Chapter 2

Example: Narrow library on two SCSI buses

￿On SCSI Bus A, a cable connects the host to the library and Drive 1, and a jumper connects the library and Drive 1 to Drive 2. Bus Ais terminated with an external terminator installed on the lower connector for Drive 2.

￿On SCSI Bus B, a cable connects a second host to Drive 3, and a jumper connects Drive 3 to Drive 4. Acable connects Drive 4 to the other devices on Bus B.

Bus A

Bus B

Host for

Bus A

Host for

Bus B

other devices

on Bus B

Library and Drive 1

Drive 2

Drive 3

Drive 4

SCSI

 

SCSI

connector

 

cable

SCSI

jumper

Terminator

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Exabyte 480, 440 manual Example Narrow library on two Scsi buses, Bus a Bus B