Chapter 12 Installing, Removing, and Replacing
Cabling the Library
Scalar i500 User’s Guide 301
a Connect one end of the SCSI cable to the top SCSI port of the
bottom tape drive. Then connect the other end of the cable to the
bottom SCSI port of the tape drive above. The SCSI cable
connecting the two tape drives should be at least 30 cm in length.
b Use another SCSI cable to connect the bottom tape drive of the
SCSI bus to your host.
c Use a SCSI terminator to terminate the top tape drive of the SCSI
bus.
Figure 42 Cabling One or Two
Tape Drives Per SCSI Bus
3 Connect the module terminators.
1 SCSI terminator
2 SCSI drive-to-host cable
3 SCSI cable connecting two SCSI
tape drives
One tape
drive per
SCSI bus
Two tape
drives per
SCSI bus