Preinstallation Requirements - Quantum LTO-3 User Manual

Preinstallation
Requirements
LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive User's Guide
Handling Precautions
(continued)
Installation Guidelines
Before installing the LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive, make sure you have:
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• A host bus adapter (HBA) installed and properly configured in the
host computer:
• Parallel SCSI HBA for a parallel SCSI drive
• Serial SCSI HBA for a SAS drive
• Interface components:
• For a parallel SCSI drive, either internal or tabletop, a 68-pin
parallel SCSI cable and terminator
• For a SAS drive, either:
• 7-pin 1x SATA style interface cable for an internal drive
• 26-pin SFF-8088 mini-SAS style interface cable for a tabletop
drive
Chapter 2 Installation Procedures
Before Installing the LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive
• Handle the drive by its sides rather
than by the top cover to reduce the risk
of dropping the drive or damaging it
during installation.
• Either lay the drive on a nonconductive
surface or put it back inside the
protective antistatic bag to reduce the
chance of damage from static discharge
• LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drives with
the parallel SCSI interface are low
voltage differential (LVD) SCSI devices.
Install LVD drives only in LVD
environments. Do not mix LVD and
HVD devices on the same parallel SCSI
bus.
• Due to the high speed of the LTO-3
Half-Height Tape Drive, do not connect
more than one LTO-3 drive to the same
channel on a host SCSI adapter.
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