Scorpion 40 Installation Manual, Rev. A
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Introduction
This installation manual summarizes the installation and
operation of Seagate
®
Scorpion 40 DDS-4 drives.
Note: DDS tape drives are sometimes referred to as “DAT”
drives. However, only the former term is used in this
manual.
The Scorpion 40 uses DDS-4 tape cartridges with a native
capacity of 20 Gbytes (40 Gbytes with 2:1 data
compression). It can also read and write older tapes using
DDS-1, DDS-2 and DDS-3 tape formats. Data compression is
supported for all these formats.
The Scorpion 40 supports the following SCSI interfaces:
•
68-pin Ultra2 SCSI (LVD)
•
68-pin SCSI Wide (single-ended)
•
50-pin SCSI-2 (requires 68- to 50-pin single-ended
adapter such as Seagate PN 10006520-001)
Note: The Scorpion 40 will not work in a SCSI-1
environment.
The following Scorpion 40 models are covered in this manual:
Drive model number
Form factor
STD1401LW
3.5-inch internal drive
STD2401LW
5.25-inch internal drive
STD6401LW
External drive
Note. Additional or updated information on these drives may be
available on Seagate’s web site at www.seagate.com.
If you have purchased an external Scorpion 40, please turn to
page 15 for installation instructions. If you have purchased an
internal drive, continue to the next page.
