Mylex FlashPoint BT-930, Installation Manual And User'S Manual

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Installation
Manual No. 3000863 2-3
SCAM Support
The FlashPoint adapter supports SCAM Levels 1 and 2. If your peripheral
device supports SCAM, the FlashPoint adapter will determine an available
SCSI ID and assign it to the device.
SCSI peripheral devices that do not support SCAM (legacy) are shipped with
a preassigned SCSI ID number. You can change this ID if necessary. A SCSI
ID switch is usually located on the back panel of such devices. It may be in
the form of a jumper or a switch whose setting indicates the SCSI ID. If you
need to change the SCSI ID for the other peripheral devices, refer to the
instructions in the owners manual for the device.
Terminating SCSI Devices
The SCSI devices connected on the ends of the cable of a SCSI bus must
have terminators installed or enabled. Terminators, which can be connected
to either SCSI devices or SCSI cables, are required for reliable operation of
the SCSI bus.
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Note
Pass through cable terminators may not properly
terminate the device. For greater reliability, Mylex
recommends the use of active terminators for all
devices.
If more than two SCSI devices are connected in a SCSI daisy chain, disable
the termination on the middle device(s).
The FlashPoint is equipped with SmartTerm™ and does not require any
physical configuration for termination. SmartTerm requires no user
interaction and automatically enables or disables the FlashPoint termination
depending on the configuration of the SCSI bus in the system.
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Note
There are devices on the market, such as some pass
through terminators and devices with 26-pin DB
connectors, that do not conform to SCSI
specifications. With such devices on the cable, the
SmartTerm logic on the FlashPoint LT board does not