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For information about how to terminate your drive, refer to the appropriate
Terminator power
You usually will not need to change this option and can normally leave the drive configured as it was shipped from the factory. For information about how to change the terminator power option on your drive, refer to the appro- priate
Synchronizing spindles
If you are installing two or more Barracuda drives, you may (optionally) synchronize their spindles to reduce the latency associated with switching from one drive to another. Spindle sync cables are used to connect the drives.
After connecting each drive with spindle sync cables, designate a master spindle sync reference source. This master source is normally a disc drive located on the same SCSI bus as the other drives you want to synchro- nize with. To designate a drive as the master, use SCSI interface commands. Refer to the product manual for information about using these commands.
For information about how to synchronize the spindles for your drive, refer to the appropriate
