Exabyte 1005911-003 User Manual

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Revision History

000

August 2000

Initial release

001

November 2000

Added 215M information

002

April 2001

Added AIT information

003

March 2002

Added Fibre Channel M2 information for 430M-FC

1 Preparing for installation

These instructions describe how to install or replace a tape drive in the
following Exabyte

libraries:

430M and 215M SCSI libraries with M2 tape drives

430A and 215A SCSI libraries with AIT tape drives

430M-FC Fibre Channel library with M2 tape drives

The tape drive kit contains one Exabyte Mammoth-2 (M2™) or one AIT tape
drive, pre-installed in a drive carrier. The M2 tape drive has either a SCSI or
Fibre Channel interface. The AIT tape drive has a SCSI interface. The SCSI
tape drive kit includes one wide SCSI cable. The Fibre Channel tape drive
kit includes one optical fiber cable.

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Important

The Fibre Channel M2 tape drive kit is for

the 430M-FC library only. Do not install a Fibre Channel
M2 in the 215M.

Note: You can convert a 430M library from SCSI to Fibre Channel

(430M-FC) using an upgrade kit available from Exabyte. Contact
Exabyte at 1-800-774-7172 or 1-800-392-8273 for this kit.