......................... Medalist 1080sl ......................... SCSI Interface Drive ......................... ......................... ......................... Installation Guide .........................
Contents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Read before you begin... . . . . . . . Configuring the drive . . . . . . . . . Attaching cables . . . . . . . . . . . Mounting the drive . . . . . . . . . . Configuring the drive and computer System setup configuration . . . . . Low-level formatting . . . . . . . . . Partitioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . High-level formatting . . . . . . . . NonDOS operating systems . . . . Network installation . . . . . . . . . Basic troubleshooting . . . . . . . .
Medalist 1080sl SCSI Installation Guide, August 1995 1 Introduction Thank you for choosing a Seagate drive. The purpose of this guide is to assist you with installing your new hard drive. Its organization outlines the complete installation process from handling the drive and drive application in Before you begin... to offering troubleshooting suggestions and technical support information. The topics discussed are: • Handling your drive (see Before you begin...
2 Medalist 1080sl SCSI Installation Guide, August 1995 Drive features Formatted Capacity (Mbytes) 1080.23 Total sectors 2,109,840 Cylinders 4,826 Physical heads 4 Sectors per track (average) 109 Bytes per sector 512 Spindle speed 5,376 RPM Average seek time (msec) 12.5 msec Cache (segmented) 128 Kbytes Internal transfer rate (Mbits per second max) 33 MHz to 65 MHz External transfer rate (Mbytes per second max) Asynchronous 5.0 Synchronous 10.
Medalist 1080sl SCSI Installation Guide, August 1995 3 Read before you begin... Note. Throughout this manual the Medalist 1080sl SCSI is referred to by its model number, ST51080N. Application. Your Seagate® drive is designed for IBM and IBMcompatible personal computers, Macintosh and other systems using the SCSI interface. Turn off the system power before attempting any installation. Static discharge.
4 Medalist 1080sl SCSI Installation Guide, August 1995 you void the warranty. Seagate customer service centers are the only facilities authorized to repair Seagate drives. Seagate does not sanction any third-party repair facilities. Shipping. Keep your original box and packing materials for transporting or shipping your drive. The box has a Seagate Approved Package label. Shipping a drive in a nonapproved container voids the warranty. Call your authorized Seagate distributor to purchase additional boxes.
Medalist 1080sl SCSI Installation Guide, August 1995 5 3. Als Versorgungsspannugen werden benötigt: +5V æ 5% 0,65A +12V æ 5% 0,45A (1,9A fur ca. 10 Sek. fur æ 10%) 4. Die Versorgungsspannung mub SELV entsprechen. 5. Alle Arbeiten auf dem Festplatte dürfen nur von Ausgebildetem Servicepersonal durchgeführt werden. Bitte schaffen Sie Festplatteetiketten nicht weg. 6. Der Einbau des Drives mub den Anforderungen gemäb DIN IEC 950V DC 0805/05.90 entsprechen.
6 Medalist 1080sl SCSI Installation Guide, August 1995 J8. Options jumper block J8 pin 1 J1 pin 1 J1. Interface connector J3. Standard power connector 1 2 3 4 Circuit board +5V +5V return +12V return +12V Figure 1.
Medalist 1080sl SCSI Installation Guide, August 1995 J8. Options jumper block 33 31 29 27 25 23 21 19 17 15 13 11 9 7 5 3 1 Circuit board side up. 34 32 30 28 26 24 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 Spares Note. 1. All other pins are reserved. Do not use them. 2. Jumpers on pins 28 and 30 and 32 and 34 are spares; these pins do not require jumpers.
8 Medalist 1080sl SCSI Installation Guide, August 1995 assign ID values 0 through 7. Be sure that the ID you choose is not used by another device on the SCSI bus. Your Seagate drive is shipped by the factory configured as SCSI ID 3—jumpers are attached to pins 3 and 4 and pin 5 and 6. You must reconfigure the SCSI ID if another device is assigned SCSI ID 3 or if you are making the drive the bootable drive. The bootable drive must be Drive C.
Medalist 1080sl SCSI Installation Guide, August 1995 9 nators enabled. If you are positioning the drive at the end of the cable, you must enable the drive’s internal terminators or attach an external terminator to the end of the cable. Terminators on the devices between the bus ends must be disabled or removed. • To enable the drive’s terminators, leave the pin-pair 19 and 20 on jumper block J8 open. • To disable the terminators, place a jumper on pins 19 and 20 of jumper block J8. Terminator power.
10 Medalist 1080sl SCSI Installation Guide, August 1995 Attaching cables Required materials: A four-conductor power-supply cable A fifty-conductor, nonshielded interface cable with a 50-pin, female connector attached for each SCSI device that is to be connected to the SCSI bus. The maximum cable length for asynchronous operation is 19.5 feet (6 meters). The maximum cable length for synchronous operation is 9.75 feet (3 meters). Figure 1 on page 6 shows connector and jumper block locations. 1.
Medalist 1080sl SCSI Installation Guide, August 1995 11 Mounting the drive Required materials: • Four 6-32 UNC-2A screws (not included) The drive fits in the standard 3.5-inch bay and can be mounted in any orientation. Position the drive so that the cables are not strained or crimped. Secure it with four mounting screws not more than 6 full turns (0.20 inches) into the drive frame (see Figure 3). Caution. To prevent drive mounting-hole damage, use only the type of screws specified. Figure 3.
