1 HV Installation and Operations Guide

66 Installing Cables Chapter 3

Installing Cables

The bridge can be used in either basic or expanded system configurations.

This section provides the steps to install cables in both configurations.

Fibre Bridge Connection, Basic Configuration Example

(Tape Libraries and MO Jukeboxes)

Caution Be sure all devices in the configuration have been turned off and

disconnected from the power source before making SCSI

connections. Failure to disconnect all power could result in

damage to the devices.

Note The HVD SCSI robotics controller port of the A5617A and

A5597A tape library may be connected to a free SCSI port on

the FC 4/1 HV. For use with the FC 2/1 LV, employ the HVD to

LVD converter card A6324A.

1. Properly shut down all peripheral SCSI devices that will be connected to

the bridge.

2. Connect a SCSI cable from each bus (0 and 1 on the FC 2/1 LV, or 0

through 3 on the FC 4/1 HV) on the bridge to a tape drive in the library

or to an MO jukebox. You may connect the library’s robotics controller to

a spare bus on the bridge or daisy chain it with a tape drive as long as the

tape library robotics controller and the tape drive are of the same SCSI

bus type (HVD to HVD, LVD to LVD).

Use the LVD converter (HP A6324A) to connect the tape library’s robotics

controller to an LVD SCSI bus.

You may daisy chain additional tape drives together, but this may result in

performance loss. Multiple bridges may be used within a single tape

library.

For a two-bus MO jukebox, connect a SCSI cable from the second bus on

the bridge to the second bus on the jukebox.