Exabyte EXB-8505 8mm User Manual

Exabyte

R

read access time 6-2
read operations 3-7
read reliability 6-11
read-after-write checking 3-6
reconnect threshold

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

recording format 2-1 – 2-20
recording parameters 2-11
reliability specifications 6-7
reposition time 6-4
reselection timeout 6-6
reset conditions 4-16
rewind tape speed 6-4

S

safety agency standards 7-2
SCSI

cable connector for 1-11, 4-8
commands supported 5-3
features 5-5
messages supported 5-2
physical path definition 5-6
reset conditions 4-16
termination requirements 1-12, 4-6

SCSI commands

using 5-7, 5-9 – 5-10

SCSI ID

jumper block for 1-12
requirements for setting 4-2

search fields 2-10
service life 6-7
servo areas 2-10
setmarks 2-18
shipping requirements 4-19
shock specifications 6-18
single-ended SCSI

cable length for 4-7
external terminators for 4-6
internal terminators for 1-12, 4-6
pin assignments for connector 4-10
SLDS card 1-16

SLD card 1-16
SLDD card 1-16
SLDS card 1-16
SPR card 1-16
SSV card 1-15
start/stop mode 3-4
streaming mode 3-4
SUA card 1-16

T

tape speed

file search 6-3
nominal 6-3
rewind 6-4

tape tension release time 6-5
tape transport mechanism 1-14
terminators for SCSI bus 1-12, 4-6
thresholds

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

timeout, for reselection 6-6
track structure 2-3

filemarks 2-17
for the EXB-8200 and EXB-8200c 2-6
for the EXB-8500 and EXB-8500c 2-5
gap blocks and gap tracks 2-16
gap bytes 2-15
logical blocks 2-13
physical blocks 2-9
servo areas 2-10

transfer rates 5-5, 6-6

U

unload button 1-10
unloading data cartridges 4-15

V

vibration specifications 6-19
voltages 6-12

safety agency considerations for 6-12

W

weight of tape drive 1-17
write access time 6-2
write operations 3-2
write reliability 6-11

May 1994

EXB-8205 and EXB-8505

I-3

(Standard and XL)

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