Installing The Tape Drive - Spectra Logic T-Series Spectra T50e User Manual

Installing the Tape Drive

Follow these steps to install a tape drive:
1. Determine where to install each tape drive—The drive bays are
Figure 16 Drive bay locations (Half-height drive bays shown).
2. Add the tape drive—Access the back of the library.
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numbered from bottom to top. Depending on whether you ordered
full-height or half-height tape drives, there are two or four drive bays,
respectively.
Note: The drive bays are numbered starting with Drive 1 in the bottom
drive bay (Figure
top, beginning with Drive 1.
For the 50-slot configuration, three cartridge slots replace
drive bays 2, 3 and 4.
Drive bay 4
Drive bay 3
Drive bay 2
Drive bay 1
(SCSI tape drive
shown)
a. Loosen the screws securing the tape drive cover plate using a #2
Phillips screwdriver or your fingers
for future use.
Note: The library ships with the bottom drive bay uncovered. You must
remove one cover plate for each half-height tape drive, and two
cover plates for each full-height tape drive that you plan to install.
16). Tape drives are installed from bottom to
4
3
2
1
(Figure
Install the Tape Drives
17). Set the plate aside
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