1 before you start, Your hp storeever lto ultrium tape drive, Which operating systems are supported – HP StoreEver Ultrium Tape Drives User Manual

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1 Before you start

In this chapter:

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Your LTO Ultrium tape drive (page 6)

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Which operating systems are supported? (page 6)

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Power specifications (page 7)

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How do I connect the drive to my server? (page 7)

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HP Storage SPOCK (page 9)

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Using the HP Tape CD-ROM (page 11)

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LTFS and HP StoreOpen Standalone (page 11)

Your HP StoreEver LTO Ultrium tape drive

This guide describes how to install and operate the following HP StoreEver LTO Ultrium tape drives:

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HP StoreEver LTO-6 Ultrium 6650 internal and external tape drives

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HP StoreEver LTO-5 Ultrium 3280 internal and external tape drives

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HP StoreEver LTO-4 Ultrium 1840 internal and external tape drives

For a detailed product specification, please refer to our website (

http://www.hp.com/go/tape

).

Figure 1 Front view of LTO Ultrium external tape drive

5. Drive LED

1. On/Off switch (external drives only)

6. Tape LED

2. Eject button

7. Clean LED

3. Emergency reset button

8. Encryption LED (LTO–6 and LTO–5 only)

4. Ready LED

NOTE:

LTO-4 tape drives do not have an Encryption LED.

Which operating systems are supported?

HP LTO Ultrium drives can be connected to servers running under Windows®, Linux, UNIX and
other major operating systems. Refer to the QuickSpecs available from the product website or to
the SPOCK website (

http://www.hp.com/storage/spock

) for the most recent information about

the operating system versions that are supported.

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