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- Page 1 Tandberg LTO HH Tandberg LTO-1 HH, LTO-2 HH, LTO-3 HH (220LTO, 420LTO, 820LTO) Half Height Tape Drives INSTALLATION AND USER MANUAL TANDBERG DATA ASA www.tandbergdata.com © Tandberg Data ASA Part No. 433280-03 August 2007...
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Page 2: Change Log
Tandberg Data ASA conveys no license under any patent or any other rights. Every effort has been made to avoid errors in text and diagrams. However, Tandberg Data ASA assumes no responsibility for any errors, which may appear in this publication. -
Page 3: Table Of Contents
Introduction ... 1 Introduction to Tandberg LTO HH (Half Height) Series of Products ... 1 Features and Benefits ... 1 How to Contact Tandberg Data Technical Support... 2 Specifications ... 3 Tape Drive Capacity and Performance... 3 Media Specifications and Compatibility ... 3 Mechanical Dimensions ... - Page 4 Tandberg Data 5.3.1 Host Adapter... 19 5.3.2 Installation... 19 5.3.3 SCO UnixWare System Command... 19 Sun Solaris ... 20 5.4.1 Tape Drive Installation... 20 5.4.2 Sun System Command... 20 IBM AIX ... 21 5.5.1 Tape Drive Installation... 21 5.5.2 IBM AIX System Command ... 21 5.5.3...
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Page 5: Introduction
1.1 Introduction to Tandberg LTO HH (Half Height) Series of Products Tandberg Data now offers a whole rang of LTO tape and automation storage solutions from 200 GB to 64 TB capacity and 115 GB/hr up to 864 GB/hr all assuming 2:1 data compressing. Please visit www.tandbergdata.com... -
Page 6: How To Contact Tandberg Data Technical Support
1.3 How to Contact Tandberg Data Technical Support If you need technical support or have any problem with your LTO-1 HH or LTO-2 HH tape storage solution, phone, fax and addresses can be found under www.tandbergdata.com... -
Page 7: Specifications
200/400 GB LTO-2 HH Ultrium Gen. 1 100/200 GB Tandberg Ultrium Gen. 1 100/200 GB LTO-1 HH 1) Capacity and transfer rate given in native/compressed (assuming 2:1 compression) 2.2 Media Specifications and Compatibility Drive Media Name Model Tandberg LTO Ultrium Generation 3 (Native format) -
Page 8: Heat Dissipation
Tandberg Data Specifications 2.5 Heat Dissipation Tandberg LTO as standalone: LTO-1/LTO-2 LTO-3 Operating: 18 W 13 W Sleep mode with cartridge inserted: 2.6 Data Compression Data Compression is a way to increase capacity on a storage device. Compression ratios are normally specified to be 2:1, meaning that it is possible to store twice as much data on the tape as without data compression. -
Page 9: Tape Drive Installation
• Quick Installation Guide • Warranty card For the External Tabletop Kit and Solution: • Tabletop Tandberg LTO-1 HH or LTO-2 HH tape drive with power cord • External SCSI cable • External LVD/SE SCSI terminator • Data cartridge (1 or 5 depending on type of kit/solution) •... -
Page 10: Installation Of Software Device Drivers
Tandberg Data 3.3 Installation of Software Device Drivers If the backup application software does not detect the tape drive, or obtain the latest operating system drivers and upgrades, please visit www.tandbergdata.com. 3.4 Mechanical Installation Internal Tape Drive For mechanical mounting specifications, see Figure 3.2. -
Page 11: Scsi Bus Interface
Tandberg Data Do not use longer screws or higher screw torquethan specified! Longer screws will bottom and not fasten the drive! Wall of server chassis Tape drive's mounting screw Figure 3.3 Mounting screw details 3.6 SCSI Bus Interface The Tandberg LTO HH tape drive is designed to operate on an Ultra160 low voltage differential SCSI bus (LVD) with a burst transfer rate up to 160 MB/sec. -
Page 12: Scsi Configuration
Tandberg Data • Refer to the documentation provided with your computer to find out where this connector is located. • If multiple SCSI connectors are available, you can choose any of them, except if your computer documentation mentions something different. -
Page 13: Scsi-Id Selection Tandberg Lto Hh External Tape Drive
Table 3.1 Service Connector strap settings for SCSI-ID (Dark = Strap mounted) If the tape drive is the only device on the SCSI bus, you do not need to do anything. The tape drive will be recognized automatically. (All Tandberg Data tape drives are delivered with SCSI-ID 2 as default.) If the tape drive is going to share the SCSI-bus with other devices, check the SCSI-ID numbers used by the other devices, then set the drive’s SCSI-ID to a number that is not being used by any of the... -
Page 14: Scsi-Bus Termination - Internal Tape Drives
