Step 4: Install the Module Components

For instructions on any of the following steps, see “Adding, Removing, and Replacing” in the Scalar i500 User’s Guide.

1If not already installed, install the library control blade (LCB) in the control module.

2Install the tape drives.

3Install the power supplies.

4Install the Fibre Channel (FC) I/O blade (if required and not already installed).

5Close the library’s I/E station door and access door.

Step 5: Connect the Tape Drive Cables

Follow the instructions below for the type(s) of tape drives installed in your library. The instruction sets are:

Connecting Parallel SCSI Cables

Connecting Fibre Channel Cables Directly to Host or Switch

Connecting Fibre Channel Cables Through an I/O Blade

Connecting Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) Cables

A library can have any combination of SCSI, FC, and SAS drives, connected directly to hosts or through I/ O blades. You may need to follow more than one set of instructions below. For more detailed instructions, see the Scalar i500 User’s Guide.

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i500 specifications

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