IBM Partner Pavilion T400F Manuale Utente

Contents

Safety and Environmental Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Danger Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Caution Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Attention Notice

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Laser Safety and Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii

Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Intended Audience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Related Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix

IBM Ultrium Publications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
IBM Fibre Channel Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Other Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix

Chapter 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Cartridge Compatibility

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Speed Matching and Channel Calibration

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Supported Servers and Operating Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
SCSI Attachment

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Physical Characteristics of the SCSI Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Speed

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Address Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Installing, Removing, or Resetting a Drive on an Active SCSI Bus

Fibre Channel Attachment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Supported Topologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Speed

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Address Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
World Wide Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Physical Characteristics of the Fibre Channel Interface

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Installing, Removing, or Resetting a Drive on an Active Fibre Channel . . . . 8

Supported Device Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Chapter 2. Specifications

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Chapter 3. Installing the Tape Drive

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Rear View of the SCSI Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Rear View of the Fibre Channel Drive

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Step 1. Unpack the Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Step 2. Remove Power from the Enclosure

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Step 3. Set the SCSI ID or Arbitrated Loop Physical Address . . . . . . . . 17

Setting the SCSI ID (SCSI Drive Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Setting the Arbitrated Loop Physical Address (Fibre Channel Drive Only)

Step 4. Change the Link Services of the Drive (optional)

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Step 5. Mount the Tape Drive into the Enclosure

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Step 6. Connect and Test Power to the Tape Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Step 7. Connect the Internal SCSI or Fibre Channel Cable. . . . . . . . . 27
Step 8. Connect the Internal LDI Cable (optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Step 9. Run Drive Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Step 10. Install the Device Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Step 11. Connect the External SCSI or Fibre Channel Interface to the Server

Connect the External SCSI Interface to the Server . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Connect the External Fibre Channel Interface to the Server

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Step 12. Connect the External LDI Interface to the Server (optional) . . . . . 29

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