[lug] scsi termination...

Wayde Allen wallen at boulder.nist.gov
Tue Feb 1 14:17:54 MST 2000


On Tue, 1 Feb 2000 Carl.Wagner at Level3.com wrote:

> I believe the Sun hardware FAQ talks about termination.  If I remember
> correctly, internal drives are not supposed to be terminated.  Are you
> getting SCSI bus errors?  I can't say about
> external termination since my classic has a external HD and CDROM and has a
> terminator on the end of the bus.  If I had to guess, I would say that the
> external bus has a separate controller and is auto-terminated if nothing is
> connected. 

I know the newer SUN's have a SCSI bus test that can be run at the boot
prompt.  That might be a place to start.



- Wayde
  (wallen at boulder.nist.gov)





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