On Thu, 4 Dec 2008, Julien Cigar wrote:

> I think it's an Ultra, there are only two connectors on it (plus one to
> connect to the SCSI card). Actually it's configured as this :
> SCSI CARD ====== TAPE DRIVE ====== TERMINATOR

Is the scsi car internally terminated and is the terminator enabled?

The cable length includes any cabling inside the tape drive case (usually
10-20cm).

> Just to be sure that everything is compatible (as I'm not a SCSI
> expert), the tape drive has the following interface :
> - Embedded SCSI interface (Ultra160LVD, Single-ended or Low Voltage
> differential)

That allows U160 or LVD, but your card is U160 so that's what you'll get.

> sa0 at isp0 bus 0 target 5 lun 0
> sa0: <SONY SDX-700C 0103> Removable Sequential Access SCSI-2 device
> sa0: 40.000MB/s transfers (20.000MHz, offset 8, 16bit)
>
> I hope everything is compatible (U160 vs SCSI 2 ?)

Running U160 devices as FW-scsi is usually unreliable.

Get a proper LVD HBA, this will help a lot.

AB



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