To achieve system performance capabilities, we recommend that you place no more than two Compaq 40/80-GB DLT Drives on a SCSI bus, and that you place no shared storage on the same SCSI bus with the tape drive.

Figure 8–6: Cabling a Shared SCSI Bus with a Compaq 40/80-GB DLT Drive

Network

Member

System

1

Memory Channel

KZPBA-CB (ID 6)

T KZPBA-CB (ID 6)

11

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Memory

 

Member

 

 

 

 

System

 

 

 

Channel

 

 

 

 

Interface

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

T 6

 

Memory Channel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

KZPBA-CB (ID 7)

 

 

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

T

KZPBA-CB (ID 7)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

5

 

T

T

DS-DWZZH-03

 

T

2

3

 

4

 

T

Controller B

Controller A

HSZ70

HSZ70

StorageWorks

RAID Array 7000

T

T

6

T

 

 

9

 

8

 

 

 

 

DWZZB-AA

 

 

+

0

-

10

40/80 GB DLT

Tape Drive

ZK-1655U-AI

Table 8–5 lists the components that were used to create the cluster that is shown in Figure 8–6.

Table 8–5: Hardware Components in the Configuration in Figure 8–6

Callout Number

Description

1

BN38C or BN38D cablea

2

BN37A cableb

3

H8861-AA VHDCI trilink connector

 

 

4

H8863-AA VHDCI terminator

 

 

5

BN21W-0B Y cable

 

 

6

H879-AA HD68 terminator

 

 

7

328215-00X, BN21K, or BN21L HD68 to HD68 cablec

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