[lug] scsi termination...

Kevin Fenzi kevin at scrye.com
Tue Feb 1 13:14:37 MST 2000


>>>>> "Wayde" == Wayde Allen <wallen at boulder.nist.gov> writes:

Wayde> 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.

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

yeah, I think its:

probe scsi 

at the new boot prom "ok" command. 

Wayde> - Wayde

kevin
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