Adaptec AAA-130SA SERIES Installation And Hardware Manual

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2-6AAA-130SA Series Installation and Hardware GuideSetting Up SCSI PeripheralsSetting up SCSI peripherals before attaching them to theAAA-13xSA RAID card typically involves setting SCSI IDs and ter-mination, mounting internal peripherals inside your computer orexternal array enclosure, and connecting power cables to eachperipheral. Since setup can vary from peripheral to peripheral,always refer to the peripheral’s documentation for specific instruc-tions. Below are some guidelines for setting SCSI IDs and termina-tion on your peripherals. Additional installation hints are alsoprovided to help you install your peripherals.Note: If you refer to the peripheral’s documentation forinstallation instructions, be sure to return to this documentto continue with installation of the software driver.Check the SCSI IDsEach peripheral attached to a SCSI channel on the AAA-13xSARAID card, as well as the SCSI channel itself, must be assigned aunique SCSI ID number from 0 to 15—no duplicate IDs are permit-ted on a channel. ID numbers don’t have to be sequential, as long asthe channel and each peripheral has a different number.n We recommend that you leave each RAID card channel set toits default setting of SCSI ID 7.n SCSI ID 7 has the highest priority on the channel. The priorityof the remaining IDs, in descending order, is 6 to 0, then 15 to 8.n If you have 8-bit SCSI peripherals, they must use SCSI IDs 0, 1, 2,3, 4, 5, or 6. (To change the SCSI ID on your hard disk and otherSCSI peripherals, refer to the peripheral’s documentation.)n If you wish to use a single SCSI disk drive (instead of an array)as your boot peripheral, we recommend that you set the SCSIID for the peripheral to zero. Most SCSI hard disks come fromthe factory preset to ID 0.n The IDs for internal peripherals are usually set with jumpers;external peripherals are usually set with a switch on the backof the peripheral.