StorCase Technology DS50 - Manual (Page 14)

DS50 User's Guide - Rev. B00 Kingston Technology Company
Installation 7
Drive Preparation
1. Remove the drive from its protective packaging.
2. Plastic Drive Bezel - If installing a hard drive which is equipped with a plastic front
bezel, remove the drive bezel.
3. SCSI Drive Termination - Disable SCSI termination from the drive. Refer to the
documentation provided by the drive manufacturer for the location of these
terminators or jumpers. Termination is provided by an external terminator on the
Data Silo rear panel. External active termination is recommended for best SCSI
performance (terminator not included with the Data Silo).
4. SCSI Drive ID Select Jumpers - Locate the SCSI ID select jumper pins on the
drive, and remove any jumpers on these pins. The Data Silo SCSI ID cable will be
attached to these pins on each drive (Figures 6 and 7).
5. SCSI ID Cable - Each Data Silo is supplied with one SCSI ID select cable per drive
bay. The ID cable permits external unit ID selection via a small switch located on
the rear panel of the Data Silo (Figure 4). One end of this cable attaches to the
drive SCSI ID pins and the other end attaches to the Data Silo unit ID select
switch. One end of this cable has a single connector with 1.25mm pin spacing.
The other end contains individual 2mm connectors. This cable can be used with
drives that have either 2mm or 1.25mm pin configurations by simply reversing the
cable. The Data Silo unit select switch contains connectors that except either end
of this cable.
NOTE: Depending upon the model, the Data Silo uses one of two different types of
SCSI ID select switches. The first type of switch utilizes a single connector with
.1" pin spacing and has a matching SCSI ID cable designed to attach to 2mm
drive pins. The other type of SCSI ID switch has 2 connectors with a reversing
SCSI ID cable that will allow either end of the cable to be attached to the drive.
The second type of switch will attach to either 2mm or 1.25mm drive pins
(Figures 6 and 7).