IBM L5X, Installation And User Manual

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Contents
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
Statement 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
Statement 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi
Statement 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi
Statement 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Figures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv
Chapter 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . 1
Drive features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Front panel of the drive . . . . . . . . . . 2
Rear panel of the drive . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Drive performance . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Cartridge compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Speed matching . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Channel calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Encryption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
SAS interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Supported servers and operating systems. . . . . 6
Supported device drivers . . . . . . . . . . 6
External tape drive specifications . . . . . . . 7
Physical specifications . . . . . . . . . . 7
Power specifications . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Other specifications . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Environmental specifications . . . . . . . . 7
Internal tape drive specifications. . . . . . . . 7
Physical specifications . . . . . . . . . . 7
Power specifications . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Other specifications . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Environmental specifications . . . . . . . . 8
Chapter 2. Installing the drive . . . . . 9
Installation guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Avoiding drive damage. . . . . . . . . . . 9
Inventory checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Installing an internal tape drive . . . . . . . 10
Unpack the drive . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Acclimate the drive and media . . . . . . . 11
Turn off the enclosure . . . . . . . . . . 11
Set the feature switches . . . . . . . . . 11
Mount the drive in an enclosure or server . . . 12
Connect and test power to the drive . . . . . 13
Connect the internal cable . . . . . . . . 14
Run drive diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . 14
Install device drivers . . . . . . . . . . 14
Connect the external interface cable (tape
enclosure installations only) .
. . . . . . . 14
Configure the drive to the server, switch, or hub 15
Installing an external tape drive . . . . . . . 15
Updating firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Chapter 3. Operating the drive . . . . 17
Operating modes . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Single-character display (SCD) . . . . . . . . 17
Status lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Unload button . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Inserting a tape cartridge . . . . . . . . . . 21
Removing a tape cartridge . . . . . . . . . 22
Mid-tape recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Cleaning the drive head . . . . . . . . . . 23
Cleaning the tape drive . . . . . . . . . . 23
Diagnostic and maintenance functions . . . . . 23
Entering Maintenance mode . . . . . . . . 25
Exiting Maintenance mode . . . . . . . . 25
Function code 0: Maintenance mode . . . . . 26
Function code 1: Run drive diagnostics . . . . 26
Function code 2: Update drive firmware from
FMR tape .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Function code 3: Create FMR tape . . . . . . 28
Function code 4: Force a drive dump . . . . . 28
Function code 5: Copy drive dump . . . . . 29
Function code 6: Run host interface wrap test . . 30
Function code 7: Run RS-422 wrap test . . . . 31
Function code 8: Unmake FMR tape . . . . . 32
Function code 9: Display error code log . . . . 32
Function code A: Clear error code log . . . . 33
Function code C: Insert cartridge into tape drive 33
Function code E: Test cartridge & media. . . . 33
Function code F: Write performance test . . . . 34
Function code H: Test head . . . . . . . . 35
Function code J: Fast read/write test . . . . . 36
Function code L: Load/unload test . . . . . 37
Function code P: Enable post error reporting . . 38
Function code U: Disable post error reporting . . 38
Chapter 4. Using Ultrium media . . . . 41
Types of cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Data cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
WORM (Write Once, Read Many) cartridge. . . 43
Cleaning cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Cartridge compatibility . . . . . . . . . . 44
Handling cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Provide training . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Provide proper acclimation and environmental
conditions .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Inspect the cartridge . . . . . . . . . . 45
Handle the cartridge carefully . . . . . . . 45
Tape cartridge packaging . . . . . . . . . 46
Environmental and shipping specifications for
tape cartridges .
. . . . . . . . . . . 47
Disposing of tape cartridges . . . . . . . . 47
Chapter 5. Resolving problems . . . . 49
Procedure 1: Inspecting a cartridge for damage . . 49
Procedure 2: Checking SAS host connections . . . 50
Procedure 3: Verifying host interface communication 50
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