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  • Page 1 Scorpion 40 Installation Manual...
  • Page 2 Scorpion 40 DDS-4 Tape Drive Installation Manual...
  • Page 3 Inc. Other product names are registered trademarks or trademarks of their owners. Seagate makes no Warranty of any kind with regard to this document. Seagate shall not be liable for any errors contained herein, or indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages in connection with the furnishing, performance, or use of this document.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Scorpion 40 Installation Manual, Rev. A Contents Contents FCC notice Introduction Installing an internal Scorpion 40 Before you begin Installation Overview Configuring an internal Scorpion 40 Mounting an internal Scorpion 40 Connecting the SCSI interface cable Connecting a power cable...

  • Page 5: Fcc Notice

    Scorpion 40 Installation Manual, Rev. A FCC notice This equipment generates and uses radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in strict accordance with the manufacturer's instructions, may cause interference to radio and television reception, which could void the user's authority to operate the equipment.

  • Page 6: Introduction

    Note. Additional or updated information on these drives may be available on Seagate’s web site at www.seagate.com. If you have purchased an external Scorpion 40, please turn to page 15 for installation instructions. If you have purchased an internal drive, continue to the next page.

  • Page 7: Installing An Internal Scorpion 40

    1. Configuring the drive 2. Mounting the drive 3. Connecting the power and interface cables Note: Internal Scorpion 40 drives come in different configurations for mounting in 3.5-inch and 5.25-inch drive bays. Drives configured for 5.25-inch bays are identical to those used for 3.5-inch bays, but come with mounting brackets and a wider face plate.

  • Page 8: Configuring An Internal Scorpion 40

    SCSI ID, parity checking, and termination power. Other drive features are set using a bank of dip-switches on the underside of the drive. Default settings The default drive settings for the Scorpion 40 are listed below: • SCSI ID: 6 •...
  • Page 9 Scorpion 40 Installation Manual, Rev. A Figure 1 Jumper settings for internal Scorpion 40 Default jumper settings shown (SCSI ID 6, parity checking enabled, and termination power disabled) Pins: Function: SCSI ID bit 0 SCSI ID bit 1 SCSI ID bit 2...
  • Page 10 Dip-switch settings Figure 2 on the following page shows the location of dip switches on the underside of the Scorpion 40. Each of these switches is described in detail on subsequent pages. If you change a dip switch, the new setting will not take effect...
  • Page 11 Scorpion 40 Installation Manual, Rev. A Figure 2 Dip-switch settings for internal Scorpion 40 Data compressione (DC) SCSI DC control Media recognition Self Test Operating System Configuration Switches Wide/Narrow SCSI Inquiry String support Default settings shown Front of drive Data compression (switches 1 and 2) If switch 1 is ON (the default setting), hardware data compression is enabled.
  • Page 12 SCSI Inquiry command. When switch 10 is ON (the default setting), the Vendor ID will be “SEAGATE DAT.” When switch 10 is OFF the Vendor ID will be “ARCHIVE Python.” The “ARCHIVE Python” Vendor ID...

  • Page 13: Mounting An Internal Scorpion 40

    Scorpion 40 Installation Manual, Rev. A Mounting an internal Scorpion 40 You can install an internal Scorpion 40 drive horizontally or vertically (on its side). Mounting the drive in a 3.5-inch drive bay Mount the drive in a 3.5-inch drive bay and secure it using two M3.0 metric screws on each side of the drive.
  • Page 14 As shown in Figure 4 below, the 5.25-inch drive brackets have four screw holes on the bottom and six on each side. Figure 4 Mounting holes for internal Scorpion 40 in 5.25-inch configuration (with mounting brackets) 41.3 mm (1.63 in) 31.5 mm (1.24 in)

  • Page 15: Connecting The Scsi Interface Cable

    Scorpion 40 Installation Manual, Rev. A Connecting the SCSI interface cable Scorpion 40 drives can be used with three different types of SCSI interfaces: Ultra2 SCSI (LVD), “Wide” (16-bit) single- ended SCSI, and “Narrow” (8-bit) single-ended SCSI. The drive can automatically detect whether it is connected to an LVD or single-ended wide SCSI bus.

