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About This Guide
This section identifies the users of this guide and describes the contents and structure. In addition, it includes a
list of conventions used in this guide.
This guide provides a product overview, installation, operation, and maintenance information
for the StorageWorks SWXTL-BA SBB and/or SWXTL-BT Tabletop DLT Cartridge Tape
Subsystems, both of which contain a Model 10/20-GB DLT Cartridge Tape Drive.
Intended Audience
This guide is intended for people who will install, operate, and maintain the StorageWorks
SWXTL-BA SBB and/or SWXTL-BT Tabletop DLT Cartridge Tape Subsystems.
Document Structure
This guide contains the following chapters:
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 1 gives an overview of the 10/20-GB DLT Cartridge Tape Drive, describes its com-
ponents, and discusses the drive features. This chapter provides a product overview of the
10/20-GB DLT Cartridge Tape Drive and identifies design features (including basic compo-
nents and performance considerations). The chapter also includes overview descriptions of
the data tape and cleaning tape cartridges used with this equipment, defining the basic func-
tions of each, and identifies what is supplied with the tape drive unit.
Chapter 2. Installation and Operation of the SWXTL-BA SBB Tape Drive in a
Storage Subsystem
Chapter 2 provides specific details pertaining to the SWXTL-BA SBB Tape Drive, which is
designed to be operated in a Digital StorageWorks Expansion Storage Pedestal subsystem.
This chapter describes how to unpack the received drive, how to prepare the drive for instal-
lation in the pedestal, how to set the SCSI ID of the tape drive, how to install the device into
a StorageWorks Expansion Storage Pedestal subsystem, and how to confirm operation in-
tegrity by performing the Power On Self Test (POST) exercise.
Chapter 3. Installation and Operation of the SWXTL-BT Tabletop Tape Drive
Chapter 3 provides specific details pertaining to the SWXTL-BT SBB Tape Drive, which is
designed to be operated as an independent standalone unit on the desktop, a convenient shelf,
or other flat surface. This chapter describes how to unpack the received SWXTL-BT tabletop
drive, how to prepare the drive for installation, how to set the SCSI ID of the tape drive, how
to perform the Power On Self Test (POST) procedure, and how to connect the tape drive to a
host computer.
