Quantum Scalar i500, Getting Started Manual

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Step 4: Install the Module Components
For instructions on any of the following steps, see “Adding, Removing, and Replacing” in the Scalar i500
User’s Guide .
1 If not already installed, install the library control blade (LCB) in the control module.
2 Install the tape drives.
3 Install the power supplies.
4 Install the Fibre Channel (FC) I/O blade (if required and not already installed).
5 Close the library’s I/E station door and access door.
Step 5: Connect the Tape Drive Cables
Follow the instructions below for the type(s) of tape drives installed in your library. The instruction sets are:
• Connecting Parallel SCSI Cables
• Connecting Fibre Channel Cables Directly to Host or Switch
• Connecting Fibre Channel Cables Through an I/O Blade
• Connecting Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) Cables
A library can have any combination of SCSI, FC, and SAS drives, connected directly to hosts or through I/
O blades. You may need to follow more than one set of instructions below. For more detailed instructions,
see the
Scalar i500 User’s Guide .