Scsi tape drive – Dell POWEREDGE 2950 User Manual

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Installing System Components

SCSI Tape Drive

This section describes how to configure and install an internal SCSI tape drive.

NOTE:

Installing a SCSI tape drive requires an optional SCSI controller card.

Removing and Installing an Internal SCSI Tape Drive

NOTICE:

See "Protecting Against Electrostatic Discharge" in the safety instructions in your Product Information

Guide

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1 Turn off the system, including any attached peripherals, and disconnect the system from the electrical

outlet.

2 Remove the tape drive carrier from the media bay by squeezing the release tabs on either side of the

carrier down and forward, sliding the carrier gently from the bay. See Figure 3-24.

Figure 3-24.

Removing and Installing the Tape Drive Carrier

3 Remove the four screws affixing the tape drive blank to the rails, and set the rails aside for installation

onto the drive. See Figure 3-25.

1

tape drive blank

2

tape drive rails

3

release tab (2)

4

media bay

2

1

3

4

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