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Netra 150 Server Hardware Installation Manual

Connecting an External Peripheral

Note -

If you are connecting an external disk enclosure to the Netra NFS version of the Netra 150 server, read Appendix B, Understanding Battery Management Issues for a Netra 150 Server (NFS Version Only)" before proceeding with these instructions.

  1. Determine if you are connecting an external peripheral to the Netra Internet or Netra NFS version of the Netra 150 server.

    • If you are connecting an external peripheral to the Netra Internet version of the Netra 150 server, connect the SCSI cable from the external peripheral to the on-board SCSI port at the rear of the Netra 150 server (Figure 1-4). Note that the internal floppy, tape and CD-ROM drives take SCSI addresses 0, 4 and 6, respectively, so you must verify that none of the drives in the external peripheral use those SCSI addresses.

    • If you are connecting an external tape enclosure to the Netra NFS version of the Netra 150 server, connect the SCSI cable from the external tape enclosure to the on-board SCSI port at the rear of the Netra 150 server (Figure 1-4).

    • If you are connecting an external disk enclosure to the Netra NFS version of the Netra 150 server, connect the SCSI cable from the external disk enclosure to the Fast-Wide SCSI card installed in SBus slot 1 at the rear of the Netra 150 server (Figure 1-4). If you do not have a Fast-Wide SCSI card installed in SBus slot 1, follow the instructions in "Installing an SBus Card" to install a Fast-Wide SCSI card in SBus slot 1, then return here. Do not connect the external disk enclosure to any SCSI port other than the Fast-Wide SCSI card installed in SBus slot 1.

    Figure 1-4 Connecting External Peripherals to the Netra 150 Server

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  2. Power on the peripheral.

    Refer to the manual that you received with your external peripheral for those instructions.

    Note -

    If you are connecting an external tape drive to your Netra 150 server (such as the SPARCstorage Library) and you want to use the new external tape drive to back up the data on your system, you must make the necessary software changes to make the new tape drive available for backup. Refer to the software manual that came with your system for those instructions.

If you have no other connections to make, go to "Performing the Initial Configuration".