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INSTALLATIONNotes, Notices, Cautions, and Warnings Throughout this guide, blocks of text may be accompanied by an icon and printed in bold type or in italic type. These blocks are notes, notices, cautions, and warnings, and they are used as follows: NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your computer system. NOTICE: A NOTICE indicates either potential damage to hardware or loss of data and tells you how to avoid the problem. CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not avoided, may result in minor or moderate injury.

WARNING: A WARNING indicates a potentially hazardous situation which,

if not avoided, could result in death or serious bodily injury.

Information in this document is subject to change without notice. © 1999–2000 Dell Computer Corporation. All rights reserved. Trademarks used in this text: Dell, the DELL logo, and PowerEdge are trademarks of Dell Computer Corporation. Other trademarks and trade names may be used in this document to refer to either the entities claiming the marks and names or their products. Dell Computer Corporation disclaims any proprietary interest in trademarks and trade names other than its own. April 2000 P/N 4095D Rev. A05support.dell.com Dell PowerEdge 2100 and 2200 LVD Hard-Disk Drive Installation 1-1 Dell

2100 and 2200 LVD Hard-Disk Drive Installation This document explains how to install the terminated low-voltage differential (LVD) small computer system interface (SCSI) cables and LVD hard-disk drives into a computer system that contains Ultra/Wide SCSI devices. The term LVD encompasses the same technology for Ultra 2 and Ultra 3 (U160) hard-disk drives. NOTE: Single-ended devices on the SCSI bus, such as Ultra/Wide devices, cause the SCSI bus to run at the slower Ultra SCSI speeds instead of the faster LVD SCSI speeds. If you are adding LVD hard-disk drives, replacing Ultra/Wide hard-disk drives with LVD hard-disk drives, or both, perform the appropriate steps for your system as follows. NOTE: Be sure to read all of the installation instructions before you begin the procedures.

• If your system already has only LVD hard-disk drives and terminated LVD cables installed, you do not need to perform the steps in this document.

• If your system does not have a redundant array of independent disks (RAID) controller or an Adaptec 2940UW SCSI controller installed, perform the steps in “Replacing the SCSI Cable in a System Without a RAID Controller or an Adaptec 2940UW SCSI Controller” in the next section.

• If your system does have a RAID controller or an Adaptec 2940UW SCSI controller installed, perform the steps in “Replacing the SCSI Cable in a System With a RAID Controller or an Adaptec 2940UW SCSI Controller” later in this document.1-2 Dell PowerEdge 2100 and 2200 LVD Hard-Disk Drive Installation Replacing the SCSI Cable in a System Without a RAID Controller or an Adaptec 2940UW SCSI Controller

WARNING: Refer to the safety information in your system documentation

before you begin working inside the chassis. To replace the SCSI cable in a system without a RAID controller or an Adaptec 2940UW SCSI controller, perform the following steps:

1. Disconnect the computer system and all external peripherals from their electrical

outlets, and remove the cover. See your system documentation for more details.

2. Note the path of the Ultra/Wide SCSI cable inside the chassis.

3. Disconnect all the SCSI device power cables that are attached to the Ultra/Wide

4. Disconnect the Ultra/Wide SCSI cable from the SCSI controller and from all other

attached devices, and then remove the Ultra/Wide SCSI cable from the system.

5. Remove all Ultra/Wide SCSI hard-disk drives from the system.

See your system documentation for more details.

6. Disable termination on any of the Ultra/Wide SCSI hard-disk drives, CD-ROM

drive, or tape drive that you plan to reinstall in the system. See “Disabling Termination” later in this document for more details. NOTE: Single-ended devices on the SCSI bus, such as Ultra/Wide devices, cause the SCSI bus to run at the slower Ultra SCSI speeds instead of the faster LVD SCSI speeds.

7. Make sure that all of the hard-disk drives in the SCSI bus have a unique SCSI ID

between 0 and 4; this includes LVD SCSI devices as well as Ultra/Wide SCSI hard-disk drives. NOTE: To minimize any initial boot configuration changes, avoid changing the SCSI IDs for drives that are reinstalled in the chassis.

8. Install all of the hard-disk drives that you want in the chassis.

See your system documentation for more details.

9. Reconnect the power cables to the SCSI devices that you disconnected earlier,

and connect power cables to any SCSI devices you added.

10. Choose the terminated LVD SCSI cable with five drive connectors from the

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11. Attach the end of the LVD SCSI cable to the integrated SCSI controller.

NOTE: Only one end of the cable can connect to the controller; the other end of the cable has a terminator.

12. Attach the device connector that is closest to the terminator on the LVD SCSI

cable to the CD-ROM drive. Make sure that you use the narrow-to-wide adapter already on the CD-ROM drive.

