SCSI Cable Question, Poweredge 1600sc

I have a PowerEdge 1600sc with a SCSI DDS4 drive. The drive has what I
believe is a Ultra 160 connector which looks very much like an IDE
connector. I want to replace the drive with a SCSI DAT72 which has a Ultra
320 connector. The Ultra 320 connector is physically different than the
160, but it is suppose to be backwards compatible. Clearly I will need a
new data cable to go between the SCSI controller and the drive but I don't
know what that cable is called. Any suggestion on what cable to purchase or
where to buy it?
Many thanks.

fwiw, there are adapters available that plug on the back of the 68 pin ultra
320 interface on the dat72 drive to allow one to connect a 50 pin ultra 160
cable to it. however these adapters appear to come in two flavors, ones
that support devices over 4.5gb and those that don't. the ones that do have
something called nine line negotiation (9lnt) which properly terminates the
additional pins.

"Christopher Muto" <muto@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
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>I have a PowerEdge 1600sc with a SCSI DDS4 drive. The drive has what I
>believe is a Ultra 160 connector which looks very much like an IDE
>connector. I want to replace the drive with a SCSI DAT72 which has a Ultra
>320 connector. The Ultra 320 connector is physically different than the
>160, but it is suppose to be backwards compatible. Clearly I will need a
>new data cable to go between the SCSI controller and the drive but I don't
>know what that cable is called. Any suggestion on what cable to purchase
>or where to buy it?
> Many thanks.
>

"Christopher Muto" <muto@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
news:13qffruorj5g7c@corp.supernews.com...
>I have a PowerEdge 1600sc with a SCSI DDS4 drive. The drive has what I
>believe is a Ultra 160 connector which looks very much like an IDE
>connector. I want to replace the drive with a SCSI DAT72 which has a Ultra
>320 connector. The Ultra 320 connector is physically different than the
>160, but it is suppose to be backwards compatible. Clearly I will need a
>new data cable to go between the SCSI controller and the drive but I don't
>know what that cable is called. Any suggestion on what cable to purchase
>or where to buy it?
> Many thanks.

I don't know the answer to your question, but this is a place I have
purchased SCSI adapters/cables from:

http://www.scsisource.com

also http://www.granitedigital.com/


-- Paul

"Paul" <paule@nospam-mindspring.com> wrote in message
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> "Christopher Muto" <muto@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
> news:13qffruorj5g7c@corp.supernews.com...
>>I have a PowerEdge 1600sc with a SCSI DDS4 drive. The drive has what I
>>believe is a Ultra 160 connector which looks very much like an IDE
>>connector. I want to replace the drive with a SCSI DAT72 which has a
>>Ultra 320 connector. The Ultra 320 connector is physically different than
>>the 160, but it is suppose to be backwards compatible. Clearly I will
>>need a new data cable to go between the SCSI controller and the drive but
>>I don't know what that cable is called. Any suggestion on what cable to
>>purchase or where to buy it?
>> Many thanks.
>
> I don't know the answer to your question, but this is a place I have
> purchased SCSI adapters/cables from:
>
> http://www.scsisource.com
>
> also http://www.granitedigital.com/
>
>
> -- Paul
>

Paul,
Thanks for that link.
That is a te only place I have ever seen the full compliment of different
styles of SCSI connectors in one place.
Very helpful and a cheap place for these adapters (cheaper than Ebay!).
Thank you.