Option 3: Connect To A New Hba (Some Hp Proliant Servers And All Non-Hp Servers); Connecting Cables To The Tape Drive; Sticker For Disconnected Hard Disk Bay (Some Hp Proliant Servers) - HP DW017B - StorageWorks Ultrium 448 Tape Drive User Manual

1. SAS connector
2. Power connector
Figure 12 Connecting cables to the tape drive
CAUTION:
Never use a cable where power is supplied through the SAS connector because this may
damage the drive. For internal drives, always use a spare power cord from the server's
internal power supply to the conventional power connector on the drive itself.
6.
If you have lost the use of a disk bay (see
attach the supplied sticker to the blanking plate of the disk bay to show that it is disconnected.
NOTE:
If you subsequently install a hard disk in this bay, it will not work. This does not mean there
is a fault with either the disk or the server.
Figure 13 Sticker for disconnected hard disk bay (some HP ProLiant servers)
7.
Now go to
Option 3: Connect to a new HBA (some HP ProLiant servers and all non-HP
servers)
The following instructions are valid ONLY IF you have purchased and installed an additional HBA. See
Figure 4 on page 22 and always refer to
tape drive.
IMPORTANT:
This installation uses the SAS cable supplied with the tape drive to connect to an internal port on the
new HBA, but it does not modify your existing SAS configuration.
1. Follow the instructions supplied with the HBA to install the new SAS HBA.
"Secure the drive - all servers" on page 33.
Step 2 on page 28), we strongly recommend that you
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Ultrium half-height SAS Tape Drives
BEFORE installing your
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