Installing An External Ultrium Tape Drive By Connecting To An External Sas Port; Before You Start; Connecting The Tape Drive To An External Sas Port - HP DW017B - StorageWorks Ultrium 448 Tape Drive User Manual

5 Installing an external Ultrium
tape drive by connecting to an
external SAS port
This chapter describes how to connect your tape drive to an external port on the host controller or new
HBA. This configuration requires you to purchase a recommended, additional SAS cable. You cannot use
the split cable supplied with the tape drive to connect to an external SAS port.
In this chapter:
• "Before you
• "Connecting the tape drive to an external SAS
• "Reboot the
If your server has an internal SAS connector that supports connection to your tape drive,
you may prefer to use the supplied cable and one of the cabling options described in
"Installing an external Ultrium tape drive by connecting to an internal SAS
If you are installing an internal Ultrium tape drive, please refer to
"Installing an internal Ultrium tape drive

Before you start

Deciding which HBA and cabling configuration to use with external drives is a complex choice and
supported configurations are constantly being updated. Always refer to
for the latest information about cables and supported HBAs.
Select tape backup and navigate down to the Hardware Compatibility table for your make of server.
The server/tape drive matrix shows top-level compatibility, but be sure to click on the box for your
combination of server and tape drive to display a further page with detailed connectivity information.
Non-HP servers may have an active external port. To connect to it you must purchase an additional cable.
If the server does not have an active external port, you must purchase and install an additional HBA that
supports external connection and an additional cable.
NOTE:
If you use a recommended cable (not supplied) to attach directly to the external SAS port and the tape
drive does not function, one possible cause is that the port is inactive or not supported for external tape
devices. Please refer to
information on supported configurations.

Connecting the tape drive to an external SAS port

The following instructions are valid ONLY for non-HP or HP ProLiant servers with an HBA that supports
external SAS ports.
This installation does not modify your existing SAS configuration and does not require you to remove
the server cover; you connect the tape drive directly to the external port. It requires you to purchase an
additional SAS cable. If you are installing a new HBA, it requires a spare PCI slot for the new HBA.
See http://www.hp.com/go/connect
start" on page 49
server" on page 46
http://www.hp.com/go/connect
for recommended products.
port" on page 49
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or your server documentation for further
port" on page 37.
http://www.hp.com/go/connect
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