Chapter 2 Installation and Quick Start

 

 

 

Installing an Internal LTO-2 Half-Height Tape Drive

 

 

 

 

 

Table 2 Serial

 

Pin Numbers

Description

Interface Connector

 

 

 

 

 

Pin Assignments

 

 

 

 

 

1

+Txa-Rxd

 

 

 

 

2

-Txa-Rxd

 

 

3

Ground

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

-Txa-Rxa

 

 

 

5

+Txd-Rxa

 

 

 

6

Sensed

 

 

 

7

Sensea

 

 

 

8

Reseta

 

 

 

9

Signalaux

 

 

10

Reserved

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Attach a four-pin power cable to the power connector on the back of the

Connecting a Power

Cable

drive. Figure 5 shows the location of the power connector.

 

 

 

The recommended 4-pin power connector for internal drives is an AMP

 

 

 

1-48024-0 housing with AMP 60617-1 pins or equivalent.

 

If you intend to use your drive with the Microsoft native backup applet

 

Installing the LTO

 

Driver

on Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, or Microsoft Windows 2000

 

 

 

operating system, install the appropriate LTO driver. See the Resource

 

 

 

CD. This driver is not necessary with commercial backup application

 

 

 

software.

 

After you install the internal tape drive, be sure to register it. Registering

 

Registering Your

 

Tape Drive

your drive ensures that you will receive the latest information about your

 

 

 

drive, as well as other product, service, and support information. For

 

 

 

your convenience, you can register your drive through our Web site at:

 

 

 

www.quantum.com/registration.

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Quantum LTO-2 Pin Numbers Description, Connecting a Power, Cable, Installing the LTO Driver, Registering Your Tape Drive