Verifying Drive Operation; Loading Device Drivers; Connecting Two Sas Hosts To One Tape Drive - Dell PowerVault LTO8 User Manual

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To connect a second system to the tape drive, attach one end of the second SAS cable to the SAS host
adaptor installed in the second system. Attach the other end of the second SAS cable to the other SAS
port on the rear panel of the tape drive. This configuration is shown in Figure 14.
Figure 14. Connecting two SAS Hosts to one Tape Drive
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Note: Unlike SCSI, the SAS architecture does not support daisy changing.
4. Configuring the Tape Drive to the Host
Power on the tape drive. Refer to your system and application software manuals to configure the tape
drive for use.

Verifying Drive Operation

After you install the drive hardware, verify that it is functioning properly before you store your valuable
data. Turn on the system. For external drives, turn on the drive before you turn on the system.
The tape drive will run its Power-On Self Test (POST), which checks all hardware except for the drive
head. The single-character display will present a series of random characters, and then become blank (not
lit). The fault LED will flash once, then the Ready/Activity LED will turn on solid.
Verify that the tape drive installation was successful. Following the instructions given with your Tape
Backup Software application, write test data to a tape, read the test data from the tape, and compare the
data read from the tape with the original data on disk.

Loading Device Drivers

Microsoft Windows Server
This section describes how to install the Microsoft
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Dell PowerVault LTO Tape Drive: User's Guide
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