Exabyte 007-3086-001 Installing the Tape Drive, Unpacking the Tape Drive and Saving the Materials

Installing the Tape Drive

Unpacking the Tape Drive and Saving the Materials

Carefully remove the tape drive from its box. Save all the original packaging materials in case you need to reship the tape drive. The tape drive’s packaging helps protect the tape drive from shock, vibration, moisture, and electrostatic discharge (ESD).

Checking the Tape Drive Accessories

The 8505XL includes the following items:

•tape drive

•160-meter XL cartridge tape

•cleaning tape

•SCSI ID jumpers

•software CD

Installing the Tape Drive

Installing your tape drive requires the following general tasks:

1.Set the SCSI ID.

2.Install the tape drive in an empty drive bay.

3.Power on the tape drive.

4.Install your software driver, if required.

5.Test your installation.

Setting the SCSI ID

Each device attached to a SCSI bus must have a unique address or SCSI ID. This SCSI ID, which can be a value from 0 through 7, allows the host computer to communicate with the specific devices attached to the bus.

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