Testing An External Device; Figure 6-10 Turning On External Devices And The Octane2 Workstation - Silicon Graphics OCTANE2 Owner's Manual

Testing an External Device

After you connect the external SCSI device to your workstation, verify that your system
recognizes the device.
The system software automatically recognizes most external SCSI devices and displays
an icon representing that device on the desktop.
1. Turn on all external SCSI devices first.
You can turn on external devices (see A in Figure 6-10) in any order.
Always turn on the external SCSI device(s) before turning on your workstation;
Tip:
otherwise, the system does not recognize the device.
Power cable
Figure 6-10 Turning On External Devices and the Octane2 Workstation
Powering On the Octane2 Workstation
B
A
Switch
C Power button
2
1
D
Power switch
D
Power switch
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