Four Tape Drives, Dual Host System

Figure 19 shows a typical SCSI cable configuration for a library with four tape drives installed using a dual host system.

1

2

1

 

4

1

5

6

3

1

 

 

 

 

 

1

SCSI Terminator

 

 

 

4

Host cable (Bus 3, to host system)

2

0.5 m cable (to library controller card)

5

Host cable (Bus 2, to host system)

3

Host cable (Bus 1, to host system)

6

Host cable (Bus 0, to host system)

Figure 19 MSL6060/MSL6052 library SCSI cable configuration (four tape drives, dual host system)

NOTE: Daisy-chaining Ultrium 1840, 960 and 460 drives is not recommended due to degraded performance.

CAUTION: Use the 19.8-inch (0.5m) cable Y to connect the tape drive and the library controller board.

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