Quantum PX500 Series Installation Instructions Manual
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81-81301-04 A01, August 2006
Tape Drive Numbering ................................................................................ 3
Upgrade Kits.................................................................................................. 6
Required Tools .............................................................................................. 6
PX502 Libraries.............................................................................................. 9
PX506 Libraries............................................................................................ 11
PX510 Libraries............................................................................................ 13
Setting the SCSI ID Using the OCP .......................................................... 15
Setting the SCSI ID from the Remote Management Pages ................... 16
Determining the WWNs World Wide Names ........................................ 18
Verifying Library Connectivity................................................................. 22
Fibre Channel Connectivity Troubleshooting ........................................ 24
SCSI ID Assignment with Native Fibre Channel Tape Drives............. 25
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Page 1: Table Of Contents
Determining the WWNs World Wide Names ... 18 Verifying Library Connectivity... 22 Fibre Channel Connectivity Troubleshooting Fibre Channel Connectivity Troubleshooting ... 24 SCSI ID Assignment with Native Fibre Channel Tape Drives... 25 81-81301-04 A01, August 2006 Quantum PX500 Series Tape Drive Installation Instructions... - Page 2 Made in the USA. Quantum Corporation provides this publication “as is” without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. Quantum Corporation may revise this publication from time to time without notice.
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Page 3: Introduction
• • • • • • The Quantum PX500 Series tape library may contain up to 10 tape drives Tape Drive Numbering depending on the library model. Refer to the following figures: • • • Figure 1 Quantum PX502... - Page 4 Quantum PX500 Series Tape Drive Installation Instructions 81-81301-04 A01 August 2006 Figure 2 Quantum PX506 Tape Drive Numbering Tape drive 2 Tape drive 4 Tape drive 6 Introduction Tape drive 1 Tape drive 3 Tape drive 5...
- Page 5 Figure 3 Quantum PX510 Tape Drive Numbering Quantum PX500 Series Tape Drive Installation Instructions Tape drive 2 Tape drive 4 Tape drive 6 Tape drive 8 Tape drive 10 Introduction 81-81301-04 A01 August 2006 Tape drive 1 Tape drive 3...
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Page 6: Upgrade Kits
Quantum PX500 Series Tape Drive Installation Instructions 81-81301-04 A01 August 2006 The tape drive upgrade kit differs depending on the tape drive type needed Upgrade Kits for the library (refer to Table 1 Tape Drive Upgrade Kits The following tools are required to perform the tape drive upgrade... - Page 7 If this is an existing library that is receiving a tape drive upgrade, the library can remain powered on. Each tape drive ships from Quantum with a version of library Note: firmware as well as drive firmware on the tape drive interface PWA.
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Page 8: Px502 Libraries
Quantum PX500 Series Tape Drive Installation Instructions 81-81301-04 A01 August 2006 Figure 4 Installing a Tape Drive Cabling the Tape Drives After the tape drive(s) have been installed, you must connect SCSI or Fibre Channel cables to each drive. Refer to the following figures to cable the tape drives: •... - Page 9 Figure 5 Cabling the Tape Drives in a PX502 Library (SCSI) Host computer Figure 6 Cabling the Tape Drives in a PX502 Library (SCSI Surrogate) Quantum PX500 Series Tape Drive Installation Instructions Tape drive 2 SCSI terminator Tape drive 2 SCSI terminator...
- Page 10 Quantum PX500 Series Tape Drive Installation Instructions 81-81301-04 A01 August 2006 Figure 7 Cabling the Tape Drives in a PX502 Library (Native Fibre Channel) Fibre Channel host/SAN LTO-2, -3 native Fibre Channel drives shown. SDLT 600 and DLT-S4 native Fibre Channel drives have only one...
- Page 11 The following figures illustrate tape drive cabling for the PX506 library. PX506 Libraries Figure 8 Cabling the Tape Drives in a PX506 Library (SCSI) Host computer SCSI terminators Quantum PX500 Series Tape Drive Installation Instructions Tape drive 2 Tape drive 4 Tape drive 6 Cabling the Tape Drives...
- Page 12 Quantum PX500 Series Tape Drive Installation Instructions 81-81301-04 A01 August 2006 Figure 9 Cabling the Tape Drives in a PX506 Library (Native Fibre Channel) Fibre Channel host/SAN LTO-2, -3 native Fibre Channel drives shown. SDLT 600 and DLT-S4 native Fibre...
