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Compatibility

Cables and Termination

Performance Tuning

For the most up-to-date information about recommended SAS HBAs and supported cabling

configurations with your make and model of server, always refer to

All cables required for a typical internal and external connection to HP servers are provided with your

tape drive. For non-HP servers, please consult your manufacturers' server specifications to determine if

the cable provided with your Ultrium tape drive is appropriate for use with that server. No terminator is

required for internal models (assumes use of terminated cable). The external model features "auto-

termination" – no terminator is required. New SAS-based Ultrium models ship with a 4-channel split

cable which allows direct attach from embedded SAS controller on host to a tape drive and remaining 3

channels to disk.

NOTE:

NOTE: Visit

http://www.hp.com/go/connect

You will need to connect the drive to a dedicated SCSI Host Bus Adaptor (HBA) that is Ultra 160 HBA or

higher. To supply data to the drive fast enough to achieve full performance from an HP Ultrium tape

drive, you will need at least eight disks as part of a RAID 5 array with read cache enabled. You can test

the speed of your system with tools provided at

StorageWorks Library and Tape Tools application.

To achieve full performance from your tape drive, do not use the native backup application within the

operating system (e.g., NT® Backup, Windows® 2000 Backup). For full details of supported backup

applications, see

http://www.hp.com/products1/storage/compatibility/tapebackup/index.html

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for the latest compatibility information.

http://www.hp.com/support/pat

http://www.hp.com/go/connect

or with HP's

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