Figure 8–6: Cabling a Shared SCSI Bus with a TZ885

KZPSA adapter, trilink connector, and H879 terminator

T

T

Memory Channel link cable

BN21K or BN21L cables

Memory Channel adapters

DWZZA-VA, trilink connector, and H879 terminator

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1

2

3

4

5

DWZZA-VA

and trilink connector

1

2

3

4

5

BN21K or BN21L cable

AlphaServer 2100A

AlphaServer 2100A

BA350

BA350

 

 

 

 

BC19J

 

 

 

 

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T

 

 

 

DWZZA-AA

Trilink

 

 

connector

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and

TZ885

H8574-A

 

 

H879-AA

 

 

terminator

 

 

 

 

terminator

ZK-1344U-AI

8.5 Preparing the TZ887 for Shared SCSI Bus Usage

The TZ887 Digital Linear Tape (DLT) MiniLibrary combines a cartridge tape drive (TZ88) and an automatic cartridge loader. It uses a seven-cartridge (CompacTape IV) removable magazine with a total capacity of nearly 280 GB compressed. It is capable of reading/writing at approximately 10.8 GB per hour.

As with any of the shared SCSI devices, the TZ887 SCSI IDs must be set to ensure that no two SCSI devices on the shared SCSI bus have the same

SCSI ID.

The following sections describe how to prepare the TZ887 in more detail.

8.5.1 Setting the TZ887 SCSI ID

The TZ887 SCSI ID is set with a push-button counter switch on the rear of the unit (see Figure 8–7). Push the button above the counter to increment the address; push the button below the counter to decrement the address until you have the desired SCSI ID selected.

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