Introduction - Seagate STU62001LW-S Installation Manual

Viper 200 Installation Manual

Introduction

This installation manual summarizes the installation and
operation of the Seagate
Viper 200 is a high-performance eight-channel Ultrium tape
drive that uses ½-inch Ultrium tape cartridges with a native
capacity of up to 100 Gbytes (200 Gbytes assuming 2:1 data
compression). It supports Read While Write (RWW) and
provides intelligent hardware data compression as well as
cartridge soft load. It comes with an ULTRA 2 WIDE SCSI
LVD (LVD), an Ultra Wide SCSI HVD (HVD) or a Fibre
Channel LC Optical (FC) interface and a library RS-422 serial
interface.
The Viper 200 design is well suited for mid-range to high-end
servers, mainframe systems, and tape library automation
systems.
The internal Viper 200 is designed to fit in a 5¼-inch full-
height drive bay. The external drive is a standalone unit with
built-in power supply. The following Viper 200 models are
covered in this manual:
Model number
STU42001LW
STU42001WD
STU42001FC
STU62001LW
STU62001WD
Note: LVD drives should be installed only in an SCSI LVD
Form factor
5.25-inch Internal drive
5.25-inch Internal drive
5.25-inch Internal drive
External drive
External drive
environment, HVD drives should be only be used in a
SCSI HVD environment, and FC drives should only be
installed in an Fibre Channel environment.
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Viper 200 Ultrium tape drive. The
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Interface
LVD
HVD
FC
LVD
HVD