Tape Drives - StorageTek L180 Operator's Manual

Tape Drives

As an operator, you might need to:
• Check drive status information; see
page
• Manually clean a drive, see
• Manually mount a cartridge into a drive or dismount a cartridge from a
drive; see
The library supports the following types of tape drives:
• T9x40 – HVD SCSI or Fibre Channel (9940 requires feature 99DR, the
extended door)
• T9840B – HVD SCSI, Fibre Channel, or ESCON
• DLT 7000 or DLT 8000 – HVD SCSI only
• The SDLT 320 model—Backward Read Compatibility (BRC – ability to read
previously written tapes on DLTIV media)
• IBM Gen1 Ultrium – Native LVD, Fibre Channel or, with a converter card,
HVD
• IBM Gen2 Fibre Channel drives
• Hewlett Packard Ultrium drives:
• Gen1—Native LVD or, with a converter card, HVD
• Gen2
• Seagate Ultrium – LVD or HVD (determined by model number)
CAUTION:
Possible equipment damage: The IBM LTO Fibre Channel drive requires
FB 101593 to be installed. The field bill includes a new coupler retainer
clip, part number 313769501. Without the field bill, the coupler on the
back of the drive tray is too close to the bay door, causing the attached
external fiber cable to bend sharply when the bay door is closed.
Possible data loss: StorageTek does not advise mixing DLT 7000 and
DLT 8000 drives in the same library. If a DLT 7000 cartridge is inserted
into a DLT 8000 drive, the tape can be read and written in 7000 mode.
If a DLT 8000 cartridge is inserted into a DLT 7000 drive, the drive will
indicate an error if a read command is issued and will write over any data
present on the tape if a write command is issued at load point.
1.The StorageTek T9840B drive is available for ESCON operation; library firmware must
be version 3.01 or later.
2.The Gen2 IBM Fibre Channel drive requires Firmware Version 3.04.
3.The Gen2 HP Ultrium drive support is available with Firmware Version 3.03.
95895
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"Mounting and Dismounting Cartridges Manually" on page
3
—Native LVD only
Ninth Edition
"Monitoring Status Information" on
"Cleaning a Drive" on page
1
2
Library Components
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3-22.
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