Tandberg Data VXA-320 (VXA-3) manual Before You Begin, Installing The External Scsi Tape Drive

CHAPTER 2 INSTALLATION

INSTALLING THE EXTERNAL SCSI TAPE DRIVE

When installing the external SCSI tape drive, refer to Figure 2-6for the location of the back-panel components.

Figure 2-6External SCSI tape drive: back-panel components

Before You Begin

Before you begin hardware installation, do the following:

1.Select a suitable location for your tape drive—Ensure that the work area is free from conditions that could cause electrostatic discharge (ESD). Discharge static electricity from your body by touching a known grounded surface, such as your computer’s metal chassis.

2.Install an LVD SCSI host bus adapter — Install the LVD SCSI host bus adapter (HBA) and any necessary drivers in the host computer.

3.Select your backup software application — To obtain information about which backup software applications work with the tape drive, visit Tandberg Data’s web site www.tandberg.com You can install the backup software application on the host computer before or after you install the tape drive. However, if you install the backup software application first, you may need to reconfigure it for use with the tape drive.

!Important Do not connect the tape drive to a RAID controller. The tape drive will not operate properly if it is connected to a RAID controller.

Although the tape drive’s High-density LVD SCSI interface is compatible with both single-ended and narrow SCSI buses, to avoid performance issues Tandberg Data does not recommend using the tape drive on either of these buses.

If any single-ended device, including a single-ended terminator is attached to the LVD bus, the result is that all devices on that bus will run in single-ended mode. Tandberg Data recommends that you do not use the tape drive on a bus with a single-ended device.

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