17.
Carefully place the library down on a sturdy surface.
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5.3
wering up the RLS after it has been mounted in the rack to verify
2.
Turn the main power switch on the rear of the RLS to on. The standby power
s and release the
the
f the
ower cord.
5.4
s the simplified ADI (Automation Drive Interface)
he separate SCSI or Fibre Channel interface to the
(T1) for
d.
5.4.1
E
ufacturer, IBM, recommend a 6Gb HBA with
). Each external connector can fan out to up to
ll
ns, the drives may be direct-connected to a Fibre Channel HBA, with one
t
Quick Check
We recommend po
that it is functional.
1.
Attach the power cord to the RLS and the mains supply.
switch on the front of the library will begin flashing. Pres
standby power switch to fully power up the library and the control panel will
display the Home page. Note that both storage matrices must be locked for
library to become ready. Any changer status or fault messages indicate a
problem that must be resolved.
3.
To completely power off the RLS turn the main power switch on the rear o
library to off. Then remove the p
Cable Connections
This RLS Series library ha
interface, which eliminates t
robotic Medium Changer. It utilizes unused bandwidth on the first tape drive
the robotics interface or the first drive in each partition if the library is partitione
You need only connect to the SAS or Fibre Channel drives.
xternal Cable Requirements
For SAS, Qualstar and the drive man
external SFF-8088 SAS connection(s
four (4) drives. Port expanders are not recommended. The maximum length for SAS
cables is eight meters. Please refer to
Product Information Note # 46
for Cable
considerations. Also, make sure the BIOS, firmware and driver are current for the
SAS HBA.
For Fibre Channel, connect an FC cable from your FC switch to each drive. For sma
configuratio
port on the HBA for each drive. In the direct-connect scenario, if the drive fails to
negotiate with the HBA, please unplug one end of the FC cable and re-connect. Note
that LTO 5 drives have an 8Gb FC interface, which will negotiate 2Gb and 4Gb, bu
not 1Gb.
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