Chapter 3: Installing Your Tape Drive
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Selecting a Location for Your Tabletop Tape Drive
Select a location for your tape drive that is flat, sturdy, level, and close to the server or workstation. A
desk or table top surface is most suitable. Regardless of the location you choose for your tape drive,
make sure the environment is free from dust, cigarette smoke, and excessive temperature and humidity.
See the
DLT VS160 Tape Drive Product Specification
for acceptable operating temperature and
humidity limits.
Be sure to follow these additional guidelines when selecting a location for your tape drive:
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Allow at least 6 inches (15.2 cm) behind the tape drive for proper cooling.
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Avoid locations near printers or photocopy machines, both of which produce paper fiber and other
types of dust and airborne contaminants.
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Do not place your tape drive on the floor.
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Avoid locations near generators, electric motors, audio speakers, or other sources of magnetic
fields. Magnetic fields can adversely affect your tape drive and data cartridges.
3.2.3 Setting the SCSI ID
All SCSI devices attached to the server or workstation must have a unique SCSI ID. Check the SCSI
IDs on all other devices on the selected server or workstation, including the SCSI host adapter, and
select an unused SCSI ID for your tape drive. The factory default SCSI ID for this tape drive is 5, as
shown in Fig. If the tape drive’s factory default SCSI ID is not already in use by another device on the
same SCSI bus, you do not need to change the SCSI ID.
N
OTE
:
If you attach the tape drive to a narrow (50-pin) SCSI bus, you can only
use IDs 0 through 7.
Figure 3-1.
DLT VS160 Tape Drive Rear Panel (tabletop model)
68-pin high-density SCSI connectors
On
Off
SCSI ID switch
Power cable
connector
Power
switch
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