[Cialug] SCSI Cable inside the box

[Stuart Thiessen]

Ok. Sounds like I'll have to put the SCSI on hold and just add the IDE 
for now and do the research. I will also contact the guy who donated it 
and see if he can help. This gives me a place to start.

Thanks,

Stuart
On Aug 31, 2005, at 11:56, David Champion wrote:

> Hmmm... really depends on your controller, and the drives you're 
> adding.
>
> Some scsi controllers have multiple channels, like your IDE controller 
> has ide0 and ide1. Some have just one channel, but it's shared thru 
> multiple connectors, including different sizes and external 
> connectors.
>
> You're probably in an area where you'll have to do extensive research 
> on this, or get someone in there who's more familiar with it. Do you 
> have a manual for the card? If you look up the model # of your scsi 
> adapter you may also be able to find the manual online.
>
> -dc
>
> Stuart Thiessen wrote:
>> This particular server was donated to us so I am learning as I go ... 
>> ;)  This is the first time I have had to do any maintenance on it so 
>> that is why I am working on it. You'll have to forgive my lack of 
>> technical terminology. I tend to work more with software and 
>> scripting and things, not so much the hardware side of things. My 
>> friend does more with that, but he is out of town so I am up to bat. 
>> :)
>> Anyway, it is the server itself and a box with several SCSI hard 
>> drives with several power supplies and one external connector that 
>> uses a grayish blue cable that looks a lot like IDE cable but the 
>> connector is wider. On the server itself, I have a SCSI card of 
>> course and it has an internal connector on the card, but no cable.  I 
>> am assuming it uses the same kind of internal cable that the SCSI box 
>> uses. That was what I was looking for.
>> I am aware the SCSI's need to have proper termination, but I had 
>> assumed (maybe wrongly) that the system assigned the ID's. I will 
>> look online to understand more.  I have one IDE to add and one SCSI 
>> to add.
>> The other SCSI's are in the box but all the connectors for the first 
>> internal cable are all used up. So I thought I would use the internal 
>> connector in the server box to add one more SCSI and then add the IDE 
>> in the server and then see how it goes from there.
>> I don't know if that makes sense, but that is my best explanation.
>> Thanks,
>> Stuart
>> On Aug 31, 2005, at 11:41, David Champion wrote:
>>> If you can give an exact description some of us may have spares 
>>> they'd part with.
>>>
>>> For instance, does the connector have square corners, 2 rows of 25 
>>> pins (total of 50)? Or does it have angled corners and 68 pins? Is 
>>> the cable a flat grey ribbon cable just like an IDE cable, or does 
>>> it have colored  wires that are kind of braided?
>>>
>>> Hint - instead of counting the pins, look on the connector for the 
>>> drive, it should be labelled.
>>>
>>> Also... do you know about scsi ID#'s and termination? You'll have to 
>>> make sure you're doing that right. If not, google for it... :)
>>>
>>> -dc
>>>
>>> Stuart Thiessen wrote:
>>>
>>>> I am working on my server. It has SCSI drives and I am wondering if 
>>>> any of you know of a place locally that carries the internal 
>>>> cables? I found another SCSI drive I wanted to hook up in there but 
>>>> I need another SCSI cable. Forgive my lack of precise terminology, 
>>>> but it looks like the IDE cables inside the server, but it is for 
>>>> SCSI. Do you know where I can find it?
>>>> I called CompUSA, DIT, Office Depot, but none of them carry it.  If 
>>>> no local sources, I will order online. But I was hoping there would 
>>>> be a place locally where I can find that cable.
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Stuart
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