Quantum PX500 Series Upgrade Instructions
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81-81351-01 C01, April 2006
FC1202 Upgrade Instructions
Fibre Channel Description........................................................................... 3
FC1202 Bridge Operation............................................................................. 3
Required Upgrade Kits ................................................................................ 4
Required Equipment (Customer Supplied) .............................................. 4
Required Tools .............................................................................................. 4
Preparing the Quantum PX500 Series Library ......................................... 5
Removing Tape Drive SCSI Jumper Cables .............................................. 6
Installing the FC1202 Bridge ....................................................................... 9
Installing the Ethernet Cables ................................................................... 13
Installing SCSI Jumper Cables .................................................................. 17
Configuring the FC1202 Bridge Software................................................ 19
Saving the Configuration File ................................................................... 25
Enabling Serverless Backup (Xcopy)........................................................ 27
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Page 1: Table Of Contents
Required Equipment (Customer Supplied) ... 4 Required Tools ... 4 FC1202 Upgrade Procedure Preparing the Quantum PX500 Series Library ... 5 Removing Tape Drive SCSI Jumper Cables ... 6 Installing the FC1202 Bridge ... 9 Installing the Ethernet Cables ... 13 Installing SCSI Jumper Cables ... - 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
• Once a FC1202 bridge option is installed and tested, the library operates FC1202 Bridge exactly as a PX500 Series with a SCSI host interface. Operation of the library Operation via the operator control panel (OCP) is unchanged. Quantum PX500 Series FC1202 Upgrade Instructions... -
Page 4: Preparing For The Fc1202 Installation
The FC1202 installation requires the following upgrade kit for every two tape Required Upgrade Kits drives in a PX500 Series library (see Table 1 FC1202 Upgrade Kit PN PR-UU9CF-YF A zonable Ethernet switch is required if multiple FC1202 Fibre Channel Required Equipment bridges are installed in either a PX506 or PX510 library. -
Page 5: Configuring The Fc1202 Bridge Software
• To prepare the PX500 Series library: Preparing the Quantum PX500 Series Library Figure 1 Operations Screen Figure 2 Turning On the Library Quantum PX500 Series FC1202 Upgrade Instructions Configuring the FC1202 Bridge Software Use appropriate ESD procedures when assembling and Caution: installing the FC1202 option. - Page 6 Quantum PX500 Series FC1202 Upgrade Instructions 81-81351-01 C01 April 2006 Each pair of tape drives within the library are connected via a SCSI jumper Removing Tape Drive cable. These cables must be removed prior to cabling the FC1202. SCSI Jumper Cables...
- Page 7 Figure 4 PX506 Cabling Configuration Host computer SCSI jumper Host computer SCSI jumper Host computer Quantum PX500 Series FC1202 Upgrade Instructions Tape drive 2 Tape drive 4 Tape drive 6 FC1202 Upgrade Procedure 81-81351-01 C01 April 2006 SCSI Tape drive 1...
- Page 8 Quantum PX500 Series FC1202 Upgrade Instructions 81-81351-01 C01 April 2006 Figure 5 PX510 Cabling Configuration SCSI jumper Host computer Host computer Host computer Host computer SCSI jumper Host computer Tape drive 2 Tape drive 4 Tape drive 6 Tape drive 8...
- Page 9 Figure 6 Installing a FC1202 Bridge (PX502) FC1202 Quantum PX500 Series FC1202 Upgrade Instructions 1 to 2 tape drives requires 1 FC1202 3 to 4 tape drives requires 2 FC1202 bridges (PX506 and PX510 only) 5 to 6 tape drives requires 3 FC1202 bridges (PX506 and PX510 only)
- Page 10 Quantum PX500 Series FC1202 Upgrade Instructions 81-81351-01 C01 April 2006 Figure 7 Installing a Blank off plate FC1202 Bridge (PX506) Screws Card cage Slot 1 FC1202 FC1202 Upgrade Procedure...
- Page 11 Figure 8 Installing a FC1202 Bridge (PX510) Quantum PX500 Series FC1202 Upgrade Instructions 3 Gently press down on the FC1202 until the board is seated in the card cage and the ejector latches lock in place (see FC1202 Upgrade Procedure...
- Page 12 Quantum PX500 Series FC1202 Upgrade Instructions 81-81351-01 C01 April 2006 Figure 9 Seating the FC1202 Bridge PX502 shown Figure 10 Securing the FC1202 Bridge Captive screws PX502 shown Ejector latches 4 Secure each bridge to the CPCI card cage by tightening the captive screws...
- Page 13 Ethernet connections: Figure 11 PX502 Ethernet Connection SCB (right port) Quantum PX500 Series FC1202 Upgrade Instructions PX502 Ethernet Connections PX506 and PX510 Ethernet Connections 1 Connect a cross-over cable between the right port of the library system controller board (SCB) and the FC1202 (see...
