This guide is designed as a reference document for Silicon Graphics® system support engineers. It consolidates information about peripheral devices used with the CHALLENGE™, Onyx®, Indigo™, Indy™ and Indigo2™ products in a single, easy-to-access document.
This manual does not cover any information regarding older Silicon Graphics systems such as the Crimson™ deskside, POWER Center™ or SkyWriter™ systems, or POWER Series™ racks. Nor does it cover any non-SCSI disk or tape drives. For information on older high-end Silicon Graphics systems and peripherals, see the Peripherals Reference Guide (P/N 108-7027-020).
All disk drawings have been modified to include an "optional jumper" designation. This is intended to clarify the difference between a default and an optional jumper placement.
You are encouraged to place this reference document along with other peripheral manuals into a binder so that all of your peripheral information is in one location. As new peripherals are released, device-specific information will be distributed to you. As it becomes available, this information should also be added to your peripherals binder.
This document is organized as follows:
| Chapter 1 | "Introduction to Current Silicon Graphics Peripherals" gives general device information, including SCSI bus considerations and allowable device configurations in the SGI rackmount, deskside, and desktop product lines. | |
| Chapter 2 | "Deskside and Rackmount Drive Information" provides guidelines on how to properly configure SCSI devices for connection to or installation into (high-end) Challenge or Onyx systems. | |
| Chapter 3 | "Desktop Drive Information" describes jumpering considerations for SCSI devices used with (low-end) desktop units. |
The following list of documents provides an expanded information base that may be useful for filling in details on topics that are not covered in this guide:
CHALLENGE and Onyx Deskside Installation Instructions (P/N 108-7039-0x0)
CHALLENGE and Onyx Rackmount Installation Instructions (P/N 108-7042-0x0)
CHALLENGE and Onyx Site Preparation Guide (P/N 108-7040-0x0)
CHALLENGE and Onyx Diagnostic Roadmap (P/N 108-7045-0x0)
CHALLENGE Vault Rack and SCSIBox 2 Installation Instructions
(P/N 108-7044-0x0)
CHALLENGE Vault L Installation Instructions (P/N 108-0124-00x)
CHALLENGEvault M Owner's Guide (P/N 007-2155-00x)
Digital Linear Tape Drive Owner's Guide (P/N 007-2266-00x)
Multi-Channel Option Installation Instructions (P/N 108-7047-0x0)
RAID Hardware Installation and Upgrade Instructions (P/N 108-0104-00x)
RAID Administrator's Guide (P/N 007-2113-00x)