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2.Setup
2.1BeforeConnection
BeforeinstallingyourthiscardandSCSIdevices,youshouldunderstandthebasic
conceptoftheSCSI,whichisdescribedinthissection.Thisinformationwillhelp
yousetupyourthiscardandSCSIdevicessothattheyfunctionproperly.
SCSIIDnumbers
AllSCSIdevicesattachedtothiscard,aswellasthiscarditself,musthaveaunique
SCSIIDbetween0to15.TheSCSIIDisusedfortwopurposes:
■ DefiningeachSCSIdevicepresentontheSCSIbus
■ DeterminingthepriorityofSCSIdevicesontheSCSIbus
SCSIID7hasthehighestpriorityforSCSIdevicesconnectedtothiscard.The
priorityoftheremainingIDsarefrom6to0andfrom15to8indescendingorder.
Note
SCSIIDsdonotindicatetheorderinwhichthecablesofSCSIdevicesshould
beconnectedtothiscard.
WerecommendthatyouleavethiscardIDsettoitsdefaultsettingofSCSIID7.If
youneedtochangetheSCSIIDofthiscard,readSection3.3,"Thiscard
Configuration(SCSISelectUtility)."TochangetheSCSIIDofaharddiskdriveor
otherSCSIdevice,refertothatSCSIdevice'sdocumentation.
Note
TobootthesystemfromSCSIdeviceconnectedtothiscard,theBootTarget
IDspecificationintheSCSISelectutilitymustcorrespondtotheSCSIIDof
theSCSIdevicetobebooted.