Installing the Tape Library

Step 5: Set the SCSI Interface Mode Switch

 

The following table shows connection options when there are other peripherals.

Table 1-6

Tape Library with Other Peripherals

 

 

 

 

 

Configuration

 

Cabling

Mode Switch Settings

 

 

 

One-Drive Tape Library:

Single-ended SCSI

 

Library on its own bus

 

 

 

 

connection shown

 

Maximum performance

 

 

 

 

 

bus 2 not used

 

 

 

One-Drive Tape Library:

 

 

Daisy chained to

 

Single-ended SCSI

 

peripheral

 

connection shown

 

 

 

 

Minimum host I/O slots

 

 

used

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXV￿￿￿QRW￿XVHG

 

 

 

 

Two-Drive Library:

 

 

 

Daisy chained library and

 

 

peripheral

 

 

 

Minimum host I/O slots

 

 

used

 

 

 

 

 

 

Two-Drive Library: bus 1

 

 

and bus 2 use separate

 

 

 

SCSI cards

 

 

 

Additional card and cable

 

 

required

 

 

 

Minimum I/O slots used

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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