  • Page 16: Connecting A Power Cable

    Scorpion 40 Installation Manual, Rev. A SCSI Termination The internal Scorpion 40 does not provide SCSI termination. For this reason, it should not be the last device on a SCSI chain. Two termination examples are shown in Figure 6 below. If the drive is the only SCSI device, attach the drive to...
  • Page 17 Scorpion 40 Installation Manual, Rev. A Figure 7 Drive power connector on internal Scorpion 40 Power connector pin 4 pin 1 pin 3: GND pin 2: GND (+5V return) (+12V return)

  • Page 18: Installing An External Scorpion 40

    Scorpion 40 Installation Manual, Rev. A Installing an external Scorpion 40 The external Scorpion 40 is a compact external drive that connects to the host computer as a turnkey subsystem. Installing the external drive involves three simple steps: Configuring the drive...
  • Page 19 Note: The Scorpion 40 will not work in a SCSI-1 environment. SCSI Termination If the Scorpion 40 is the last device or the only device in a SCSI chain, you must install a terminating plug on the unused SCSI connector. See Figure 9 on the following page for two SCSI termination examples.

  • Page 20: Connecting The Power Cord

    Scorpion 40 Installation Manual, Rev. A Figure 9 SCSI termination examples for external Scorpion 40 External SCSI device SCSI Terminators External External Scorpion 40 Scorpion 40 External SCSI device SCSI Controller (termination disabled) Internal SCSI device SCSI Controller ( termination...

  • Page 21: Operating And Maintaining The Scorpion 40

    Operating and maintaining the Scorpion 40 This chapter describes how to use your internal or external Scorpion 40. It describes how to use and care for DDS cartridges. It also explains the meaning of the LEDs on the front of the drive.

  • Page 22: Unloading A Cartridge

    Scorpion 40 Installation Manual, Rev. A Unloading a cartridge Caution. Do not push the eject button while the Drive LED is ON. You may lose data. Make sure that the Drive LED is not lit. Then unload the cartridge by pressing the eject button. For the location of the eject button, see Figure 11 below.

  • Page 23: Dds Cartridge Compatibility

    Scorpion 40 Installation Manual, Rev. A DDS cartridge compatibility Seagate Scorpion 40 drives are designed to use data-grade DDS cartridges, which comply with ANSI specifications listed in the “3.81 mm Helical-Scan Digital Computer Tape Cartridge for Information Interchange,” ANSI X3B5/89-156 standard.

  • Page 24: Led Codes

    As shown in Figure 13 below, the front panel of the Scorpion 40 contains three LEDs. These LEDs provide information about both normal and error conditions. Figure 13 Front panel of internal Scorpion 40 (external drive is similar) Drive Clean...
  • Page 25 Scorpion 40 Installation Manual, Rev. A Media LED The Media LED functions as follows: • If the Media LED is ON (lit) continuously, a DDS cartridge has been inserted and the drive is operating normally. • If the Media LED is flashing rapidly, the drive could not write the tape correctly (maximum rewrite count exceeded) and the write operation failed.
  • Page 26 Scorpion 40 Installation Manual, Rev. A continuously for more than 5 seconds. The tape should eject within 40 seconds. Contact Seagate Technical Support for more information. LED Code summary The following table summarizes LED flash codes for the Scorpion 40.

  • Page 27: Cleaning The Tape Heads

    How to clean the tape heads To clean the tape heads on your drive, use only a Seagate- qualified DDS cleaning cartridge. Seagate offers a cleaning cartridge, part number 25883-001, available from Seagate Express at 1-800-656-8419.

  • Page 28: Configuration For Non-Windows Operating Systems

    Scorpion 40 Installation Manual, Rev. A Configuration for non-Windows operating systems This section explains how to configure Scorpion 40 drives and various UNIX and Novell operating systems for optimum compatibility. Operating-system configuration dip switches Figure 14 shows the location of the operating-system configuration dip switches on the bottom of the internal Scorpion 40.

  • Page 29: Configuration For The Novell Environment

    Scorpion 40 Installation Manual, Rev. A Configuration for the Novell environment Before using the Scorpion 40 in a Novell environment, set the operating-system dip switches as shown below: To configure the drive for various UNIX operating systems, see the following pages.

  • Page 30: Configurations For The Dec Unix Environment

    Scorpion 40 Installation Manual, Rev. A Configurations for the DEC UNIX environment Dip switch settings Before using the Scorpion 40 in a DEC UNIX environment, set the operating-system dip switches as shown below: Digital UNIX Version 4.0 and later With Version 4.0 of their UNIX operating system, DEC introduced a new method of configuring the CAM SCSI driver.
  • Page 31 2. Make a copy of this entry and paste it later in the file, taking care to maintain the syntax of the C source. 3. Modify the new entry as shown below. /* Seagate DAT Drive Returning "SEAGATE DAT" Inquiry */ {"SEAGATE DAT", 14, DEV_TLZ07, (ALL_DTYPE_SEQUENTIAL << DTYPE_SHFT) | SZ_RDAT_CLASS, (struct pt_info *)ccmn_null_sizes, SZ_NO_BLK, (DEC_MAX_REC - 1), &tlz07_dens, NO_MODE_TAB, SZ_NO_FLAGS,...

