Quantum DAT 160 Betriebsanweisung

Chapter 2  Installing Internal Tape Drives

Attach Power and SCSI Cables

Quantum DAT 160 User’s Guide

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Therefore, assuming the HBA is the first device on the bus, you should 

check that the second terminator is placed after the last device (see 

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The internal tape drive does not provide SCSI termination. 

shows two examples of terminating the internal tape drives.
If the drive is the only SCSI device on the bus:

Attach it to the next-to-last connector on the SCSI chain.

Attach a multi-mode terminator to the last connector in the chain. 

This terminator typically is a small, rectangular plastic block that is 

marked SCSI Terminator and attaches to the cable.

Figure 12  Two SCSI 
Termination Examples for the 
Internal Tape Drives

SCSI terminator

Tape drive
(no termination)

SCSI device
(termination 
disabled)

SCSI controller
(termination 
enabled)

SCSI device
(termination 
enabled)

Tape drive
(no termination)

SCSI controller
(termination 
enabled)