Dell PowerVault 132T LTO/SDLT (Tape Library) User Manual

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SDLT-320

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Random: See description above.

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Sequential: See description above.

For more information, see

What is Partitioning?

Step 16 Press

and then

to accept

the changes and move to the next option.

  

Step 17 Press

and

to select the

mode for Partition 2.

LTO

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Sequential: Requires the backup
software to write the data to each of the
tape cartridges sequentially, starting
with the first one

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LUN: Allows the host backup software to
access the library on a different logical
unit than the drives.

SDLT-320

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Sequential: See description above.

For more information, see

What is Partitioning?

Step 18 Press

and then

to accept

the changes and move to the next option.

  

Step 19 If you did not enable partitioning,
press

and

to select the SCSI Mode

for the library. If you did enable
partitioning, skip to Step 20.

Available options are:

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Random: Allows your backup software to
access any tape cartridge randomly. This
is the mode that most host software will
use.

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Sequential: Requires the backup
software to write the data to each of the
tape cartridges sequentially, starting
with the first one. This mode is used if
your host only recognizes tape drives
and not libraries.

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LUN: Allows the host backup software to
access the library on a different logical
unit than the drives. This is the default
mode for Fibre Channel tape drives.

Step 20 Press

and then

to accept

the changes and move to the next option.

  

Step 21 Press

and

to set the SCSI

ID of the Library.

You must choose a number between 0 and 7.

Step 22 Press

and then

to accept

the changes and move to the next option.
Refer to

Step 31

.

  

Step 23 If Drive 1 is not a SCSI drive, refer
to

Step 24

.

If Drive 1 is a SCSI drive, press

and

to set the SCSI ID for Drive 1.

For a SCSI drive, you must choose a number
between 0 and 15.

Step 24 If Drive 1 is not a SCSI drive,

press

to go to the fibre settings screen

for Drive 1. Then go to

Step 27

.

If Drive 1 is a SCSI drive, press

and

then

to accept the SCSI ID displayed

for Drive 1 and move to the next option.

 

Step 25 If Drive 2 is not a SCSI drive, refer
to

Step 26

.

If Drive 2 is a SCSI drive, press

and

to set the SCSI ID for Drive 2.

You must choose a number between 0 and 15.

 

Step 26 If Drive 2 is not a SCSI drive,

press

to go to the fibre settings screen

for Drive 1. Then go to

Step 29

.

If Drive 2 is a SCSI drive, press

and

 

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