HP C7401A - SureStore Ultrium 230 Tape Drive User Manual page 9

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pre-installation_checklist
installation
how to identify your model
computer and backup software requirements
computer systems
backup software
pre-installation check list
Before you install your HP Surestore Ultrium tape drive:
1. Check that your computer meets the
Make a note of the model name, product number, and serial number of your
2.
tape drive and record it on page 2 of the "Getting Started" guide.
3. Collect information about the SCSI configuration of your computer and any
other devices attached to it and decide how you are going to configure the
drive on the SCSI bus. If you are installing on a Windows NT 4, Windows
2000 or Novell NetWare system, you can use the
software provided on the HP Surestore Ultrium CD-ROM to do this. If you
are not familiar with how to configure a SCSI bus, you may also want to
read the SCSI Background
4. Select a free bay for an internal or a removable drive
or
Select a site for an external drive.
Caution For internal drives, the server must provide forced cooling and be
capable of drawing 6 cfm (0.17 cubic meters/minute or 10.08 cubic meters/hour)
of air through the tape drive. Care must be taken that empty bays have the
appropriate blanking plates installed so that airflow is maintained. Refer to your
server documentation for further details.
installation
The "Getting Started" guide provides detailed installation instructions.
If you have lost the printed version of this guide, click below for a PDF version of
the appropriate guide:
HP Surestore Ultrium internal drives: Getting Started guide
HP Surestore Ultrium external drives: Getting Started guide
You need a copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader to read the PDF files. If you do not
have a copy of this software, the English version is provided on the CD-ROM, or
you can link to Adobe's web site
.
how to identify your model
For internal drives, the model name is on the front panel and the product and
serial numbers are on a label on the top of the drive.
For external drives, the model name is on the front panel and the product and
serial numbers are on a label on the bottom of the drive.
For removable drives, the model name is on the front panel and the product and
serial numbers are on the side of the drive.
computer and backup software
The HP Surestore Ultrium tape drive has the following hardware and software
requirements:
computer systems
If you are installing the tape drive on a UNIX system, refer to the
for further information about the systems supported and installation instructions.
For the latest list of operating systems that support HP Surestore Ultrium drives,
please consult our World Wide Web site (www.hp.com/go/connect).
HP Surestore Ultrium 230 tape drives are Ultra2 wide SCSI devices designed to
operate on a low voltage differential SCSI bus (LVDS) with a burst transfer rate of
80 MB/sec. Do not use the drive on a single-ended SCSI bus as performance is
restricted. Do not use on the same bus as other single-ended devices as this will
switch the LVDS host adapter into single-ended mode and restrict performance.
We recommend that a dedicated host bus adapter is used for the tape drive. A
suitable adapter is available from HP as an accessory (see
Your computer must have a properly installed and configured SCSI host adapter
or a SCSI controller on the motherboard (SCSI-2 or SCSI-3 compliant) with driver
software that supports the HP Surestore Ultrium drive. Check the server
documentation for the specification of any built-in SCSI channels. Do not connect
to a RAID controller channel; these are for disk drives only. Consult your supplier
for details.
For an internal drive, you will need:
Ultra2, Ultra160 or Ultra3 SCSI host bus adapter
LVDS compliant SCSI ribbon cable with termination (normally supplied with
the host bus adapter)
Available 5¼-inch, full-height mounting bay (or two adjacent, half-height
bays)
Mounting hardware, if required
Backup software that supports the tape drive
Caution The server must provide forced cooling and be capable of drawing 6 cfm
(0.17 cubic meters per minute or 10.08 cubic meters per hour) of air through the
tape drive. Care must be taken that empty bays have the appropriate blanking
plates installed so that airflow is maintained. Refer to your server documentation.
For external drives, the cable provided with HP Surestore Ultrium 230 tape
drives will attach to a computer with a wide LVDS SCSI connector (68 pins). We
do not recommend connecting the drive to a SE SCSI connector or a narrow SCSI
host bus adapter as this will restrict performance. If your server or host bus
adapter is equipped with a very high density (VHD) wide SCSI connector, you will
need to order a High-End Tape Connect Kit (adapter with VHD-to-HD cable) or 68-
pin VHD-to-HD cable. (See
For removable drives installed in a HP Surestore H/A Tape Array 5500 rack
enclosure, set the SCSI ID at the appropriate switch on the rear of the HP
Surestore H/A Tape Array 5500 unit. There are five address switches that
correspond to the five tape drives. Each drive should have a unique ID.
backup software
You need backup software that supports the HP Surestore Ultrium drive. As a
general rule, native backup applications (such as NTBackup and tar) do not
provide the required data streaming rate to get the full performance of your HP
Surestore Ultrium drive. We recommend using a backup application, which
provides better memory management as well as other useful features, such as
TapeAlert. HP, Computer Associates, Veritas and Legato all provide suitable
products that have been tested with HP Surestore Ultrium drives. For the latest list
of backup packages that support HP Surestore Ultrium drives, please consult our
World Wide Web site (www.hp.com/go/connect).
Suitable backup applications will include driver software that establishes the
interface between the tape drive and the software. For detailed information about
drivers, refer to the appropriate README file in the DRIVERS directory on this
CD. There is a separate sub-directory for each operating system. Applications
usually recognize tape drives by their manufacturers' ID string rather than their
model number, so check the table below for the appropriate reference.
Drive Model
HP Surestore Ultrium 230 tape drive
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