Dell 2100/180, 2100/200 manual Device Termination, Scsi Termination Jumper Locations

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Device Termination

Before installing SCSI devices, you must configure the termination on the device(s) and for the built-in SCSI controller according to the guidelines listed in the follow- ing text.

SCSI logic requires that termination be enabled for the two devices at opposite ends of the SCSI chain and dis- abled for all devices in between. To that end, regardless of whether you are installing internal or external devices, use the following guidelines:

The built-in SCSI controller has active termina- tion—no action is required.

Termination is set on the SCSI hard-disk drive installed in the left bay of the internal drive bays when the drive is installed by Dell. Termination should be disabled on any other drives installed in the internal bays. Figure 9-1 shows where the termi- nation jumper should be located on the Dell-supplied 2-gigabyte (GB) and 4-GB SCSI hard-disk drives for the PowerEdge 2100 system.

If you install an optional SCSI controller card to con- trol the CD-ROM drive and any other SCSI device in the external bays, you must enable termination for the SCSI controller card and the SCSI device at the end of the interface cable (preferably the CD-ROM drive). See the documentation that came with your SCSI controller card for instructions. To enable ter- mination for the CD-ROM drive, place a jumper on the pins on the back of the CD-ROM drive as shown in Figure 9-1.

CAUTION: When you install or remove termination jumpers, do not move or remove any other jumpers installed on the drives.

termination jumper

CD-ROM drive

termination jumper

4-GB hard-disk drive

termination jumper

2-GB hard-disk drive (bottom view)

Figure 9-1. SCSI Termination Jumper Locations

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Dell 2100/180, 2100/200 manual Device Termination, Scsi Termination Jumper Locations

2100/180, 2100/200 specifications

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