Technical Information

JP2 (SCSI-to-SCSI Configuration)

CAUTION: Jumper configuration to be performed by qualified service personnel only.

This jumper (JP2) is used to place the SCSI-to-SCSI RAID controller in a configuration that is known to the CR8e subsystem. This process is accomplished by adding jumpers to JP2. The jumper block is a four position dual-row header.

8

S2S

 

 

1

CONFIG

Jumper

SCSI-to-SCSI Settings

JP2

 

 

 

Positions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 & 2

Reserved.

 

 

 

 

 

 

3 &4

Add this jumper to place the SCSI-to-SCSI controller

 

 

 

into VT100 mode for the serial channel. Remove the

 

 

 

jumper to place the SCSI-to-SCSI controller into the

 

 

 

SLIP port mode.

 

 

 

 

 

 

5 & 6

Add this jumper to place the SCSI-to-SCSI controller

 

 

 

into the Fixed Baud Rate mode for the serial

 

 

 

channel. Remove the jumper to place the SCSI-to-

 

 

 

SCSI controller into the Variable Baud Rate mode

 

 

 

for the serial channel.

 

 

 

 

 

 

7 & 8

Add this jumper to place the SCSI-to-SCSI controller

 

 

 

in a Master configuration. Remove the jumper to

 

 

 

place the SCSI-to-SCSI controller in a Slave mode.

 

 

 

 

JP3 (SCSI-to-SCSI IDs)

CAUTION: Jumper configuration to be performed by qualified service personnel only.

These jumpers (JP3) are used to manually set the SCSI-TO-SCSI IDs for the SCSI-to-SCSI RAID controller. JP3 is an four position dual-row header.

JP3

 

 

 

 

 

 

8 S2S

 

Jumper Positions

 

 

 

IDs

 

 

 

 

SCSI

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 & 2

3 & 4

5 & 6

7 & 8

SCSI-to-SCSI ID Settings

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ON

ON

ON

ON

15

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OFF

ON

ON

ON

14

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ON

OFF

ON

ON

13

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OFF

OFF

ON

ON

12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ON

ON

OFF

ON

11

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OFF

ON

OFF

ON

10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

JP2 (SCSI-to-SCSI Configuration)

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NStor Technologies Disk Array Enclosure, CR8e manual JP2 SCSI-to-SCSI Configuration, JP3 SCSI-to-SCSI IDs

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