Quantum manual Installing an Internal LTO-3 Tape Drive, Configuring an, LVD Drive

Chapter 2 Installation

Installing an Internal LTO-3 Tape Drive

Installing an Internal LTO-3 Tape Drive

Installing an internal LTO-3 Tape Drive with an Ultra 160 SCSI LVD interface involves the following steps:

1 Configuring an LVD Drive

2 Mounting the Internal LTO-3 Tape Drive on page 11 3 Connecting a SCSI Cable on page 14

4 Checking the SCSI Termination on page 15

5 Connecting a Serial Cable for Tape Libraries on page 16 6 Bus Composition on page 17

7 Registering Your Tape Drive on page 18

Configuring an	Before you install the LVD tape drive in your computer, you may need to
LVD Drive	configure the drive’s SCSI ID and terminator power features. The default
	configuration settings for the LTO-3 Tape Drive is:
	•	SCSI ID: 6
	•	Terminator power: disabled

If you need to change these settings, refer to the following sections.

Otherwise, proceed to Mounting the Internal LTO-3 Tape Drive.

SCSI ID

Jumper Pins: 1–2, 3–4, 5–6, 7–8

Default Setting: SCSI ID 6

Each SCSI device on the bus must have its own unique SCSI ID. The internal tape drive is shipped with a default SCSI ID of 6. If another SCSI device in the SCSI chain is using this ID, use jumper pins 1–2, 3–4, 5–6,

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