Packard Bell ST8000, 5800 manual One Dual-Bus Cabinet and Two Single-Bus Cabinets

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One Dual-Bus Cabinet and Two Single-Bus Cabinets

With this configuration you will have up to twelve (12) drives per controller channel. If you are using multiple RAID Controllers you can further expand your capacity by using up to four controllers per CPU system.

1Power off your computer system or workstation.

2Be sure to complete the “Setup” and “Component Installation” sections described earlier in this Guide. The DEU ships from the factory with I/O Interface cards installed in both card slots. Therefore during installation, you may be required to remove one or both I/O Interface cards.

3Identify which subsystem will be the master cabinet. Loosen the two thumb screws and remove the I/O Interface card installed in the lower or left side card slot of the master cabinet.

I/O Interface Card

Ultra Extender

Option Card

4Install a two-channel Ultra Extender Option card into the lower or left side card slot where the I/O Interface card was removed and tighten the thumb screws.

5On the subsystem that will be the slave #1 cabinet, remove the I/O Interface card by loosening the two thumb screws and removing the card in the upper or right side card slot.

PRINTER NOTE: Page size 9” x 9.25”. Align this page to top, right hand corner. Back box bleeds off top and right edge. Left side of page extends to 9.25 inches.

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Packard Bell ST8000, 5800 manual One Dual-Bus Cabinet and Two Single-Bus Cabinets