
26 Viper 200 LTO Product Manual
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Serial Interface connector
pin numbers
Pin
Numbers
(Pin 17 removed to prevent
connector from being attached incorrectly)
17 15 13 11 9 7 5 3 1
18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2
Figure 11. Rear view of the Viper 200 FC internal drive showing fibre channel optical
connectors
Pin and signal descriptions for the Serial Interface connector are shown in the table
below. These pins are on 2-mm centers.
Pin 1 is used by the drive to detect the presence of a tape library. The serial
interface cable must connect this pin to the adjacent pin 3.
Pin number Description
1 Library detect (cable should connect pin 1 to pin 3)
2 Lib TXn (output from drive, transmit negative)
3 GND
4 Lib TXp (output from drive, transmit positive)
5 GND
6 Lib RXn (input to drive, receive negative)
7 GND
8 Lib RXp (input to drive, receive positive)
9 through 18 Reserved (do not use)
Connecting a power cable
Attach a four-pin power cable to the power connector on the back of the drive.
Figure 7 on page 23 shows the location of the power connector on Viper Fibre
Channel drives.
The recommended 4-pin power connector for the internal Viper 200 is an AMP 1-
48024-0 housing with AMP 60617-1 pins or equivalent.
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