Install drive and connect power cable, Attach power and scsi cables, Attaching mounting – HP StoreEver DAT Tape Drives User Manual

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Install drive and connect power cable

Slide the tape drive into the open bay, aligning the tray or rails with the slots in the bay, as shown in

Figure 8

on page 24.

Figure 8 Installing tape drive

If your server does not use mounting hardware, check that the holes in the chassis are aligned with

the holes in the side of the tape drive.
Do not secure the drive at this point because you may have to move the drive to get the cables into place.

Attach power and SCSI cables

To support the high performance of the tape drive it is important that you connect to a recommended

SCSI bus and use a suitably-rated SCSI cable, see

Why is the SCSI bus type important?

” on page 14.

1.

Check your server or HBA documentation to ensure that the SCSI bus and cabling supports up to

Ultra160 bus speeds. We recommend that you attach the SCSI ribbon cable supplied with the tape

drive to the SCSI host bus adapter.

2.

Attach a spare power cable from the server’s internal power supply to the power connector, as

shown in

Figure 9

on page 25.

3.

Attach a spare connector on the server’s built-in SCSI bus or HBA’s SCSI ribbon cable to the SCSI

connector of the drive, as shown in

Figure 9

on page 25.

4.

If the drive is the last device on the SCSI chain, make sure that the SCSI cable is terminated correctly.

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Installing an internal DAT tape drive

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