
SDLT 600 Product ManualChapter 5: Using Your Tape Drive
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System does not recognize | Interface bus may not be | If the SDLT 600 tape drive system is last or |
the SDLT 600 tape drive | terminated correctly. | only device on bus (except for adapter), be |
system. (continued) |
| certain the terminator is installed on the |
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| SDLT 600 tape drive system. |
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| If the SDLT 600 tape drive system is not the |
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| last or only device on the bus, check the |
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| cable connections and ensure that the bus is |
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| properly terminated at each end. |
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| Interface terminator may not be | Ensure that a terminator is installed at each |
| at end of bus or more than two | end of the bus. One terminator is usually |
| terminators may be present. | installed at the host end of the bus. |
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| Interface bus may be too long. | Limit bus length to ANSI interface standard |
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| for the interface interface being used. |
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| Too many devices on the bus. | Limit the number of devices on the bus |
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| (including the interface adapter) to match |
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| the limits of the interface being used. |
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| A device may not have been | Turn the tape drive power on first, and then |
| turned on and a valid interface | turn on power to the system. Do this so that |
| ID may not have been | the tape drive is properly recognized by the |
| configured before the system | system. |
| powering on and loading BIOS. |
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The tape drive does not | No power is reaching the tape | Check the tape drive’s power cable |
power on. | drive. | connection at the back of the system. |
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Nonfatal or fatal errors | Interface bus termination or the | Ensure the SCSI bus is terminated and that |
have occurred for which | interface bus cable connections | all connections are secure. Use an AC outlet |
the cause cannot be | may be incorrect. | for the tabletop tape unit on the same AC |
determined. | The AC power source | line used by the host system. |
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| grounding may be incorrect |
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| (tabletop version). |
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March 2004 |