Dell PowerVault DP500 - Manual (Page 43)

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 -24 .
4. Prepare the tape drive for installation.
Ground yourself by touching an unpainted metal surface on the back of the system, unpack the drive (and controller card, if applicable), and compare the
jumper and switch settings with those in the drive documentation.
5. Aligning the four holes on the tape drive with the four screw holes on the tape drive rails, affix the rails to the drive.
6. Insert the tape drive along the rails in the media bay. See Figure 3 -24 .
Figure 3-24. Removing and Installing an Internal SCSI Tape Drive
7. Route the tape drive's SCSI interface cable through the tape drive cable retention bracket and connect it to the connector on the SCSI controller card.
See
Removing and Replacing the Tape Drive Cable Retention Bracket .
8. Connect the tape drive power cable to the tape drive power connector on the backplane. See Figure 6 -4 for the connector location.
9. Reconnect the system to its electrical outlet and turn the system on, including any attached peripherals.
10. Perform a tape backup and verification test with the drive as instructed in the software documentation that came with the drive.
Removing and Replacing the Tape Drive Cable Retention Bracket
The optional tape drive available with the 3.5" x4 configuration connects to the system board through an expansion card plugged into one of the PCI
expansion card slots. The tape drive cable is routed along the right side of the chassis and behind the tape drive cable retention bracket.
To remove the tape drive cable retention bracket, gently draw the blue release latch toward the center of the system while sliding the cable retention bracket
1 tape drive blank 2 tape drive rails
3 release tab (2) 4 media bay
1 screws (4) 2 tape drive rails (2)
3 rail release tabs (2) 4 tape drive