Exabyte EXB-8505 8mm User Manual

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F

filemarks

long filemarks 2-17
short filemarks 2-18

formats, data

description 1-5

front bezel 1-9

G

gap blocks 2-16
gap bytes 2-15
gap tracks 2-16
ground 6-14
ground tab and hole 1-11, 6-14

H

heads

description 1-14
position of relative to tracks 2-8

heat dissipation requirements 6-17
helical scan recording 2-2
high-speed search 6-3

I

IDRC algorithm

See compression

installation requirements 4-2
interface card 1-16

L

label locations 1-10
LBOT 2-19
LEDs

general description of 1-10
tape drive states represented by 4-11, 4-13

LEOT 2-19
load time 4-15
loading data cartridges 4-14
logical blocks

compression 2-13
description 2-13
packing into physical blocks 2-13

logical format 2-12

M

maintenance requirements 4-17
mean time between failures

assumptions for 6-8
restrictions for 6-9
test conditions for 6-8
value for tape drive 6-7

messages supported 5-2
Monitor port 1-12
motion threshold

during a read operation 3-8
during a write operation 3-5

mounting requirements 4-3
MTBF

See mean time between failures

N

noise specifications 6-20

O

operating environment 6-16
operating the tape drive 4-11

P

packing materials 4-19
particulate contamination limits 6-17
PBOT 2-19
PEOT 2-19
performance specifications 6-2
physical block counts 2-20
physical blocks

description 2-9
packing logical blocks into 2-13

physical description 1-9
physical format 2-3
pin assignments

differential SCSI connector 4-8
power connector 6-13
single-ended SCSI connector 4-10

power connector 1-11, 6-13
power specifications 6-12
power-on mode 4-11

I-2

EXB-8205 and EXB-8505

510504

(Standard and XL)

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