Working with the Hardware Components
3.If the library uses one of the tape drives to provide the robotic control path through ADI, you may need to reinstall the Media Changer driver using the Windows Add Hardware wizard. The Spectra Logic device driver is located on the nTier700 system disk at:
C:\Program Files (x86)\SpectraLogic\drivers\
Spectra T Series Library Driver\SpectraMC.inf
Note: A medium changer driver is unnecessary in most configurations. The general practice is for the software to control the library directly, so there is no need for a robotics driver at the OS level.
Three known exceptions are for Windows RSM (Removable Storage Manager), DPM (Data Protection Manager), and File Migrator (or XenData). If you have one of these,
WORKING WITH THE HARDWARE COMPONENTS
Caution
Caution
Extending blades. After powering off a drive that needs replacing, pull the blade containing the drive out from the chassis gently to prevent possible vibration issues with the other drives, which are still powered on and running.
Moving drives between blades or units. The drives in each blade are configured as a single RAID set. Spectra Logic strongly recommends against moving drives from one blade to another or from one Spectra nTier product to another. Contact SpectraGuard Technical Support if you want to move drives (see Contacting Spectra Logic on page 4).
Moving drives from one blade to another or from one nTier to another can potentially result in lost data.
Expanding capacity. Any upgrade to add one or more blades to the originally purchased configuration must be performed by Spectra Logic Technical Support (see Contacting Spectra Logic on page 4).
Removing a blade. The blades in the nTier700 are not
Do not remove a blade unless specifically instructed to do so by Spectra Logic Technical Support.
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