- Page 13 The following figures illustrate tape drive cabling for the PX510 library. PX510 Libraries Figure 10 Cabling the Tape Drives in a PX510 Library (SCSI) SCSI jumper Host computer SCSI terminators Quantum PX500 Series Tape Drive Installation Instructions Tape Tape drive 2 drive 1 Tape Tape drive 3 drive 4...
- Page 14 Quantum PX500 Series Tape Drive Installation Instructions 81-81301-04 A01 August 2006 Figure 11 Cabling the Tape Drives in a PX510 Library (Native Fibre Channel) Fibre Channel host/SAN LTO-2, -3 native Fibre Channel drives shown. SDLT 600 and DLT-S4 native Fibre...
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Page 15: Setting The Scsi Id Using The Ocp
There are two ways to set the tape drive SCSI ID: • • To set the tape drive SCSI ID on an PX500 Series library with an LCD: Setting the SCSI ID Using the OCP Figure 12 Setup Screen... - Page 16 Options Screen Figure 15 Drive Operations Screen 10 Use the up and down arrows to select To set the tape drive SCSI ID on a PX500 Series library from the remote Setting the SCSI ID management pages: from the Remote...
- Page 17 Figure 16 Overview Page Banner area Quick status Navigation area Content area Figure 17 SCSI Page Quantum PX500 Series Tape Drive Installation Instructions 3 Enter the username and password and click The default username and password is Note: page displays (see Overview 4 Click the tab.
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Page 18: Determining The Wwns World Wide Names
Quantum PX500 Series Tape Drive Installation Instructions 81-81301-04 A01 August 2006 Figure 18 Drives Page Drive operations 10 Enter the new tape drive number 11 Select Completing the Native Fibre Channel Installation After native Fibre Channel tape drives are installed, additional information must be gathered to complete the installation and verify connectivity. - Page 19 Quantum customer support. This information is important when replacing the Fibre Channel SCB and tape drives. Using the following procedures, complete table available when contacting Quantum Customer Support for any library or tape drive connectivity issues. Table 2 Library World...
- Page 20 Quantum PX500 Series Tape Drive Installation Instructions 81-81301-04 A01 August 2006 Figure 19 Overview Page Figure 20 Setup Page 4 Click from the contents frame. Setup The management frame displays the 5 Click on the tab. SCSI/Fibre page displays (see...
- Page 21 Figure 21 SCSI/Fibre Page Media changer Tape drives Figure 22 Media Changer Configuration Screen Quantum PX500 Series Tape Drive Installation Instructions 6 For the Media Changer Tape Drives type (see figure Media Changer figure 23) screen displays. Completing the Native Fibre Channel Installation...
- Page 22 Quantum PX500 Series Tape Drive Installation Instructions 81-81301-04 A01 August 2006 Figure 23 Tape Drive Configuration Screen To verify the tape drive installation, you should verify that the library and Verifying Library tape drives are recognized from the host or from the SAN switch.
- Page 23 Connect Via a Telnet Session To connect via a Telnet session to a SAN switch: Figure 24 Nsshow Command Quantum PX500 Series Tape Drive Installation Instructions Connect Via a Web Browser The information below applies to a Brocade SAN switch. For other Note: SAN switches, contact the SAN administrator.
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Page 24: Fibre Channel Connectivity Troubleshooting
Quantum PX500 Series Tape Drive Installation Instructions 81-81301-04 A01 August 2006 If the world wide names are visible from the connectivity is verified. Connect Via a Web Browser To connect via a web browser: Fibre Channel Connectivity Troubleshooting Refer to the following sections Fibre Channel connectivity troubleshooting: •... -
Page 25: Scsi Id Assignment With Native Fibre Channel Tape Drives
WWN of the drive you want to communicate with or you may be communicating to the wrong drive Quantum PX500 Series Tape Drive Installation Instructions If you are still unable to view the Fibre Channel devices, launch the SANsurfer SANblade manager and click Connect. Accept the default “localhost”... - Page 26 Quantum PX500 Series Tape Drive Installation Instructions 81-81301-04 A01 August 2006 To display the SCSI ID assignments: Figure 26 Port Configuration Screen 1 From the SANblade manager program, click The port configuration screen displays (see The port configuration screen allows you to change the SCSI ID order if the Fibre Channel HBA drive supports persistent bindings.