6 x 4 ELECTRONIC SCSI SWITCH

3.Make sure that mounting the SCSI Switch in a rack does not cause a hazardous condition because of uneven mechanical loading.

4.Make sure that adding the switch doesn’t overload the rack’s power circuit.

5.Make sure the power connections of the switch and the other equipment in your rack are properly grounded.

5.11 Typical Applications

Figure 5-5 shows a pair of sample system configurations. Many other configurations are possible.

Secure admin computer and

RS-232 serial control link

 

LAN

Servers

Servers

SCSI

SCSI

links

links

 

 

SCSI

SCSI

 

 

 

links

links

 

 

Tape arrays

SCSI

Tape arrays

 

Switch

 

 

 

 

Ethernet

10BASE-T

 

 

 

LAN

LAN-control

 

 

 

 

link

 

 

 

Servers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SCSI

 

 

 

 

links

 

RAID

SCSI

SCSI

SCSI

RAID

Switch

tower

links

link

tower

 

SCSI links

High-end scanners

Figure 5-5. Sample applications.

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