Optional Tape Attach; Software And Hardware Requirements; Rear View Of The Hp D2D Backup System - HP StorageWorks D2D100 - Backup System User Manual

1. Power supply cable sockets (two)
2. LAN port 1
3. LAN port 2
4. Management LAN port (Do not connect to this port)
Figure 2 Rear view of the HP D2D Backup System
NOTE:
One full PCIe slot has a P400 controller card pre-installed. The other slot is available for optional Tape
Attach. If you have the Fibre Channel product, a FC card will be pre-installed in the other full PCIe slot.
You must install the Tape Attach card in the low profile slot.

Optional tape attach

An external or rackmount Ultrium Tape Drive may be attached directly to the HP D2D Backup System,
allowing the user to store backups offsite. Both SAS and SCSI tape drives are supported and require
installation of a host bus adapter (HBA). External tape drives may be half-height or full-height. Rackmount
tape drives are installed in a rackmount enclosure, such as a 1U Rack, 3U Rack or a TapeArray.
To find out which Ultrium Tape Drive models and HBAs are supported, refer to
http://www.hp.com/go/connect

Software and hardware requirements

Refer to http://www.hp.com/go/connect
and compatibility information.
• When connecting to a Fibre Channel network, the HP D2D Backup System is supplied with the
correct FC card pre-installed. Cables are not supplied;
• When connecting to an Ethernet network, the HP D2D Backup System should be connected to a
Gigabit Ethernet network. 100 Base-T Ethernet will limit performance; 10 Base-T Ethernet will
severely limit performance.
• For backup and restore you need software that supports tape autoloaders and libraries. This
software resides on the host, not the HP D2D Backup System. The device may be used with the
major backup applications from HP, Symantec, EMC, Computer Associates and others.
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5. PCIe slots (two full and one low profile)
6. VGA port for system console monitor
7. PS/2 ports for system console keyboard and mouse
or http://www.hp.com/go/ebs.
or http://www.hp.com/go/ebs for the latest connectivity