The following illustration shows the main SCSI backplane component locations.
Installing a SCSI repeater card
You must install an optional SCSI repeater card to connect all of your internal hot-
swap hard disk drives to the same SCSI channel.
The following illustration shows the rear connectors on the optional SCSI repeater
card, as viewed from the rear of the server.
SCSI repeater
card cable
connector
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IBM® xSeries 250: User's Reference
Handle
Guides
Cable retaining
clips
Backplane
Retention clips
SCSI channel
A connector
Power cable
connector
SCSI channel
B connector
Retention clips
SCSI cable
connector