Installing The Lto Driver Software - Quantum LTO 4 Quick Start Manual

Restarting the Tabletop
Tape Drive System

Installing the LTO Driver Software

Connect the interface and AC power cables to the tabletop drive as follows:
1 As required:
a Save and close your open files and terminate all running applications.
b Shut down the workstation or server system.
c Disconnect the system AC power cord from the facility AC power receptacle.
2 Attach the external SAS interface cable to the 26-pin SFF-8088 mini-SAS connector on
the back of the drive.
3 Verify that the tabletop LTO-4 Half-Height Tape Drive AC power switch is set to the
off position, and connect the AC power cord to the power connector on the back of the
drive.
4 Connect the drive AC power cord to the facility AC power receptacle.
5 Reconnect the workstation or server system AC power cord to the facility AC power
receptacle.
After connecting the tabletop drive interface and AC power cables, proceed to
the Tabletop Tape Drive System
After connecting the tabletop drive interface and AC power cables:
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Set the tabletop drive AC power switch to the on position.
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Restart the workstation or server system.
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3 Verify that the tabletop LTO-4 Half-Height Tape Drive comes on and completes the
Power On Self Test (POST) functions.
As required, proceed to either:
• Installing the LTO Driver Software
• Registering the LTO-4 Half-Height Tape Drive
If you intend to use the LTO-4 Half-Height Tape Drive with the Microsoft
applet on a Windows 2000, Windows Server
operating system, install the appropriate version of the LTO driver software. (See the
Downloads page for LTO-4 drivers under Standalone Tape Drives on the Quantum
support website at: www.quantum.com/support.)
Note: The LTO driver software is not necessary with commercial backup application
software.
Installing the LTO Driver Software
LTO-4 Half-Height Tape Drive
in the following subsection.
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2003, Windows XP
Restarting
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native backup
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, or Windows Vista
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