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SDLT 600 Product ManualChapter 5: Using Your Tape Drive

Table 5-4.Troubleshooting Chart (Continued)

If…	Then…	You should…
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
		SDLT 600 tape drive system.
		If the SDLT 600 tape drive system is not the
		last or only device on the bus, check the
		cable connections and ensure that the bus is
		properly terminated at each end.
	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.
	Interface bus may be too long.	Limit bus length to ANSI interface standard
		for the interface interface being used.
	Too many devices on the bus.	Limit the number of devices on the bus
		(including the interface adapter) to match
		the limits of the interface being used.
	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.
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.
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.
	grounding may be incorrect
	(tabletop version).

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