First I'd like to say (tounge in cheek) that you need NO scsi for a
3494. The Library itself uses serial or tcp/ip to get control information
from the AIX-Rs-6000 box. We tried to use TCP/IP but it never worked.
My IBM CE said he's only familiar with setups using rs-232 serial cables.
I take it since you asked how many scsi your not using this 3494 with OS/390
 or some other fiber setup.

On the other hand the 3590s you put in a 3494 probably work better if they
each have their own path (controller) and cable.

We went from two DLT's to  one 3494 and the ce first cross-cabled the two
3590s to the two controllers I was using with the 7337s 
But I prevailed on him to cable each seperately.  Its working great!

..joe.f.

Joseph A Faracchio,  Systems Programmer, UC Berkeley


On Mon, 1 May 2000, Gerald Wichmann wrote:

> Anyone have one of these? How many SCSI cables does one need for one that
> has two tape drives? I�m trying to envision how to cable one of these up
> before we get ours.. Appreciate any help.
> 
> Gerald Wichmann
> RS Engineer
> Sansia System Solutions
> 408-844-8893 work
> 408-844-9801 fax
>