13. If you have a tape drive, attach it to the next connector on the LVD SCSI cable.

14. Use the remaining device connectors on the LVD SCSI cable to attach the rest of

the SCSI devices on the bus; make sure that the LVD SCSI cable follows the same path as the Ultra/Wide SCSI cable that you removed. NOTE: You can attach LVD and Ultra/Wide SCSI hard-disk drives in any order on the LVD cable as long as all Ultra/Wide SCSI devices have termination disabled and all devices have a unique SCSI ID between 0 and 4.

15. Replace the computer cover.

16. Reconnect the system and external peripherals to their electrical outlets.

Replacing the SCSI Cable in a System With a RAID Controller or an Adaptec 2940UW SCSI Controller

WARNING: Refer to the safety information in your system documentation

before you begin working inside the chassis. To replace the SCSI cable in a system with a RAID controller or an Adaptec 2940UW SCSI controller, perform the following steps:

1. Disconnect the computer system and all external peripherals from their electrical

outlets, and remove the cover. See your system documentation for more details.

2. Note the path of the Ultra/Wide SCSI cable attached to the RAID controller or the

Adaptec 2940UW SCSI controller inside the chassis.

3. Disconnect the power cables to all SCSI devices attached to the Ultra/Wide SCSI

2940UW SCSI controller and from all other attached devices, and then remove the Ultra/Wide SCSI cable from the system.1-4 Dell PowerEdge 2100 and 2200 LVD Hard-Disk Drive Installation

5. Disconnect the Ultra/Wide SCSI cable from the integrated SCSI controller and

from the CD-ROM drive and tape drive, if applicable, and then remove the Ultra/Wide SCSI cable from the system.

6. Remove all Ultra/Wide SCSI hard-disk drives from the system.

See your system documentation for more details.

7. Disable termination on any of the Ultra/Wide SCSI hard-disk drives that you plan

to reinstall in the system. See “Disabling Termination” later in this document for more details. NOTE: Single-ended devices on the SCSI bus, such as Ultra/Wide devices, cause the SCSI bus to run at the slower Ultra SCSI speeds instead of the faster LVD SCSI speeds.

8. Make sure that all of the hard-disk drives on the SCSI bus have a unique SCSI ID

between 0 and 4; this includes LVD SCSI devices as well as Ultra/Wide SCSI hard-disk drives.

9. Install all of the hard-disk drives that you want in the chassis.

See your system documentation for more details.

10. Reconnect the power cables to the SCSI devices that you disconnected earlier,

and connect power cables to any SCSI devices you added.

11. Choose the terminated LVD SCSI cable with three drive connectors from the

2940UW SCSI controller. NOTE: Only one end of the cable can connect to the controller; the other end of the cable has a terminator.

13. Attach the device connector closest to the terminator on the LVD SCSI cable to a

SCSI hard-disk drive.

14. Use the remaining drive connectors on the LVD SCSI cable to attach the rest of

the SCSI hard-disk drives on the bus. NOTE: You can attach LVD and Ultra/Wide SCSI hard-disk drives in any order on the LVD cable as long as all Ultra/Wide SCSI devices have termination disabled and all devices have a unique SCSI ID between 0 and 4.

15. Choose the terminated LVD SCSI cable with five drive connectors from the

NOTE: Only one end of the cable can connect to the controller; the other end of the cable has a terminator.support.dell.com Dell PowerEdge 2100 and 2200 LVD Hard-Disk Drive Installation 1-5 CAUTION: Make sure that the excess cable length is not near the hard-disk drives or microprocessor(s) and does not block the airflow around the hard-disk drives and microprocessor(s).

17. Attach the device connector that is closest to the terminator on the LVD SCSI

cable to the CD-ROM drive. Make sure that you use the narrow-to-wide adapter already on the CD-ROM drive.

18. Make sure you disable the SCSI terminator for the CD-ROM drive.

See the documentation that came with your CD-ROM drive for information on disabling the terminator.

19. If you have a tape drive, attach it to the next connector on the LVD SCSI cable.

20. Make sure you disable the SCSI terminator for the tape drive.

See the documentation that came with your tape drive for information on disabling the terminator.

21. Replace the computer cover.

22. Reconnect the system and external peripherals to their electrical outlets.

Disabling Termination To disable termination on an Ultra/Wide SCSI hard-disk drive, remove the termination jumper as follows:

• Seagate ST19171W, ST34572W, and ST32171W hard-disk drives — Remove the TE jumper from pins 15 and 16 on jumper J2 located underneath the drive.

• Western Digital WDE9100-1807, WDE4360-1807, and WDE2170-1807 hard-disk drives — Remove the jumper from pins 23 and 24 on the option block located at the front of the drive.

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