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1 requirements for using the sbus adapter, Scsi cabling – Sun Microsystems SunSwift SPARCcenter 2000 User Manual

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SunSwift SBus Adapter Installation and User’s GuideDecember 1995

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1.1 Requirements for Using the SBus Adapter

Before installing the adapter, make sure your system meets the following
hardware and software requirements:

SCSI Cabling

You can daisy chain up to 15 devices on the SunSwift SBus Adapter as follows:

Note – If you use the SunSwift SBus Adapter for SCSI purposes only, you must
change the device name from

SUNW,hme

to

SUNW,hme_idle

to avoid a “

Link

Down — cable problem?

” message. Refer to SMCC Open Issues Supplement

Solaris 2.5 for more detailed information.

Systems

Sun™ Ultra™ 140, Sun Ultra Creator 170E,
SPARCstation™ 4, SPARCstation 5, SPARCstation 10
models, SPARCstation 20 models, SPARCserver™
600MP series, SPARCserver 1000 or SPARCcenter™ 2000

Firmware

OpenBoot™ PROM Version 2.9 or greater

Operating System

Solaris™ 2.5 environment

Peripherals

Only Sun SCSI-2 devices

SCSI Cables

Part Numbers

Only standard, Sun-supported cabling to ensure reliable
SCSI interface connections

530-2115-02 (1.2 m 50-pin to 68-pin cable)
530-1884-03 (0.8 m 68-pin to 68-pin cable)
530-2228-01 (2 m 50-pin to 68-pin cable)
530-1885-03 (2 m 68-pin to 68-pin cable)

Wide-to-wide devices

Use a 68-pin to 68-pin cable.
Always put wide SCSI devices closest to the host system.

Wide-to-narrow devices

Use a 68-pin to 50-pin cable.
You can include only one wide-to-narrow cable along a
chain of peripherals.
Always put the narrow SCSI devices at the end of the
chain.

The SCSI bus must be terminated at the end of the chain.

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