Connecting The Tape Drive - Quantum Tape Drive SDLT 600 Quick Start Manual

Connecting the Tape Drive

To connect the tape drive:
a.
Make sure the tape drive and host computer are powered off.
b.
Set the SCSI ID using the SCSI ID switch on the back of the tape
drive.
Each device attached to the SCSI bus must have a unique SCSI ID.
The tape drive's pre-set SCSI ID is 3. Change it if necessary.
! Do not use SCSI ID 7, which the SCSI card uses.
c.
Connect the tape drive's lower SCSI connector to the host computer.
Make sure the connector is firmly seated.
d.
Terminate the SCSI bus by connecting a SCSI terminator to the tape
drive's upper SCSI connector.
e.
Verify that the tape drive communicates properly with the host
computer before adding more devices to the SCSI bus.
See "Confirming the Installation" on page
f.
Add devices in a daisy chain by removing the SCSI terminator and
connecting the tape drive's upper connector to the next device.
g.
Terminate the last device in the daisy chain by connecting a
terminator to the device's next unused SCSI connector.
! You must terminate the SCSI bus by connecting a terminator to the last
device in the chain.
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2 Connecting the Tape Drive
SCSI ID Switch
3.
3
3
Terminator
3
Cabling for Single Tape Drive
Terminator
3
3
Cabling for Daisy Chain