Multi-initiator support – Sun Microsystems SUN FIRE 280R User Manual

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Sun Fire 280R Server Owner’s Guide • January 2001

The following figures provide a summary of the cabling guidelines.

Multi-initiator Support

The SCSI implementation of the system includes multi-initiator support: any
external host adapter on the bus can drive Termpower. This means that if the system
should lose power, the devices on the SCSI bus (except those powered by the
system) can continue to operate.

Non-Sun device

Sun device

Sun device

Sun device

Sun device

50-pin device

68 - 68

68 - 68

68 - 68

68 - 68

68 - 68

68 -50

T

Adapter cable

Terminator

System

System

Autoterminating

Autoterminating

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