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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).

Summary of Contents for LTO-3

Page 1: ...e and Variable speed Transfer to automatically match the host s data transfer rate Figure 1 Internal Drive Contents Before Installing the LTO 3 Model B Half Height Tape Drive 2 Handling Precautions an...

Page 2: ...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 th...

Page 3: ...the Drive Although each LTO 3 Model B Half Height Tape Drive is inspected and carefully packaged at the factory damage can occur in shipment or when the drive is being unpacked Observe the handling p...

Page 4: ...guration jumper pins 1 2 3 4 5 6 and 7 8 on the drive back panel to change the SCSI ID of the LTO 3 Model B Half Height Tape Drive see figure 2 IF the drive interface is THEN parallel Small Computer S...

Page 5: ...arallel SCSI Terminator Power By default terminator power is enabled on the internal parallel SCSI LTO 3 Model B Half Height Tape Drive If you use this default setting then the last device at the end...

Page 6: ...o Mounting the Internal Tape Drive in the following subsection Mounting the Internal Tape Drive You can mount the internal LTO 3 Model B Half Height Tape Drive either horizontally or vertically but no...

Page 7: ...instructions for the proper procedures to remove the cover 3 Select an available 5 25 inch half height bay and if required remove the bay cover 4 Position the drive in the bay and align either the upp...

Page 8: ...in figure 6 and figure 7 the rear panels of the internal LTO 3 Model B Half Height Tape Drives have connectors for Either a 68 pin parallel SCSI or a 29 pin SFF 8482serial attached SCSI SAS interface...

Page 9: ...nvironments Plugging an LVD drive into a high voltage differential HVD bus makes the entire bus nonfunctional and may permanently damage the drive or other SCSI devices on the bus See the internal par...

Page 10: ...face and AC Power Cables 3 Restarting the Tabletop Tape Drive System on page 14 4 Installing the LTO Driver Software on page 15 if required 5 Registering the LTO 3 Model B Half Height Tape Drive on pa...

Page 11: ...es ID 0 or ID 1 Avoid configuring the LTO 3 Model B Half Height Tape Drive to these SCSI IDs After configuring the parallel SCSI ID proceed to Connecting the Tabletop Drive Interface and AC Power Cabl...

Page 12: ...arallel SCSI drive either SCSI connector can be used as a SCSI IN or SCSI OUT connection This means you can use either connector to attach the drive to a host computer or to another parallel SCSI devi...

Page 13: ...ack of the drive Attach either the SCSI OUT interface cable or a SCSI terminator to the other parallel SCSI interface connector on the back of the drive If the tabletop LTO 3 Model B Half Height Tape...

Page 14: ...ceed to Restarting the Tabletop Tape Drive System in the following subsection Restarting the Tabletop Tape Drive System After connecting the tabletop drive interface and AC power cables 1 Set the tabl...

Page 15: ...ote The LTO driver software is not necessary with commercial backup application software Registering the LTO 3 Model B Half Height Tape Drive After installing the LTO 3 Model B Half Height Tape Drive...

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Page 17: ...e in an enclosure that limits the user s access to live parts gives adequate system stability and provides the necessary grounding for the drive Provide the correct voltages 5 VDC and 12 VDC based on...

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