2.
Holding the tape drive by the handle and supporting it from the bottom, slide it into the drive
bay until it is flush with the back of the library (see
Figure 91 (page 187)
).
Figure 91 Installing a new tape drive
3.
Tighten the blue captive screws (see
Figure 92 (page 187)
) by hand to secure the tape drive
to the library chassis.
Figure 92 Tighten the blue thumbscrews
4.
Plan the configuration for the new tape drive:
•
FC: See
“Planning the Fibre Channel configuration” (page 22)
.
•
SAS: See
“Planning the SAS configuration” (page 23)
.
•
Parallel SCSI: See
“Planning the SCSI configuration” (page 25)
. If the tape drive's SCSI
address must be changed, do so before connecting the drive to the host. See
“Changing
the SCSI address (parallel SCSI only)” (page 36)
.
5.
Connect the tape drive to the host:
•
FC: Plug one end of the FC cable into a port on the tape drive. Plug the other end of
the cable into the HBA or switch.
•
SAS: The cable recommended for use with the SAS library can connect up to four SAS
tape drives to an HBA. Any tape drive can be connected with any of the four tape drive
ends of the cable. Plug one of the unused mini-SAS connectors on the tape drive end
of the cable into the connector on the tape drive.
•
Parallel SCSI: Connect one of the connectors on the parallel SCSI cable to the tape
drive and connect the other end of the cable to the HBA or other device on the same
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