Question

You want to upgrade a server by installing an external SCSI tape drive. The system currently has a SCSI card and an internal SCSI hard drive. At bootup, the system fails to recognize the new tape drive. What can be done to solve this problem

Answer 1

Answer:

You should disable termination on the Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) controller card.

Explanation:

SCSI is an acronym for Small Computer System Interface, which is also generally referred to as host bus adapter (HBA). The SCSI is typically a chip that controls the communication between the operating system (OS), storage devices such as hard disk drives and the host computer system. Also, it helps with the interpretation of the electrical signals between the Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) bus and the input-output bus for storage devices.

In this scenario, you want to upgrade a server by installing an external SCSI tape drive. The system currently has a Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) card and an internal SCSI hard drive. At bootup, the system fails to recognize the new tape drive. To solve this problem, you should disable termination on the SCSI controller card so that only the external SCSI tape drive will be active and the SCSI won't be detected.