Installing the Internal LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive
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LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive
Preinstallation
Requirements
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Before installing the LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive, make sure you have:
• A host bus adapter (HBA) installed and properly configured in the host computer:
• Parallel SCSI HBA for a parallel SCSI drive
• Serial SCSI HBA for a SAS drive
• Interface components:
• For a parallel SCSI drive, either internal or tabletop, a 68-pin parallel SCSI cable
and terminator
• For a SAS drive, either:
• 7-pin 1x SATA-style interface cable for an internal drive
• 26-pin SFF-8088 mini-SAS style interface cable for a tabletop drive
• Backup application software that supports the tape drive. For a list of the backup
software applications that have been tested with the LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive,
please visit our website at:
www.quantum.com/support
Unpacking and Inspecting
the Drive
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Although each LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive is inspected and carefully packaged at the
factory, damage can occur in shipment or when the drive is being unpacked.
Observe the handling precautions in
Handling Precautions and Installation Guidelines
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and carefully unpack and inspect the LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive as follows:
1
Visually inspect the shipping container and notify your carrier immediately of any
damage.
2
Place the shipping container on a flat, clean, stable surface and carefully remove the
contents.
3
Visually inspect the LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive and notify your Quantum
representative immediately of any damage.
4
Always save the shipping container and packing materials for any future reshipment.
Installing the Internal LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive
To install the internal LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive, complete the following procedures
in the order presented:
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Depending on the interface configuration of the drive:
IF the drive interface is . . .
THEN . . .
parallel Small Computer
System Interface (SCSI),
proceed to
Configuring the Internal Parallel SCSI
Tape Drive
in the following subsection to configure
the parallel SCSI ID and bus terminator power.