  • Page 32: Configurations For The Sun Unix Environment

    Scorpion 40 Installation Manual, Rev. A Configurations for the Sun UNIX environment Dip switch settings Before using the Scorpion 40 in a Sun UNIX environment, set the operating-system dip switches as shown below: Sun OS 4.1.x To configure SunOS 4.1.x to use the Scorpion 40, you must modify the stdef.h and st_conf.c files (in the directory...
  • Page 33 Refer to the config man page for details. Solaris 2.x 1. To configure Solaris 2.x for compatibility with the Scorpion 40, add the following lines to the file st.conf in the directory /kernel/drv . tape-config-list= "SEAGATE DAT 05573-XXX","Seagate DAT Drive","SEAGATE_DAT";...

  • Page 34: Configurations For The Sgi Environment

    6 on the bottom of the drive (off=compression enabled (default), on=compression disabled). Irix V5.x To configure Irix 5.x to use the Scorpion 40, you must modify the file /var/sysgen/master.d/scsi as described below: 1. Edit the file /var/sysgen/master.d/scsi and add the following entry: {DATTAPE,TPDAT,7,12,"SEAGATE","DAT...
  • Page 35 Irix V6.x through V6.5 To configure Irix 6.x-6.5 to use a Scorpion 40, you must modify the files /var/sysgen/master.d/scsi and /dev/MAKEDEV.d/TPS_base, as described below. After modifying these files you must rebuild the kernel.
  • Page 36 Scorpion 40 Installation Manual, Rev. A 2. Edit the file /dev/MAKEDEV.d/TPS_base and make the following modification (this modification is not required on systems running IRIX 6.4 or 6.5). Locate the area of code which deals with DAT drives. This starts with:...
  • Page 37 Scorpion 40 Installation Manual, Rev. A If this error is encountered, make sure that the correct modifications were made to the file /var/sysgen/master.d/scsi. Switching Hardware Compression Irix 6.x provides support for software switching of hardware compression through the use of different device drivers.

  • Page 38: Configurations For The Hp-Ux Environment

    Scorpion 40 Installation Manual, Rev. A Configurations for the HP-UX environment Dip switch settings Before using the Scorpion 40 in an HP UNIX environment, set the operating-system configuration dip switches as shown below: HP-UX Version 10.2 and later Follow the steps below to configure HP-UX systems: 1.

  • Page 39: Configurations For The Ibm Aix Environment

    Scorpion 40 Installation Manual, Rev. A Configurations for the IBM AIX environment Dip switch settings Before using the Scorpion 40 in an IBM AIX environment, set the operating-system configuration dip switches as shown below: AIX Version 3.2 and later AIX Versions 3.2 and later can be configured to work with the Scorpion 40 by using the SMIT “Other SCSI Tape Drive”...
  • Page 40 Scorpion 40 Installation Manual, Rev. A • Set the “Maximum delay for the Read/Write command” to 900 6. Press the key. The drive will be installed in the RETURN system database and the appropriate devices created 7. Exit SMIT Controlling data compression under AIX After you run SMIT, device files will have been created for your new tape drive.

  • Page 41: Technical Support

    World-wide services: World-wide web: A wide variety of technical support services are available on Seagate’s World Wide Web site, located at http://www.seagate.com Seagate E-mail Technical Support: You can e-mail questions or comments to: tapesupport@seagate.com...
  • Page 42 SeaBOARD (US and international): 1-405-936-1630 Support services in Europe For European customer support and SeaFAX, dial the toll- free number for your specific country from the table below. The Seagate Technical Support FAX number for all European countries is 31-20-653-3513. Country Phone / SeaFAX...
  • Page 43 Scorpion 40 Installation Manual, Rev. A If your country is not listed in the table on the previous page, dial our European call center in Amsterdam at 31-20-316- 7222 between 8:30 . to 5:00 (European central time) P.M. Monday through Friday or send a FAX to 31-20-653-3513.
  • Page 44 Publication 10005601-001 October 1999...

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