Exabyte 1X7 LTO manual 8Attaching the brackets to a half height tape drive

REPLACING THE TAPE DRIVE

Half height tape drive: Place the brackets you removed from the original half height tape drive on the new half height tape drive. Attach the “thick” bracket on the right side of the tape drive–as viewed from the back of the tape drive.

Left bracket	Right bracket
(thin)	(thick)

Figure 7-8Attaching the brackets to a half height tape drive

Note: Make sure that the edges of the brackets are parallel to the edges of the tape drive (not at an angle).

Full height tape drive: Place the brackets you removed from the original full height tape drive on the new full height tape drive. See Figure 7-9for the proper orientation. Attach the “thin” bracket on the right side of the tape drive–as viewed from the back of the tape drive.

Back of tape drive

Right bracket (thin)

Mounting holes

Left bracket (thick)

Figure 7-9Attaching the brackets to a full height tape drive

Note: Make sure that the edges of the brackets are parallel to the edges of the tape drive (not at an angle).

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