Figure 7 Installing tape drive
Do not secure the drive at this point because you may have to move the drive to get the cables
into place.
Connect SAS and power cords
There are three options for connecting the tape drive. Each is described separately in this section.
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Connect to a dedicated HBA (recommended)
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Connect to a spare port on the host controller (recommended)
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If both ports on the host controller are in use, replace one of the existing cables with the
supplied SAS cable (
not
recommended, use this option with care)
Supplied SAS cable
Power is supplied from the SAS connector on the SAS cable supplied with LTO-6 Ultrium 6650
and LTO-5 Ultrium 3280 tape drives.
Connect SAS and power cords
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