12 Medalist 1080sl SCSI Installation Guide, August 1995 Configuring the drive and computer Once the drive is physically installed, the drive and computer must be configured to work with each other. This involves partitioning and formatting the drive and may require a special device driver or installation software depending on the operating system you are using and your SCSI adapter. Refer to your SCSI adapter’s documentation for specific information on how to configure your drive.
Medalist 1080sl SCSI Installation Guide, August 1995 13 to low-level format the drive, use the format routine supplied with your SCSI adapter. Refer to the SCSI adapter’s documentation for instructions on how to low-level format the drive. Partitioning You must partition the drive into one or more logical drives before you can use it. Caution. Partitioning or formatting a drive at any level erases all data on it.
14 Medalist 1080sl SCSI Installation Guide, August 1995 High-level formatting High-level formatting verifies the information written by the lowlevel format and builds the file allocation table (FAT) used by DOS to access files on the drive. If you put more than one partition on the drive, you must high-level format each partition. Refer to your DOS reference guide for instructions. Use the DOS FORMAT utility to high-level format the drive as follows: 1.
Medalist 1080sl SCSI Installation Guide, August 1995 15 NonDOS operating systems If you are installing the drive in a system that is using an operating system other than DOS, you may need a device driver or installation software. The device driver is provided by your SCSI adapter manufacturer and is operating-system specific. It is provided on a diskette that comes with the adapter. Refer to the SCSI adapter’s documentation for instructions on how to install the device driver.
16 Medalist 1080sl SCSI Installation Guide, August 1995 Basic troubleshooting Warning. Always turn off the system before changing jumpers or unplugging cables and cards. If your drive does not respond or function properly when you turn the power on following the hardware installation, perform these basic checks: • Check all cards. Make sure all cards are seated securely in their slots on the motherboard. • Check all cables. Make sure all cables are securely connected.
Medalist 1080sl SCSI Installation Guide, August 1995 • • • • • 17 Make sure that the drive is running. Listen carefully for the drive motor spinning. Also, the drive-activity LED flashes when the power is turned on. If the LED stays on after power-on, make sure the interface cable is properly connected and that no other device on the bus is using the same SCSI ID. Verify your host adapter configuration.
18 Medalist 1080sl SCSI Installation Guide, August 1995 Advanced troubleshooting If you have performed the preceding basic checks but the problem has not been solved, follow these guidelines for analyzing specific cases: The system does not recognize the presence of the drive or system error message, “No Drives Found,” appears. • Check all cables. Make sure they are properly connected and that the pins 1 are aligned. Make sure the cable is not crimped or damaged. • Check all cards for proper seating.
Medalist 1080sl SCSI Installation Guide, August 1995 19 • If the drive is at least the third drive in your system, you may need to configure the BIOS for three or more drives or install a device driver. Refer to your host adapter’s user guide for assistance. Contact the host adapter manufacturer for the device driver if one is required. System error message, “Drive not Ready,” appears. • Check all cables. For each ribbon cable, verify that pin 1 of the cable is aligned with pin 1 of the connector.
20 Medalist 1080sl SCSI Installation Guide, August 1995 • The DOS utilities diskette may be corrupted. Try your backup DOS diskette. • If you have DOS Version 4.0 or earlier, make the drive partitions smaller. • Check for media defects at the beginning of the drive. Use a third-party surface scan utility. The FDISK error message, “No Fixed Disk Present,” appears. • Check all cables. • Check the power supply specifications. • Make sure the drive spins up when you turn on the system.
Medalist 1080sl SCSI Installation Guide, August 1995 21 Technical support services If you need assistance installing your drive, consult your dealer. Your dealer is familiar with system configurations and can help you with system conflicts and other technical issues. If you need additional assistance with your Seagate drive or other Seagate products, you can call SeaBOARD, SeaFAX, Seagate Technical Support FAX, SeaFONE or SeaTDD.
22 Medalist 1080sl SCSI Installation Guide, August 1995 Location Modem number Thailand 662-531-8111 Australia 61-2-756-2359 Korea 82-2-556-7294 SeaFAX You can use a touch-tone telephone to access Seagate’s automated FAX system to receive technical support information by return FAX. This service is available 24 hours daily. Location Telephone number United States 408-438-2620 England 44-1-62-847-7080 Seagate Technical Support FAX.
Medalist 1080sl SCSI Installation Guide, August 1995 23 SeaTDD. 408/438-5382 Using a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), you can send questions or comments 24 hours daily and exchange messages with a technical support specialist between 8:00 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. (Pacific time) Monday through Friday. Seagate CompuServe forum Online technical support for Seagate products is available on CompuServe. To access our technical support forum, type go seagate.
24 Medalist 1080sl SCSI Installation Guide, August 1995 Storing and shipping your drive Keep your original box and packing materials for storing or shipping your drive. The box has a Seagate Approved Package label. Shipping a drive in an unapproved container voids the warranty. Call your authorized Seagate distributor to purchase additional boxes. Figure 4 shows how to pack a drive in an approved single-pack box. Please use the original packing materials as shown.
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