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Table Tape Drive
Tabletop and Internal Tape Drive Installation
Table Tape Drive
Installing a Tabletop Tape
Drive with a SCSI
Connector
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To install a tabletop tape drive with a SCSI Connector:
1
Unpack the contents of your drive package. If any item is damaged, please contact
your place of purchase immediately.
Figure 1 External Drive
2
In addition to the contents included with your tabletop tape drive, you need the
following items:
• A SCSI host bus adapter that is properly installed and configured in a host
computer.
• A 50-to-68 pin adapter, if your computer has a narrow SCSI interface connector.
• Backup application software that supports the tape drive. For a list of the latest
backup software applications tested with the DDS-4 and DAT 72 tape drives,
please visit our Web site at
www.quantum.com/support
.
3
Review the drive's default settings and change them if necessary: (For detailed setting
information and the location of switches, please refer to your User's Guide on the CD-
ROM.)
• SCSI ID: 6
• Parity Checking: Enabled
• Terminator Power: Supplied to the SCSI bus
• Data Compression: Enabled
• Media Recognition (DDS-4 drives only): Enabled
• Power-On Self-Test: Enabled
• Host Operating System: Windows 98/Me/XP/NT/2000/2003 Server
• SCSI Interface Compatibility (DDS-4 drives only): Wide SCSI
• Vendor ID: SEAGATE DAT
4
Connect a SCSI interface cable to the drive. You can use either connector to attach the
drive to the host computer or to another SCSI device.
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