Step 1. Plug the 68-pin connector on the SCSI ribbon cable into the internal connector on the host adapter board. Figure 2.3 illustrates how to make this connection.

Figure 2.3 Internal SCSI Ribbon Cable to Host Adapter

68-Pin High Density Ribbon Cable (See Figure 3.8 and Figure 3.9 for examples of internal ribbon cables.)

68-Pin Connector

Internal

Connectors

Step 2. Plug the 68-pin connector on the other end of the internal SCSI ribbon cable into the SCSI connector on the internal SCSI device. Figure 2.4 illustrates the chaining of internal SCSI devices.

If you have more than one internal SCSI device, you must have a cable with at least as many connectors as you have devices.

Note: Daisy chaining devices represent an arrangement of devices connected in a series. Any signal transmitted to the devices goes to the first device, from the first to the second, and so on. Termination occurs on the last internal SCSI device.

See Section 2.3, “Terminating the SCSI Bus,”for more information on SCSI bus termination.

Connecting SCSI Peripherals

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