Slide the tape drive into the open bay, aligning the tray or rails with the slots in the bay. If your
server does not use mounting hardware, verify that the holes in the chassis are aligned with the
holes in the side of the tape drive.
Figure 7 Installing tape drive
Do not secure the drive at this point because you may have to move the drive to get the cables
into place.
Connect SAS and power cords
There are three options for connecting the tape drive. Each is described separately in this section.
•
Connect to a dedicated HBA (recommended)
•
Connect to a spare port on the host controller (recommended)
•
If both ports on the host controller are in use, replace one of the existing cables with the
supplied SAS cable (
not
recommended, use this option with care)
Supplied SAS cable
Power is supplied from the SAS connector on the SAS cable supplied with LTO-6 Ultrium 6250
and LTO-5 Ultrium 3000 tape drives.
Connect SAS and power cords
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