Before You Start; Supported Models; Which Operating Systems Are Supported; How Do I Connect The Drive To My Server - HP 330834-B21 - StorageWorks Ultrium 460 Tape Library Drive Module User Manual

1 Before you start

Supported models

This guide describes how to install and operate the following HP StorageWorks Ultrium tape drive models:
• HP StorageWorks Ultrium 1840 internal, external and removable tape drives. These are Ultra
320 SCSI devices with a maximum burst transfer speed of 320 MB/second. They can write
uncompressed data at up to 120 MB/second (432 GB/hour) or compressed data at up to 240
MB/second (864 GB/hour), assuming 2:1 compression.
• HP StorageWorks Ultrium 960 internal, external and removable tape drives: These are Ultra
320 SCSI devices with a maximum burst transfer speed of 320 MB/second. They can write
uncompressed data at up to 80 MB/second (576 GB/hour) or compressed data at up to 160
MB/S. (144 GB/hour), assuming 2:1 compression.
• HP StorageWorks Ultrium 460 internal, external and removable tape drives: These are Ultra
160 SCSI devices with a maximum burst transfer speed of 160 MB/second. They can write
uncompressed data at up to 30 MB/second (108 GB/hour) or compressed data at up to 60
MB/second (216 GB/hour), assuming 2:1 compression.
For a detailed product specification, please refer to our World Wide Web site (http://www.hp.com).
1. On/Off switch (external drives only)
2. Eject button
3. Emergency reset button
4. Ready LED
Figure 1 Front view of full-height Ultrium external tape drive

Which operating systems are supported?

HP StorageWorks Ultrium drives can be connected to servers running under Windows®, Linux and
other major operating systems. Refer to the "Software Compatibility" section on our "HP StorageWorks
Tape Compatibility" web site (http://www.hp.com/go/connect/) for the most recent information about
the operating system versions that are supported.

How do I connect the drive to my server?

The following guidelines apply:
5. Drive LED
6. Tape LED
7. Clean LED
Ultrium full-height SCSI Tape Drives
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