Tandberg Data 3.9.2 SCSI-bus Termination – Internal Tape Drives The SCSI-bus cable must be terminated in both ends according to SCSI specifications. If the tape drive is the last device on the bus, the bus must be terminated within 10 cm of the tape drive connection. -
Page 15: Installation Internal Tape Drive
Tandberg Data 3.10 Installation Internal Tape Drive Internal installation of the drive requires a free 5.25-inch half-height bay with an open front in your computer system. Obtain access to the removable media bay. (Refer to the documentation supplied with your server for more information on accessing the removable media bay.) -
Page 16: Verifying Tape Drive Operation
Tandberg Data Please read carefully the Information about the SCSI-ID conflicts and SCSI termination in Sections and 3.9. Note: Do not apply or insert power cord until all connections have been made. To install a tabletop tape drive, simply: Connect the tape drive to your PC/Server with the enclosed SCSI cable to any of the two available SCSI connectors. -
Page 17: Tape Drive Operation
4 Tape Drive Operation 4.1 Front LED Indicators Figure 4.1 Status indicators (LEDs) READY LED Drive State (Green) LED-test. The LEDs are turned ON in sequence Power-On Self-Test Flashing in Starts in parallel with the LED-test . about 12 sec Cartridge not loaded. -
Page 18: Write Protecting The Cartridge
Tandberg Data 4.2.1 Write Protecting the Cartridge The LTO cartridge can be write-protected by operating the write protect switch. The Tandberg LTO HH tape drive detects that the write-protect switch is set and then not allow any writing on the tape. -
Page 19: Ejecting A Data Cartridge From A Tandberg Lto Hh
Tandberg Data 4.2.3 Ejecting a Data Cartridge From a Tandberg LTO HH The cartridge can be ejected either by pressing the eject button located on the drive’s front panel, or by an Unload SCSI command. The drive automatically rewinds and ejects the cartridge (Soft Unload). -
Page 20: Cleaning Cartridge Replacement
Tandberg Data The cartridge will be ejected when cleaning has completed (about 3 minutes). The CLEANING LED will be OFF if the cleaning was successful. If the cleaning was NOT successful, the CLEANING LED will stay ON. See below 4.3.3 Cleaning Cartridge Replacement The LTO Cleaning Cartridge can be used about 50 times in the Tandberg LTO HH tape drive. -
Page 21: Software Installation
5 Software Installation This chapter contains information for installing tape drives in the following operating system environments: • Windows 2000/2003/XP • SCO Open Server • SCO UnixWare • Sun Solaris • IBM AIX • HP UX • Linux Please see www.tandbergdata.com application software compatibility information. -
Page 22: Sco Open Server
Tandberg Data 5.2 SCO Open Server 5.2.1 Host Adapter SCO OS includes a driver for most SCSI host adapters. If you can not find the appropriate driver, please refer to the installation guide provided with the SCSI interface adapter. To install the host adapter: Login as root. -
Page 23: Sco Open Server Backup Manager
Tandberg Data 5.2.3 SCO Open Server Backup Manager SCO Open Server Graphic Interface Click on System Administration. Double-click on Backup Manager. Follow the instructions on the screen SCO Open Server Console Login as Root. Type SCOADMIN. Select Backup Manager. 5.3 SCO UnixWare 5.3.1 Host Adapter... -
Page 24: Sun Solaris
/kernel/drv/st.conf ST.CONF File entries for Tandberg LTO HH: "TANDBERGTS400", "Tandberg LTO-2 HH LTO", "TANDBERG_TS400"; TANDBERGTS200", "Tandberg LTO-1 HH LTO", "TANDBERG_TS200";* TANDBERG_TS400 =1,0x36,0,0x9639,3,0x00,0x40,0x42,2; 5.4.2 Sun System Command TAR, CPIO and DD allow simple Backup, Verify or Restore operations to be performed. -
Page 25: Ibm Aix
Tandberg Data 5.5 IBM AIX 5.5.1 Tape Drive Installation To install any of the Tandberg LTO HH tape drives on IBM AIX, the smit utility must be used. Be sure the SCSI-ID of the tape drive is not used in the SCSI Sub-System. -
Page 26: Hp/Ux
Tandberg Data Double-click on Storage Manager. The list of available tape device(s) appears on the screen. Follow the instructions on the screen to continue Note: For any questions related to this application or its installation, please refer to the IBM online documentation 5.6 HP/UX... -
Page 27: Linux
Tandberg Data 5.7 Linux 5.7.1 SCSI Host Adapter Linux contains a driver for most SCSI host adapters. If the driver cannot be found, please refer to the documentation provided with the SCSI host adapter. 5.7.2 Tape Drive Installation Install the Tandberg LTO HH Tape Drive. -
Page 28: Tape Drive Utilities
