Tape Drives and Cartridges
Tape Drives and Cartridges
The library supports:
■Linear
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■IBM LTO Gen 2, 3 and 4 (check availability for Gen 4) SCSI LVD and FC
■Quantum SDLT tape drives:
■SDLT 320 SCSI LVD
■SDLT 600 SCSI LVD and FC
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Tape drives are
■Back up the server before removing the tape drive.
■If the tape drives are
■Make sure that there is no activity on the SCSI bus before disconnecting the external SCSI cables. Stop all processes on the host.
■Make sure that all signals are terminated at each end of the SCSI bus.
■If your external SCSI cables are long enough that they do not interfere with removing and replacing the tape drives, you can swap tape drives without disconnecting the external SCSI cables. If so, disregard the steps to remove those cables.
Caution – Possible data loss or system problem: If you must disconnect the external SCSI cables, make sure that you quiesce the system first (stop all processes on the tape drives on the SCSI bus with the tape drive you are replacing).
All tape drives are mounted on
■Tape drive
■+5 VDC fan
■RLD tape drive interface card
Drive tray assemblies are installed in slots (also called bays), accessible from the back of the library. When a tape drive is inserted into the assigned slot, it connects to the RLD card by way of a cable. The RLD card connects directly to the RLM or RLE (Drive Expansion Module) backplane through a
Note – If a slot does not contain a tape drive, a vacancy plate must be installed over the slot.
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