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XenData SX-10V2 LTO Installation And User Manual

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XenData SX-10V2 LTO Archive Appliance

Installation and Users Guide

© 2011-2014 XenData, Inc. All rights reserved.
XenData is a trademark of XenData Limited.
Document last modified: 23 April 2014

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  • Page 1: Installation And Users Guide

    XenData SX-10V2 LTO Archive Appliance Installation and Users Guide © 2011-2014 XenData, Inc. All rights reserved. XenData is a trademark of XenData Limited. Document last modified: 23 April 2014...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Installation and Users Guide: XenData SX-10 Archive Appliance Contents Notices 1. Introduction 1.1. Overview 1.2. Logical Drives 1.3. Specification 1.4. SX-10 Models Control Panel and Connections 2.1. Front Panel 2.2. Rear Connections 3. Installation 3.1. Rack Mounting 3.2. Desktop Mounting 3.3.
  • Page 3 European Directive on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) XenData encourages its customers to use current recycling practices in order to reduce the burden that waste electronic products place on the environment. If you are retiring a fully functional appliance, you are encouraged to transfer the functional unit to a new user, thereby extending the useful life of the tape library.
  • Page 4 Directive. New and Used Parts XenData equipment is manufactured from new parts, or new and used parts. Regardless, XenData’s warranty terms apply unless the equipment is specifically identified by XenData as “used” or “refurbished”.

  • Page 5: Introduction

    Chapter 1. Introduction Overview The XenData SX-10 Archive Appliance connects to a network and manages one or two stand-alone LTO tape drives or a robotic LTO tape library. It supports a wide range of LTO libraries with near- line capacities to 225 TB. The tape drives or libraries are connected to the SX-10 using SAS or Fibre Channel cables.

  • Page 6: Sx-10 Logical Drives

    C: is the Windows 7 system drive. D: is a removable USB memory stick which is mounted internally in the SX-10. It is suitable as a target for the XenData Metadata Backup program which is described in the Administrator Guide for XenData6 Server software.

  • Page 7: Specification

    One tape library with one LTO drive and up to 90 LTO slots SX-10-208 One tape library with two LTO drives and up to 90 LTO slots A user may upgrade from one SX-10-20x model to another by contacting a XenData Authorized Reseller to purchase a license upgrade. Page 7...
  • Page 8 A user may upgrade from one SX-10-21x model to another by contacting a XenData Authorized Reseller to purchase a license upgrade. For a list of supported LTO drives and tape libraries, please refer to the XenData web site at www.xendata.com.

  • Page 9: Control Panel And Connections

    Installation and Users Guide: XenData SX-10 Archive Appliance Chapter 2. Control Panel and Connections Front Control Panel Power Push Button This is used to apply or remove power from the internal power supply to the appliance. Power-on or power-off by momentarily pressing this button. Powering off using this button keeps standby power applied to the system.

  • Page 10: Rear Connections

    Installation and Users Guide: XenData SX-10 Archive Appliance Rear Connections The rear of the SX-10-20x models is shown: Power Connection This connects to a 100v to 240v AC power source using the supplied cable. PS/2 Keyboard and Mouse Port The upper green port connects to a PS/2 mouse and the lower purple port connects to a PS/2 keyboard.

  • Page 11: Installation

    One code is termed ‘XenData Archive Series’ which is for the XenData6 Server software. The other is for the ‘XenData Event Monitor’ which is the server component of the XenData Alert Module. These must be activated before the system can be used. The easiest way to activate is by clicking ‘Apply’...

  • Page 12: Setting Policies For Archiving To Lto

    6. The next step is to install device drivers for your LTO drives or tape library. In the case of stand- alone tape drives, a XenData hardware configuration utility must also be run. The exact procedure depends on the LTO hardware being used.

  • Page 13: Power-On And Power-Off Procedures

    2. Ensure that there are no tape cartridges in any of the tape drives in the tape library. If necessary wait until the drives unload automatically. (The XenData software, by default, will unload tape cartridges after 10 minutes of inactivity.) 3.

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