Workstation And Embedded Bus Connection; Connecting Scsi Tape Drives - StorageTek L180 Installation Manual

Connecting the SCSI Interface

Workstation and Embedded Bus Connection

When connecting to a UNIX workstation or embedded bus, follow the
procedure described in
information about SCSI addressing:
• When configuring the library to a UNIX workstation, StorageTek
recommends that you use a dedicated SCSI bus adapter:
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• If you choose to use the embedded system bus on the SPARC station, you
should select address 6, 5, 2, or 0 for the library, because the remaining
targets are reserved for other Sun peripherals.
• For IBM RISC System/6000 servers, available addresses on the embedded
system bus are 6, 5, 3, and 2.

Connecting SCSI Tape Drives

Notes: Observe these notes when making your SCSI drive connections:
• Make sure you comply with the length restrictions for your interface
• Label each drive with its client address (this will be very helpful if
• Label the cables. These labels provide reliable identification for any
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CAUTION:
Potential system degradation: Do not connect SCSI drives to the client
until you have configured the drives for operation.
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"Connecting the SCSI Library" on page
For wide adapters, you may assign any address from 0 to 14.
For narrow adapters, the range of addresses is 0 to 6.
type.
problems occur).
future maintenance on the drives.
Figure 7-6 on page 7-9
bulkhead.
Eleventh Edition
StorageTek Proprietary
shows an example of a connection to the drive
7-6. Note this
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