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Chapter 8: Installing, Removing, and Replacing Components
Removing and Replacing a Tape Drive
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4
Unscrew the captive thumbscrews securing the drive sled to the
back of the library. Half-height tape drives have two thumbscrews.
Full-height tape drives have four thumbscrews.
5
Using the handle, pull the drive sled out of the library. It should slide
out smoothly and easily.
6
Wait at least 10 seconds before installing a replacement tape drive
to allow the library to recognize that the tape drive has been
removed.
7
Install a replacement tape drive following the instructions below. If
any empty slots remain, install a filler plate in the empty slot.
8
If you are returning the tape drive to Quantum, wrap it in the
antistatic bag in which the replacement tape drive is wrapped, then
finish packing it in the same packaging materials from the
replacement tape drive. Ship the tape drive to Quantum using the
RMA materials included in the packaging.
Installing a Tape Drive
Tape Drive Slot Location Considerations
Tape drives can only fit in certain slots, as described below and
illustrated in
Figure 59
. Slots are numbered starting from the bottom
and moving up.
•
Scalar i40:
Half-height tape drives can be installed in slots 1 and 2.
A full-height tape drive can be installed in slot 1.
•
Scalar i80:
Half-height tape drives can be installed in slots 1, 2, 3, 4,
and 5. Full-height tape drives can be installed in slots 1, 3, and 5.
The extra space where slot 6 would be cannot hold a half-height
tape drive, but will accommodate a full-height tape drive installed in
slot 5.
If possible, it is recommended to start installing the tape drives at the
bottom slot and work up, without leaving spaces between.
If you are replacing an existing tape drive with a tape drive of the same
interface type, form factor, and vendor, place the replacement tape
drive in the same slot as the removed tape drive.
Summary of Contents for Scalar i40
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