WD Enterprise WDE2170/WDE4360

SCSI Connectors

Table 6-5. 68-pin SCSI Connector Pin Assignments

SINGLE-ENDED SCSI CONNECTOR

DIFFERENTIAL SCSI CONNECTOR

 

 

Pin

 

Signal Name

Number

Signal Name

GROUND

1

 

35

-DB12

GROUND

2

 

36

-DB13

GROUND

3

 

37

-DB14

GROUND

4

 

38

-DB15

GROUND

5

 

39

-DBP1

GROUND

6

 

40

-DB0

GROUND

7

 

41

-DB1

GROUND

8

 

42

-DB2

GROUND

9

 

43

-DB3

GROUND

10

 

44

-DB4

GROUND

11

 

45

-DB5

GROUND

12

 

46

-DB6

GROUND

13

 

47

-DB7

GROUND

14

 

48

-DBP0

GROUND

15

 

49

GROUND

GROUND

16

 

50

GROUND

TERMPWR

17

 

51

TERMPWR

TERMPWR

18

 

52

TERMPWR

open

19

 

53

open

GROUND

20

 

54

GROUND

GROUND

21

 

55

-ATN

GROUND

22

 

56

GROUND

GROUND

23

 

57

-BSY

GROUND

24

 

58

-ACK

GROUND

25

 

59

-RST

GROUND

26

 

60

-MSG

GROUND

27

 

61

-SEL

GROUND

28

 

62

-C/D

GROUND

29

 

63

-REQ

GROUND

30

 

64

-I/O

GROUND

31

 

65

-DB8

GROUND

32

 

66

-DB9

GROUND

33

 

67

-DB10

GROUND

34

 

68

-DB11

 

(OPTIONAL)

 

 

Pin

Signal Name

Number

+DB12

1

 

35

+DB13

2

 

36

+DB14

3

 

37

+DB15

4

 

38

+DBP1

5

 

39

GROUND

6

 

40

+DB0

7

 

41

+DB1

8

 

42

+DB2

9

 

43

+DB3

10

 

44

+DB4

11

 

45

+DB5

12

 

46

+DB6

13

 

47

+DB7

14

 

48

+DBP0

15

 

49

DIFFSENS

16

 

50

TERMPWR

17

 

51

TERMPWR

18

 

52

open

19

 

53

+ATN

20

 

54

GROUND

21

 

55

+BSY

22

 

56

+ACK

23

 

57

+RST

24

 

58

+MSG

25

 

59

+SEL

26

 

60

+C/D

27

 

61

+REQ

28

 

62

+I/O

29

 

63

GROUND

30

 

64

+DB8

31

 

65

+DB9

32

 

66

+DB10

33

 

67

+DB11

34

 

68

Signal Name

-DB12

-DB13

-DB14

-DB15

-DBP1

GROUND

-DB0

-DB1

-DB2

-DB3

-DB4

-DB5

-DB6

-DB7

-DBP0

GROUND

TERMPWR

TERMPWR

open

-ATN

GROUND

-BSY

-ACK

-RST

-MSG

-SEL

-C/D

-REQ

-I/O

GROUND

-DB8

-DB9

-DB10

-DB11

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