Chapter 2. Preparing for Installation
The installation process consists of:
Taking an inventory of all pieces necessary for installation
Determining your cable needs
Installing the adapter
Installing device drivers
Inventory
To install the PCI SCSI-2 Fast/Wide Single-Ended Adapter, you need:
The adapter
The documentation that came with your system unit
A flat-blade screwdriver.
You also need the following items to connect SCSI devices to the adapter:
The documentation that came with your SCSI devices
External cables
Internal cables
A SCSI terminator.
Determining Cable Needs
External SCSI devices have a variety of connectors. Ensure that you have cables
with the appropriate connectors for each external device in your planned SCSI chain.
You can attach external wide (16-bit) devices or narrow (8-bit) devices to the adapter
with the proper cable. In both cases, the cable end that attaches to the adapter is a
68-pin connector. The device end varies with the type of device you are attaching.
Internal devices typically attach to a cable with one or more connectors allowing you
to attach devices to the cable. You can use a wide or narrow SCSI internal cable.
The wide cable attaches to the 68-pin internal connector, J3. The narrow cable
attaches to the 50-pin connector, J4 (see Figure 1-1 on page 1-1).
Internal Cabling
If you plan to use internal SCSI devices in your system, you must first obtain the
necessary cables for your system unit. Install the cables according to the
instructions provided by your system unit's instructions.
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