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Connecting Peripherals

Version A.01H3064S Module 6 Slides

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The HP 9000 Product Family

ServersSeries 800

WorkstationSeries 700

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I/O Architecture Terminology

Bus

CPU/Memory

BusConverter

Bus Bus

DeviceAdapter Device

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I/O Expansion

DeviceAdapter

HP/PB HSC

DeviceAdapter

EISA GSC

Workstations Servers

EISA

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Device Adapters

SCSI Small Computer System Interface. There are three SCSI-2 interfaces available: Single-ended, Differential, and Fast and Wide.

Supports SCSI disks, DDS tape drives, CD-ROM drives, MO drives, quarter inch cartridges

(QIC), 8mm tapes and IBM 3480-compatible drives

MUX Multiplexer. Supports serial terminals, printers, plotters, modems, and Access Port.

LAN/9000 Local Area Network. For IEEE 802.3 and Ethernet networks.

FDDI Fiber Distributed Data Interface. High-speed local area network

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Types of SCSI

Other names bus is knownby

Compatible with theother SCSI bus types?

Bus Transfer Rate

Data Bus Width

# Connector PinsMax. cable length

Maximum Devices onInterface

'Standard SCSI''SCSI', 'SCSI-2''SE-SCSI'

NO!

5 MBytes/s

8 bits

50 pin

6 meters

7

'Fast''Fast/Narrow''Diff-SCSI'NO!

10 MBytes/s

8 bits

50 pin

25 meters

7

'Differential-Wide''F/W-SCSI'

'Fast and Wide'

NO!

20 MBytes/s

16 bits

68 pin

25 meters

15

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SCSI Device Power Up Guidelines

• DO NOT– Connect or disconnect any device while the system is

running– Turn power on or off to any device while the system

is powered-up

• DO– Power on and complete self-tests on all peripherals

before powering on SPU– Change bus addresses with device powered off

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Viewing the Configuration with ioscan# ioscan # short listing of all devices

# ioscan -f # full listing of all devices

# ioscan -fH 8/12.2.0 # full listing of device at 8/12.2.0

# ioscan -fC disk # full listing of "disk" class devices

Class I H/W Path Driver S/W State H/W Type Description

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disk 0 8/12.2.0 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE SEAGATE

disk 1 8/12.3.0 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE SEAGATE

disk 2 8/12.4.0 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE SEAGATE

disk 3 8/12.5.0 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE SEAGATE

disk 4 8/12.6.0 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE SEAGATE

disk 5 8/16/5.3.0 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE Toshiba CD

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