Chapter 3: DLT VS80 Installation
If the LEDs on the front panel act differently than described in “Testing Your Tape Drive” on
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None of the tape drive’s | The tape drive is not | Check the tape drive’s power cable. If you have |
LEDs illuminate. | receiving power. | a tabletop tape drive, check the power cable |
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| connections. Plug the power cable into a |
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| different power outlet. |
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All of the LEDs on the front | An internal tape drive fault | • Reset the tape drive by holding the Unload |
panel blink continually. | has occurred. | button down for six seconds or until all three |
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| LEDs are illuminated. Release the Unload |
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| button when the reset process begins. |
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| • Power the tape drive off and then on again. |
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| If it is an internal tape drive, shut down and |
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| power off the host server or workstation, |
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| then power it back on and allow it to go |
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| through its initialize process. |
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| • Call technical support if POST continues to |
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| fail. |
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The host server or | The tape drive’s SCSI ID | Change the tape drive’s SCSI ID: |
workstation does not | might not be unique. | 1. Shut down and power off the host server or |
recognize the tape drive. |
| workstation. |
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| 2. Power off the tape drive. |
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| 3. Change the tape drive’s SCSI ID. Refer to |
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| pages page |
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| information on selecting the proper SCSI |
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| ID. |
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| 4. Power on the tape drive. |
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| 5. Power on the host server or workstation. |
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| Ensure that all devices on the SCSI bus are LVD |
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| or SE. |
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| The SCSI host bus adapter | Check the SCSI host bus adapter configuration. |
| might be incorrectly | Refer to the SCSI host bus adapter manuals for |
| configured. | instructions. |
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| The SCSI cable might be | Check both ends of the SCSI cable, for both the |
| loose. | tabletop and internal tape drives. |
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| The SCSI terminator might | • Tabletop tape drive: make sure the |
| be loose or missing. | terminator is properly seated on the open |
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| SCSI connector on the rear panel of the tape |
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| drive or on the last device on the SCSI bus. |
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| • Internal tape drive: make sure an LVD/SE |
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| terminator is in place on the end of the SCSI |
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| cable for the tape drive. |
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May 2004 |
