Magnetic
Disc,
Printer or
Optical
Discs
SCSI Bus
Drive
Magnetic
Disc,
Printer or
Optical
Discs
Magnetic
Disc,
Printer or
Optical
Discs
Magnetic
Disc,
Printer or
Optical
Discs
SCSI Interface
DAT Drives