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Table 7-1., SCSI Termination Guidelines, CAUTION:
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• If you are installing an internal wide SCSI device (such as a wide SCSI hard-disk drive), you have a 68-pin internal SCSI cable as shown in Figure 7-14. One end of this cable attaches to the wide SCSI device and the other end attaches to the wide SCSI connector on your SCSI host adapter card. • If you are installing an external SCSI device, you have a shielded external cable that connects to the external SCSI connector on the SCSI host adapter card. You have a separate power cable to connect the SCSI device to an AC power source. Before installing SCSI devices in your computer, you must configure the termination on your SCSI device(s) to conform to the guidelines shown in Table 7-1. In Table 7-1, the term "last device" refers to the device attached to the end connector on the corresponding SCSI cable. For instructions on enabling and disabling termination, see the documentation for your SCSI host adapter card. CAUTION: Do not connect devices to all three connectors (internal narrow connector, internal wide connector, and external connector) on a single SCSI host adapter card. Such a configuration is a violation of the SCSI specification. You can safely connect devices to any two of these three connectors on a single SCSI host adapter card. Table 7-1. SCSI Termination Guidelines Configuration SCSI Host Adapter Card Internal Narrow SCSI Device(s) Internal Wide SCSI External SCSI Device(s) Device(s) Internal narrow and wide SCSI devices Termination enabled for upper 8 bits Termination enabled for lower 8 bits on last device Termination enabled for all 16 bits on last device Not applicable Internal wide SCSI and external narrow SCSI devices Termination enabled for upper 8 bits Not applicable Termination enabled for all 16 bits on last device Termination enabled for lower 8 bits Internal wide SCSI and external wide SCSI devices Termination disabled Not applicable Termination enabled for all 16 bits on last device Termination enabled for all 16 bits Internal narrow SCSI and external narrow SCSI devices Termination disabled Termination enabled for lower 8 bits on last device Not applicable Termination enabled for lower 8 bits Internal narrow SCSI devices only Termination enabled for lower 8 bits Termination enabled for lower 8 bits on last device Not applicable Not applicable Internal wide SCSI devices only Termination enabled for lower 8 bits Not applicable Termination enabled for all 16 bits on last device Not applicable 7-10 Dell OptiPlex GXi Low-Profile Systems Reference and Installation Guide