Installing An External Lto Ultrium Tape Drive; Before You Start; Connecting The Tape Drive To An External Sas Port - HP STOREEVER LTO 4 User Manual

4 Installing an external LTO Ultrium tape drive

This chapter describes how to connect your tape drive to an external port on the host controller
or new HBA. A suitable cable is supplied with your tape drive for connecting to an external
mini-SAS port.
If you are installing an internal LTO Ultrium tape drive, see
tape drive" (page

Before you start

External tape drives must be connected to an external port. The cable supplied with the tape
drive is suitable for connecting to an External Mini SAS High Density (SFF-8644) port on a
dedicated HBA (recommended) or the host SAS controller. If your server has an external Infiniband
(SFF-8470) connector, a suitable cable is available, and must be purchased separately.
Figure 22 SAS cable supplied with the external tape drive
1. High-Density Mini SAS connector for the server
2. Mini SAS connector for the tape drive
If the server has a different type of SAS port, either purchase the appropriate cable, or purchase
and install a recommended HBA and associated drivers before installing the tape drive. For
current information about supported cables and HBAs, see the Data Agile BURA Compatibility
Matrix at:
http://www.hpe.com/storage/buracompatibility
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Connecting the tape drive to an external SAS port

1. If installing a new HBA, follow the instructions supplied with the HBA to install it and its driver.
2. Connect the supplied SAS cable to the external SAS connector on the host SAS controller
or new HBA.
26 Installing an external LTO Ultrium tape drive
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