SCSI configuration

Your specific configuration will depend on the speed of your host and SCSI controller. The library uses high performance tape drives. The tape drive performance might be degraded if you attach too many drives to a single SCSI host controller.

One tape drive on a single host system

Figure 16 shows a typical SCSI cable configuration for a library with one tape drive (drive 1) installed.

1

SCSI terminator

2

To library controller card

3

To host system

Figure 16. One tape drive single host

Two tape drives on a single host system

Figure 17 on page 17 shows a typical SCSI cable configuration for a library with two tape drives installed using a single host system.

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