As far as I can remember, You can't connect a DS14 to a chain that contains an FC7 or FC8 - But I may be mistaken... Anyhow, the DS14 should be the last shelf in the chain, with the shelves going from the oldest (connected to the filer) to the newest. This change requires the filer to be turned off, but any other DS14 you add can be added live afterwards. The connection method is the same for all shelves - there's an "IN" port and "OUT" port on each shelf, and you should only have one "out" port on your FC9, which you connect to the "in" port on the DS14. Just make sure the termination on the DS14 is on.

Alex.

-----Original Message----- From: Clawson, Simon [mailto:simon_clawson@mentorg.com] Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 12:40 To: 'toasters@mathworks.com' Subject: Adding two DS14 Disks to a filer with FC7 & FC9 shelves

Hi,

We are adding two DS14 disk shelves to an F760 this weekend, which already has two FC7 and one FC9 shelves. The FC9 is the last shelf in the current chain.

The documentation on how to connect the shelves up is a bit ambiguous. Do we connect the DS14 to the first LRC module on the FC9? etc etc. Has anyone connected these disks in this way?

Thanks

Simon

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