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December 10th, 2006 16:00

Help needed installing Seagate STD2401LW tape unit in Poweredge 2400

Hi,
 
I apologise in advance for any stupid questions caused by my lack of knowledge about SCSI.
 
I want to add a Certance (Seagate) Dat drive to my Poweredge 2400, but I'm unsure of the best way to do it.
 
In the Service Manual downloaded from Dell, it lists the following 2 SCSI connectors:
 
Ultra2/Narrow SCSI controller
50-pin connector for internal SCSI CD-ROM drive or optional tape backup units
Ultra2/LVD SCSI controller
68-pin connector for internal SCSI drives
 
Because I have a 6x backplane for my hard disks, controlled by a Perc 2/DC Raid card, the 68-pin connector on the motherboard is free. Can I use this connector or should I connect the tape unit to one of the spare connectors on the 50-pin ribbon cable (and if so, how, bearing in mind the tape unit has a 68-pin SCSI connector).
 
Hope someone can make sense of this gibberish.
 
Thanks

at5147

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December 14th, 2006 02:00

The LTO2-LC will need to be on the LVD 68-pin cable. The 2400 does have the LVD SCSI controller on the motherboard that you should be able to connect the tape drive too. I cannot recall if that system has ROMB, but since your drives are connected to the 2/DC even if it does, it should be in SCSI mode. You can verify that by going into the system BIOS (F2 at the Dell splash screen) and going down to the second page and looking under 'Integrated devices'. The tape drive cannot be on anything else but a LVD controller.

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