Step 4: Connect the SCSI peripherals

You can connect as many as 15 other SCSI devices to each port on this card by chaining them together serially with shielded external SCSI cables.

The maximum length of the SCSI bus is 12 meters when using LVD signalling and 6 meters when using SE.

Plug the 68-pin very high density cable interconnect (VHDCI) connector on the shielded external cable into SCSI port A or B.
Plug the 68-pin connector on the other end of the shielded external SCSI cable into the SCSI connector on your external SCSI device.
SCSI Bus Termination
The pieces of equipment on the ends of a SCSI bus normally have terminators. Remove or disable termination on all other SCSI devices or initiators in the middle of the bus. This card’s SCSI ports have automatic termination when shipped from the factory--no physical terminators are required on unused ports of the card.
Please be aware of the following conditions:
- Connect only external SCSI devices to this SCSI card. Terminate the last external device on the SCSI bus, and disable the termination on all other devices. Termination on this SCSI card is automatically enabled in this case (if the jumper is off).
- Low-voltage differential peripheral devices are normally terminated with external terminators but are sometimes set with jumpers or a switch on the peripheral. Refer to the device manual to identify terminator settings and how to change them.

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