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Contents
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LTO-2 Half-Height Tape Drive User’s Guide
Connecting a Serial Cable for Tape Libraries........................................14
Connecting a Power Cable.......................................................................15
Installing the LTO Driver.........................................................................15
Registering Your Tape Drive...................................................................15
Installing a Desktop LTO-2 Half-Height Tape Drive..................................16
Setting the SCSI ID....................................................................................16
Connecting a SCSI Cable..........................................................................16
Checking the SCSI Termination ..............................................................17
Connecting a Power Cord........................................................................17
Installing the LTO Driver.........................................................................17
Registering Your Tape Drive...................................................................18
Chapter 3
Operation
19
Understanding the Front Panel Display .......................................................20
Blink Codes .......................................................................................................21
Using LTO Cartridges......................................................................................22
Loading a Cartridge..................................................................................22
Unloading a Cartridge..............................................................................22
Write-protecting a Cartridge ...................................................................22
Cartridge Care and Maintenance............................................................23
Drive Maintenance ...........................................................................................24
Cleaning the Tape Drive ..........................................................................24
Chapter 4
Theory
27
Track Layout .....................................................................................................27
Recording Method............................................................................................29
Data Buffer ........................................................................................................29
Data Integrity ....................................................................................................29
Error-correction Code (ECC) ...................................................................29
Servo-tracking Faults................................................................................31
Data Compression............................................................................................31
Data Compression Considerations.........................................................32
Intelligent Data Compression..................................................................33
Summary of Contents for ValueLoader LTO-2
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