Configuring The Drive; Attaching Cables - Seagate ST9300 Series Installation Manual

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Configuring the drive

1. Put on a grounded wrist strap. Wear the grounded wrist
strap throughout the installation procedure.
2. Install master/slave jumpers. In a two-drive system, you
need to designate one drive as the master, or drive 0, and
the other drive as the slave, or drive 1. To do this, install the
master/slave jumpers as shown in Figure 1. In a one-drive
system, configure the drive as a master (no jumpers in-
stalled).
Alternatively, you can configure the drive as a master or
slave using the cable select option. This requires a special
daisy-chain cable that grounds pin 28 (CSEL) on one of its
two drive connectors. If you attach the drive to the grounded
CSEL connector, it becomes a master. If you attach the
drive to the ungrounded CSEL connector, it becomes a
slave. To use this option, the host system and both drives
must support cable select.
To configure an ST9300 family drive for cable select, install
both master/slave jumpers.

Attaching cables

This drive is designed for a host computer that supplies
interface signals and +5V power through a single 44-pin
connector and cable. If your computer has a fixed connector
that attaches directly to the drive, skip ahead to the following