This utility is used for updating the LTO HH firmware. FlashIt is a simple program that can be used to upgrade the microcode in the Tandberg Data range of tape drives and in Tandberg Data Autoloaders and Libraries. FlashIt communicates with the devices through their SCSI interface. -
Page 29: Troubleshooting
6 Troubleshooting In case of problems with operation of your Tandberg LTO HH tape drive and before contacting the Customer Services Group, please be sure to check the following: 6.1 Hardware Checking Check that the system recognizes the tape drive during the boot process. Check that the SCSI host adapter recognizes the tape drive during its initialization. -
Page 30: Starting The Test
Tandberg Data 6.4.1 Starting the Test A Standalone Diagnostic test requires a tape that is not write-protected. The media type can be any media type that supports a tape format that can be written by the drive. CAUTION: Since the test involves write operations, the existing tape contents will be destroyed! Make sure that no cartridge is loaded. -
Page 31: Media Management Reporting
Tandberg Data If a write protected, unsupported, or damaged tape cartridge is inserted in order to start the Standalone Diagnostics test, it will be ejected by the drive and the Failure and Activity LEDs will be flashing while the Ready LED is off. The two flashing LEDs can be turned off by clicking the Eject Button. -
Page 32: Problem Situations
Tandberg Data LED (set to steady AMBER) and the backup application software that the media is degraded. Figure 6.3 Backup Exec reporting that the media is degraded The degraded media warning is a warning that the cartridge is less safe, and if it continues to be used, it may become worn to the point where drive cannot write or read successfully using this cartridge. -
Page 33: Drive Not Detected By The Operating System (Os)
Tandberg LTO-2 HH will only accept LTO-1 or LTO-2 type data or cleaning cartridges. Tandberg LTO-1 HH will only accept LTO-1 or cleaning cartridges. If a wrong type of cartridge is inserted, it can be mechanically prevented from being inserted or electrically rejected after insertion. -
Page 34: Cartridge Is Stuck Inside The Drive
Tandberg Data Check that the Tandberg LTO HH is mounted correctly. If the Tandberg LTO HH is mounted incorrectly, it can produce noise when the tape moves. 6.6.6 Cartridge is Stuck Inside the Drive Try to eject the cartridge by pushing the eject button Do a drive reset using the Service mode. -
Page 35: Cleaning Led Is On
Tandberg Data 6.6.9 Cleaning LED Is ON The Cleaning LED will go ON 100 hours after the last cleaning operation or after an unrecoverable read or write error. Unrecoverable read or write errors may have been caused by debris on the read/write head. -
Page 36: Tape Removal Procedure
Tandberg Data If the problem occurs in the middle of an operation: Try with a different data cartridge. If the error occurs when the software scans for the files to be backed up, please operate a SCANDISK (or similar) operation to check the state of the File Systems(s) and hard disk. -
Page 37: Glossary Of Terms
7 Glossary of Terms Active Termination Enhanced SCSI termination that provides better stability and noise immunity of the electrical signals on the SCSI-bus lines. ALDC Adaptive Lossless Data Compression. A hardware data compression method. ASPI Advanced SCSI Programming Interface. Standard SCSI software that acts as a liaison between host adapters and SCSI device drivers. - Page 38 Tandberg Data SCAM SCSI Configured AutoMagically. A SCSI protocol that assigns automatically SCSI-IDs to SCAM capable devices such as the Tandberg LTO HH tape drives when you boot the system. SCSI Small Computer Signaling Interface. The Tandberg LTO HH utilizes the SCSI Ultra320 interface which allows for a transfer rate of up to 320 MB/s on the bus.
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Page 39: App. A. Led-Indicator Behavior
8 App. A. LED-Indicator Behavior 8.1 LED-behavior During Normal Operation Drive State LED-test. The LEDs are turned ON in sequence Power-On Self-Test Starts in parallel with the LED-test . LED-test. The LEDs are turned ON one-by-one. Power-On Self-Test starts in parallel with the LED-test Diagnostic Activity / POST Aborting Diagnostic Test... - Page 40 Tandberg Data NOTE 1: Some of the states are difficult to see due to short duration. NOTE 2: LEDs are also used to indicate fatal errors at an early power-up stage. This is accomplished by turning the LEDs ON one-by-one: •...
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