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Date:      Tue, 16 Apr 2002 12:49:51 -0600
From:      "Kenneth D. Merry" <ken@kdm.org>
To:        "M. Warner Losh" <imp@village.org>
Cc:        scsi@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: How to get 160MB/s LVD drives to use 160MB/s
Message-ID:  <20020416124951.A78541@panzer.kdm.org>
In-Reply-To: <20020416.120516.98708693.imp@village.org>; from imp@village.org on Tue, Apr 16, 2002 at 12:05:16PM -0600
References:  <20020416.000750.89789192.imp@village.org> <20020416100426.A77224@panzer.kdm.org> <20020416101205.A77341@panzer.kdm.org> <20020416.120516.98708693.imp@village.org>

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On Tue, Apr 16, 2002 at 12:05:16 -0600, M. Warner Losh wrote:
> In message: <20020416101205.A77341@panzer.kdm.org>
>             "Kenneth D. Merry" <ken@kdm.org> writes:
> : > There are several possibilities.
> : > 
> : >  - your cabling or termination isn't right for Ultra160.  (You need a
> : >    "twisty flat" cable with a terminator block on the end.)
> : >  - you jumpered the drives for single ended mode
> : >  - the SCA->HD68 adapters don't do LVD
> : > 
> : > I would guess that the last one is probably the problem, since the first
> : > two are more obvious.
> : 
> : One other note -- the jumpers on the adapter are probably used for setting
> : the SCSI ID, delayed start, led output, etc.  (There may be an LVD jumper,
> : but it wouldn't make as much sense -- why should the adapter care?)
> 
> The SCA adapter box said that it was rated for LVD.  The cabling is
> right for Ultra 160 (the "crinkle" twisted pairs), but the terminator
> says "SCSI LVD SE TERMINATOR" on it and it was pointed out on IRC that
> this was suspect.  I'm taking one of the drive to work today to see if
> I can play with it there on my 160 system there....

I don't know about that, it probably just means the terminator can work in
LVD or SE mode.

If you've got a machine with SCA drive bays (that can do Ultra160) you
might try plugging it into that to eliminate the converter as the source of
the problem.

Ken
-- 
Kenneth Merry
ken@kdm.org

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