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Seagate BARRACUDA2 User Manual

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ST12450W/WD Installation Guide, Rev. B

Terminating the drive

If you are installing a Barracuda 2, 2HP drive in a system
that has other SCSI devices installed, terminate only the
end devices on the SCSI chain. A SCSI “device” is any
disc drive, scanner, tape-backup unit, or other piece of
hardware connected to your system using the SCSI bus.

The top example in Figure 3 shows an internal hard disc
at one end of the SCSI bus with the SCSI controller at the
other end (both are terminated). The bottom example
shows two additional SCSI devices connected exter-
nally—this means the SCSI controller is no longer on the
end of the SCSI chain and should not be terminated.

Internal

SCSI device

Internal

SCSI device

Controller

External

SCSI device

External

SCSI device

External

SCSI
cable

Internal SCSI cable

Terminate

Internal

SCSI device

Internal

SCSI device

Controller

Internal SCSI cable

Terminate

Figure 3. SCSI bus termination

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