[ale] SCSI help

[Matt Smith]

SCA Really isn't a cable interface, it's more for drive-to-backplane.  There
are several manufacturers of external enclosures for U160 drives.  You may
find some that support SCA drives, but you won't find an SCA to SCA cable to
connect your enclosure to the host adapter.

As long as your controller has an external SCSI port, and you get a cable
that mates that connector to your drive enclosure, you'll be in business.
Also, be sure to get a terminator for the other port on the back of your
enclosure if it doesn't do some build-in termination.

--Matt



-----Original Message-----
From: Dennis Herrick [mailto:herrickd at huntingdon.edu]
To: ale at ale.org
Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2002 6:40 PM
To: 'ALE'
Subject: [ale] SCSI help


My company is buying me a new computer, but there probably isn't room
inside for my scsi drives. I'm thinking of going external for that from
an Adaptec U160 controller. 

What do I need in an external box in terms of cables? I know that SE,
U2W and U160 are all 68 pin connections, but is the cabling different
for all these? 

Would I be better of getting SCA drives and finding an external box with
80 pin SCA?

I'm not sure when I see something on a web page that it is the same
thing I'm looking for.

Any suggestions?


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