IBM DDS Gen 5, User Manual

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Contents
Safety: Read first . . . . . . . . . . iii
About this book . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Chapter 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . 1
Product description . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Chapter 2. Installation . . . . . . . . . 3
Unpacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Pre-installation requirements . . . . . . . . . 3
Avoiding electrostatic damage . . . . . . . 3
Reviewing drive default settings . . . . . . . 4
SCSI ID settings . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Parity checking . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Terminating power . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Data compression. . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Power-on self test. . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Host operating system . . . . . . . . . . 6
Vendor ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Tape Drive Components . . . . . . . . . 8
Opening the computer . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Installing the drive . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Installing the drive in IBM servers . . . . . . 9
General installation instructions . . . . . . . 9
Completing your installation . . . . . . . . 13
Chapter 3. Using the tape drive . . . . 15
Using the appropriate media . . . . . . . . 15
Handling cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Loading a cartridge. . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Initializing a blank cartridge . . . . . . . . . 16
Unloading a cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Write-protecting a DDS cartridge . . . . . . . 17
Cleaning the tape heads . . . . . . . . . . 18
Updating firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Chapter 4. Understanding the drive
LEDs
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Front panel LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
LED summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Clean LED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Media LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Drive LED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Chapter 5. Troubleshooting . . . . . . 23
SCSI ID problems . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
SCSI termination problems . . . . . . . . . 23
Mounting hardware problems . . . . . . . . 23
Drive does not work . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Power-On Self-Test fails . . . . . . . . . . 23
Computer does not boot . . . . . . . . . . 23
Computer does not recognize drive . . . . . . 24
Backup program does not recognize drive . . . . 24
Write error . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Hardware error . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Appendix A. Specifications . . . . . . 25
Data capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Size and weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Power specifications . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Drive performance specifications . . . . . . . 27
Environmental requirements . . . . . . . . . 28
Reliability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Appendix B. Service and Support . . . 29
Online technical support . . . . . . . . . . 29
Telephone technical support . . . . . . . . . 29
Appendix C. IBM Statement of Limited
Warranty - Z125-4753-07 - 11/2002 . . . 31
Part 2 - Country-unique Terms . . . . . . . . 34
Part 3 - Warranty Information . . . . . . . . 45
Appendix D. Notices . . . . . . . . . 49
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
statement .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Trademarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
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