F i g u r e 9 - 6 . C o n n e ct i n g S C S I C a b l e s t o P E R C 3 / D C a n d 3 / D C L

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Connect SCSI Devices

When connecting SCSI devices:

1Disable termination on any SCSI device that is not at the end of the SCSI bus.

If the cable is terminated, do not terminate SCSI devices.

2Configure all SCSI devices to supply TermPWR.

3Set proper target IDs (TIDs) for all SCSI devices.

4The cable length should not exceed 12 meters for LVD and 160M SCSI devices.

Cable Suggestions

SCSI disk subsystem throughput can impaired if SCSI cabling is not optimized. Dell suggests using the following:

Actively terminated cables

Dell-approved cables

PERC 3/DC or PERC 3/DCL Hardware Installation

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