Marco Poli wrote: > After I got the drive, I had to buy the DIFF stuff to use it. The Adaptec > adaptor reads SCSI DIFF on the connector and the cable is a DIGITAL (part > number BN38C-05), rather long, maybe 10m, but reads 300V SHIELDED TYPE CL2, > so, I suppose it is the right thing. I did have connection problems (would > get bogus characters in SCSI BIOS boot up) with some other cable, but after > replacing for this one seemed solved. Terminator reads DIFFERENTIAL and has > the Sun 4-S logo, with a green LDE lit when the host is online. I suppose > this means it is an ACTIVE terminator, but I am not sure. The drive is alone > on the BUS.
Hi Marco, Sorry if you have already thought of this, but are you sure the drive is the differential model? The DLT8000 is available with either LVD/SE or HVD SCSI interfaces. If the drive is LVD (low voltage differential), it will not work with a HVD (high voltage differential) card, and the card may, in fact, damage the drive because the signalling voltages used by HVD are higher than LVD/SE (the higher voltage allows it to work reliably over a longer cable length). If the drive, card or terminator say "DIFFERENTIAL" or "SCSI DIFF" on them, then it means they are HVD (manufacturers started labelling equipment this way a few years ago when there was no LVD to confuse the issue). Allan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
