2.
Removing the cables, internal cooling plates, and tape drives—
a.
Pull the tape drive a short distance out of the library and disconnect the serial cable. Repeat for all the tape
drives that you are replacing.
b.
Disconnect the power cables as needed.
Rev "A" power supply installed (no Rev B label)—disconnect all cables.
Rev "B" power supply installed—disconnect from only the tape drive (or tape drives) that you are
replacing.
c.
Remove the screws (
screws (see
Figure 9 on page
!
Important
d.
While holding the cables out of the way, remove the tape drive(s).
Caution
e.
Disconnect the serial cable from the library. Do not reuse this cable. If you are replacing multiple tape
drives, remove and discard the serial cables from all the tape drives you are replacing.
3.
Installing the tape drive—
!
Important
a.
Locate the serial cable that came in your replacement kit and attach it to the appropriate serial connector
inside the library.
Tape drive
Full height
While holding the cables to the side, slide the new tape drive directly into the library, leaving it a short
distance out to access the cables. Use care not to damage the cables.
b.
Connect the supplied serial cable and the power cable to the tape drives.
Full Height tape drive—
Cable
Serial
Rev "A" power
Rev "B" power
c.
Slide the tape drive the remaining distance into the library.
14
16
OF
) holding the tape drive cooling plate (
A
8).
Remove as many internal cooling plates as necessary to add tape drives, but leave
all empty tape drive bays covered. The plates are required for proper cooling.
Be certain to support the tape drive as you remove it from the library. LTO Ultrium tape
drives weigh several pounds each.
Do not mix full height and half height or SCSI and Fibre Channel tape drives in the
library. The Magnum 448 does not support mixed tape drive configurations.
Install in this
Quantity
Second tape drive
Single tape drive
Cable routing
to side of tape drive carrier bracket
through the tape drive carriers
outside the tape drive carriers
Serial
opening...
connector
Top
Second
Bottom
Bottom
). Remove the plate, and discard it and the
B
Internal
label
Drive 2
Figure 1 on page 3
Drive 1
Connect as shown in...
Figure 10 on page 9
Figure 4 on page 5
Figure 5 on page 5
See...
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