Getting Started; Scsi Host Adapters; Before You Begin - Sun Microsystems StorEdge A1000 Operation And Service Manual

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C H A P T E R

Getting Started

The Sun StorEdge A1000 and D1000 systems are made up of a chassis, dual
power supplies, dual cooling canisters, the controller module and from 4 to 12
hot-pluggable, UltraSCSI hard disk drives. Both the A1000 and D1000 units may
be used on the desktop.
This chapter provides instructions on how to prepare the area, connect the
cables and power on the system.

SCSI Host Adapters

You must use one of two host adapter boards available from Sun, depending on
your host system's requirements:
For SBus based hosts — SBus to differential UltraSCSI adapter, UDWIS/S Model
X1065A
For PCI based hosts — PCI to dual differential UltraSCSI adapter, Model X6541A

Before You Begin

Make sure you do the following before you install the system:
1. Read the Product Notes, if any, for updated product information.
Information contained in the Product Notes may affect your installation.
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