Ultra Wide Hard Drive Quickstart Manual
www.glyphtech.com About This Manual 2 This is not a technical manual. Technical manuals usually include information about the drive mechanism (like drive specs, wiring schematics, pin outs ... stuff like that). Since opening your Glyph enclosure voids your warranty, our documentation covers the setup & use of the product, not the drive inside it. If you have questions or comments of a technical nature, we urge you to check out our web site for technical resources at www.glyphtech.
www.glyphtech.com Unpacking, Inspection & General Info Your Glyph drive and accessories are packaged in a sturdy shipping container. Please inspect the container for evidence of shipping damage and mishandling. If such evidence is found, file a report with the carrier or your Glyph dealer immediately and do not attempt to unpack and operate the Glyph drive until the carrier or dealer confirms the damage. Glyph products are factory sealed and you should not accept a box which has been previously opened.
www.glyphtech.com Parts Identification Take a moment to study the diagrams below & on the following pages. You will be connecting cables and setting switches on the drive shortly, so it will be helpful to know the layout of the physical connections. Glyph drives come in tabletop & rack mounted configurations... yours looks like one of the following 5 enclosures.
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www.glyphtech.com Configuring your Glyph Ultra Wide Drive for Install Your Glyph ultra wide drive will interface with your SCSI card through the SCSI cable which is supplied with your drive, or with a cable specified by your ultra wide SCSI card manufacturer. The drivers to use the Glyph drive with a Macintosh are included with your ultra wide interface card package. Follow the instructions in the card’s manual for proper installation.
Installing Glyph Hard Drive Hardware www.glyphtech.com Step 1 - Install your Ultra Wide card 7 Carefully ... follow the installation instructions in the manual which came with your ultra wide interface card. The card must be installed correctly in order for your computer to communicate with your Glyph Hard Drive. If you are having difficulty with any aspect of the installation of your card, please contact the manufacturer of the card for technical assistance.
www.glyphtech.com Step 4 - Connect SCSI Cable 8 The pins of the Ultra Wide SCSI cables are extremely easy to damage, so be very careful plugging and unplugging them. Carefully ... connect the SCSI cable to the Ultra Wide SCSI card which you have already installed. Then connect the remaining 68 pin end to the back of the Glyph drive in either the top or bottom 68 pin connector.
www.glyphtech.com Step 5 - SCSI Termination 9 Like we mentioned earlier, the ultra wide SCSI interface specification allows up to sixteen (16) peripheral devices connected to one ultra wide SCSI card. The ultra wide SCSI bus wants to know where the first and last devices connected are. This is accomplished by adding active termination to the peripheral devices. Active termination can be implemented in many different ways.
www.glyphtech.com Step 6 - SCSI ID Selection Switch 10 The SCSI ID Selection Switch sets the drive’s SCSI identification number. Each device connected to your ultra wide SCSI card must have a unique SCSI identification number. The sixteen (16) possible identification numbers are 0 through 15. When you select a number SCSI ID Switch for the Glyph drive, be sure that no other ultra wide SCSI device, or your ultra wide SCSI card (which is usually set to 7), has the same number.
www.glyphtech.com Step 7 - Power Up the Glyph Hard Drive Check that you have: • A good location for the drive • The drive off and the power cord plugged into the drive • The SCSI cable connected to the ultra wide SCSI card and the Glyph Drive. • Termination if necessary • The SCSI ID# set correctly Power up your Glyph drive. Rack mounted Glyph drives have power switches on the front panel. The Glyph tabletop’s power switch is behind the sliding door on the front of the enclosure.
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