Table of Contents

1.

Introduction

1-1

1.1

Who Should Read This Manual

1-1

1.2

Important Safety Information

1-2

2.

Unpacking

2-1

3.

Product Description

3-1

3.1

General Description

3-1

3.2

Models

3-2

4.

FCO Type A Installation

4-1

4.1

Fibre Channel Option (FCO) Type A Installation Considerations

4-1

4.1.1

Operating Environment

4-1

4.1.2

Ventilation

4-1

4.2

Drive Cabling for TLS-5/6/8000 and 58/68/88xxx Libraries

4-1

4.2.1

Drive Cabling

4-1

4.3

Installing a Fibre Channel Option

4-3

4.3.1

Installation

4-3

4.4

Initializing the Fibre Channel Option

4-10

4.5

Configuring the Fibre Channel Loop ID

4-12

4.6

Configuring the Fibre Channel SCSI Devices Interface

4-13

5.

FCO Type B Installation

5-1

5.1

Fibre Channel Option (FCO) Type B Installation Considerations

5-1

5.1.1

Operating Environment

5-1

5.1.2

Ventilation

5-1

5.2

FCO Type B Interconnect Cabling

5-1

5.3

Cabling for TLS-412xxx Libraries

5-3

5.4

Cabling for TLS-58xxx, 68xxx and 88xxx Libraries

5-5

5.5

Securing the Cables to the TLS

5-9

5.6

Initializing the Fibre Channel Option

5-9

5.7

Configuring the Fibre Channel Loop ID

5-11

5.8

Configuring the Fibre Channel SCSI Devices Interface

5-12

6.

FCO Type C Installation

6-1

6.1

Fibre Channel Option (FCO) Type C Installation Considerations

6-1

6.1.1

Operating Environment

6-1

6.1.2

Ventilation

6-1

6.2

FCO Type C Interconnect Cabling

6-1

6.3

Cabling for TLS-4000,TLS-46xxx and TLS-412xxx Libraries

6-4

6.4

Cabling for TLS-5/6/8000 and 58/68/88xxx Libraries

6-8

6.5

Installing a Fibre Channel Option

6-11

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