LTO-6 Half-Height SAS Tape Drive
Contents
1
Safety and Environmental Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2
About This Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
3
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
3.1
Drive features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
3.2
Front panel of drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
3.3
Rear panel of the SAS drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
3.4
SAS interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
3.5
Cartridge compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
3.6
Backup performance/capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
3.7
LTO-6 tape drives and encryption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
3.7.1
When should I use encryption? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
3.7.2
How do I enable encryption? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
3.7.3
What happens if I don't remember the key? . . . . . . . . . . . 16
3.7.4
Does encryption affect tape drive performance? . . . . . . . . 16
3.7.5
Does the tape drive encrypt media in an earlier LTO format? . . 17
3.7.6
Where can I get more information? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
3.8
LTO-6 tape drives and partitioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
3.9
Feature Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
3.10
Supported device drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
4
Installing the drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
4.1
Avoiding drive damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
4.2
Installation overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
4.3
Install the SAS drive connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
4.4
Mount the drive into a PRIMERGY server . . . . . . . . . . 20