- Page 14 Quantum PX500 Series FC1202 Upgrade Instructions 81-81351-01 C01 April 2006 PX506 and PX510 Ethernet Connections PX506 and PX510 require an Ethernet switch if more than one FC1202 is installed in the library. Use the following procedure to install the Ethernet switch and connect the Ethernet cables.
- Page 15 Quantum PX500 Series FC1202 Upgrade Instructions 81-81351-01 C01 April 2006 Figure 12 Connecting the Ethernet Cables (Single PX506/PX510 Library) Tie bands Ethernet switch FC1202 bridges Cable clamps PX506 shown FC1202 Upgrade Procedure...
- Page 16 Quantum PX500 Series FC1202 Upgrade Instructions 81-81351-01 C01 April 2006 Figure 13 Connecting the Ethernet Cables (Stacked) Cable clamps SCB connection from master library Cable clamps Tie bands FC1202 Upgrade Procedure Ethernet switch FC1202 bridges FC1202 bridges PX506s shown...
- Page 17 Table 2 Cabling a FC1202 Bridge to the Tape Drives Quantum PX500 Series FC1202 Upgrade Instructions SCSI connectors 0 through 1 on the first FC1202 are used to connect to tape drives 0 through 1 and the library robotics controller.
- Page 18 Quantum PX500 Series FC1202 Upgrade Instructions 81-81351-01 C01 April 2006 Tape Drive Connection/ System Controller Board Ethernet port Fibre Channel port SCSI port 0 SCSI port 1 Tape drive 2, lower port Tape drive 3, upper port Tape drive 3, lower port...
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Page 19: Saving The Configuration File
• • • • Accessing the FC1202 Bridge To configure the FC1202 bridge: Quantum PX500 Series FC1202 Upgrade Instructions SCSI jumper to Accessing the FC1202 Bridge Configuring the FC1202 Bridge Saving the Configuration File Enabling Serverless Backup (Xcopy) 1 Open a web browser on the service PC. - Page 20 2 In the field, type http://IPaddress/ where IP address is the IP Address address for the PX500 Series library (refer to the Quantum PX500 Series User’s Guide PN 81-81290-01 for information on the PX500 Series remote management web pages). 3 Select the...
- Page 21 Figure 16 FC1202Ports Screen Figure 17 FC Port Configuration Screen Port mode Performance mode Quantum PX500 Series FC1202 Upgrade Instructions 3 Click FC Port screen displays (see FC Port Configuration FC1202 Upgrade Procedure 81-81351-01 C01 April 2006 figure 17).
- Page 22 Quantum PX500 Series FC1202 Upgrade Instructions 81-81351-01 C01 April 2006 Figure 18 Discovery Screen Discovery 4 Ensure that the settings for Port mode follows: • Port mode - Auto Sense • Use Hard AL_PA - disabled • Discovery Mode - Manual Discovery Only •...
- Page 23 Figure 19 Mapping Screen 10 Click Figure 20 Edit/View Map Screen Fill map Quantum PX500 Series FC1202 Upgrade Instructions 8 Click from the FC Port Mapping Verify that “ ” displays under the selected map. Indexed under Edit/View Select Map...
- Page 24 Quantum PX500 Series FC1202 Upgrade Instructions 81-81351-01 C01 April 2006 Figure 21 Mapped SCSI Devices Mapped SCSI devices 15 Click 16 After activating the mapping options for the FC port, click Figure 21 displays the current mapping for the Fibre port. Check the map display at the top of the window for FC port 0.
- Page 25 IP address and mapping information. This configuration file can be uploaded to a replacement FC1202 bridge and eliminate the configuration portion of this instruction. Quantum PX500 Series FC1202 Upgrade Instructions and click Submit The FC1202 reboots.
- Page 26 Quantum PX500 Series FC1202 Upgrade Instructions 81-81351-01 C01 April 2006 Figure 23 FTP Utilities Screen The FTP utility requires the use of a JAVA applet and prompts for permission to install the applet, if needed. If the prompt is displayed, follow the onscreen instructions to complete the installation.
- Page 27 Backup (Xcopy) windows by relegating all backup related tasks to the SAN. Serverless backup entails backing up data directly from primary storage to a tape library without placing a load on the backup server. Enabling serverless backup allows the FC1202 to control the task of moving data from the primary storage to the library.
- Page 28 Quantum PX500 Series FC1202 Upgrade Instructions 81-81351-01 C01 April 2006 Figure 25 Active Fabric Screen Enable Server Free Backup Mode Figure 26 Submit Received Screen 3 Click from the Enable Server Free Backup Mode 4 Click Submit The Submit Received screen displays (see...
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Page 29: Zoning The Ethernet Switch
Refer to the installation documentation included with the Ethernet switch for information on zoning the switch. The following table (see recommended zoning example. Table 3 Recommended Zoning Example Quantum PX500 Series FC1202 Upgrade Instructions Library Type Number of FC Bridges PX506 PX506... - Page 30 Quantum PX500 Series FC1202 Upgrade Instructions 81-81351-01 C01 April 2006 Zoning the Ethernet Switch...