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Before Installing the LTO-3 (Model B) Half-Height Tape Drive
Product Name Quick Start Guide
Before Installing the LTO-3 (Model B) Half-Height Tape Drive
Handling Precautions
and Installation
Guidelines
Always observe the following precautions and guidelines when handling and installing
LTO-3 (Model B) Half-Height Tape Drives:
• Internal, at all times
• Tabletop, when removed from its free-standing enclosure
Preinstallation
Requirements
Before installing the LTO-3 (Model B) Half-Height Tape Drive, make sure you have:
• A host bus adapter (HBA) installed and properly configured in the host computer:
• Parallel SCSI HBA for a parallel SCSI drive
Handling Precautions
• Internal drives have exposed components that are
sensitive to static electricity. To reduce the possibility of
damage from static discharge, the drives are packaged
in a protective antistatic bag. Do not remove the drive
from the antistatic bag until you are ready to install it.
• Wear an ESD-preventive grounding wrist strap or
observe similar ESD precautions when working with the
drive. Be sure the wrist strap makes good skin contact.
Do not remove the wrist strap until you finish working
with the drive.
Also, avoid contact between the drive, other equipment,
and clothing. The wrist strap only protects the
equipment from ESD voltages on the body; ESD
voltages on clothing can still cause damage.
• Before removing the drive from the antistatic bag, touch
a grounded metal surface to discharge any static
electricity buildup from your body.
• Handle the drive by its sides rather than by the top cover
to reduce the risk of dropping the drive or damaging it
during installation.
• Either lay the drive on a nonconductive surface or put it
back inside the protective antistatic bag to reduce the
chance of damage from static discharge
Installation Guidelines
• LTO-3 (Model B) Half-Height Tape Drives with the parallel
SCSI interface are low voltage differential (LVD) SCSI
devices. Install LVD drives only in LVD environments. Do
not mix LVD and HVD devices on the same parallel SCSI
bus.
• Due to the high speed of the LTO-3 (Model B) Half-
Height Tape Drive, do not connect more than one LTO-3
(Model B) drive to the same host bus adapter (HBA).
