Before You Begin; Installing The Adaptec Scsi Card; Connecting Disk Drives - Adaptec 29320LPE Installation And User Manual

Before You Begin

Read the safety information on
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Familiarize yourself with your SCSI card's physical features (see
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Ensure that you have the proper cables for your SCSI card and disk drives (see
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If you have a low-profile computer cabinet, replace the original full-height bracket with
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the low-profile bracket supplied in the SCSI card kit.
Handle the SCSI card by its bracket or edges only.
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Installing the Adaptec SCSI Card

This section describes how to install your Adaptec SCSI card into your computer cabinet.
Caution:
Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) can damage your
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SCSI card. Handle the SCSI card carefully so that you do not
expose it to static charge.
1
If you have a low-profile computer cabinet, replace the
original full-height bracket on the SCSI card with the low-
profile bracket supplied in the SCSI card kit.
2
Turn off your system and disconnect the power cord.
3
Open the cabinet, following the manufacturer's
instructions.
4
Insert the SCSI card into an available PCIe slot (compliant
with PCIe rev. 1.0) and secure the bracket in the PCIe slot,
using the retention device (for instance, a screw or lever)
supplied with your system.
5
Install and connect any internal drives using the
appropriate cable(s), then close the computer cabinet.
Note:
If you connect non-LVD/SE (Wide Ultra/Ultra) SCSI devices
to the same SCSI channel as LVD (Ultra320, Ultra160 and Ultra2)
SCSI devices, the data transfer rate for the LVD SCSI devices will
drop to non-LVD/SE performance levels. To achieve maximum
data transfer rates for the LVD SCSI devices, be sure to keep them
separate.

Connecting Disk Drives

1
Set the SCSI ID of each disk drive to a unique number between 0 and 15. The SCSI card is
set to ID 7 by default. Although not recommended, you can change the SCSI card ID by
using the SCSISelect utility (see
Note:
Do not change the SCSI card ID unless absolutely necessary.
2
Install a terminator (or enable termination) on the disk drive at the end of each cable, or
the end of the cable itself.
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