Date   : Fri, 25 May 2012 20:40:18 +0100
From   : pete@... (Pete Turnbull)
Subject: Setting jumpers SCSI IDs

On 25/05/2012 10:44, Phill Harvey-Smith wrote:
> On 25/05/2012 10:06, Jim Hearne wrote:
>>> putting a jumper on makes it a value of '1',
>>> and getting it off makes it '0'

Pretty standard for SCSI, especially drives.

> Yes generally SCSI controller/ host adapter has id 7 and drives have ids 
> 0..6.
> 
> However if you have an SGI unix box, they decided to have the controller 
> as id 0 and drives as 1..7 which can be confusing if you are used to 
> what everyone else uses.....

Actually it would be more accurate to say that most non-PC computer
manufacturers use 0 for the controller and 1-7 for the peripherals,
which can be confusing if you're only used to PCs :-)

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Pete                                           Peter Turnbull
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