Attaching A Physical Tape Library Or Tape Drive (Optional); Hardware Requirements For Tape Attach; Supported Devices; Tape Device Installation Overview - HP StorageWorks D2D100 - Backup System User Manual

3 Attaching a physical tape library
or tape drive (optional)
In this chapter:
• "Hardware
• "Tape device installation
• "Removing the
• "Installing the
• "Replacing the
• "Connecting an external or rackmount tape

Hardware requirements for Tape Attach

A tape storage device may be attached directly to your HP D2D Backup System, allowing you to store
backups offsite.
To use this facility you need:
• An HP StorageWorks Ultrium tape storage device, such as a tape library or tape drive. This should be
an external device or a 1U or 3U rackmount enclosure for internal devices. The appropriate cables
for the rackmount shelf must be used. Both SAS and SCSI half-height and full-height tape storage
devices are supported.
• A host bus adapter, HBA, for the tape device connection (because there are no embedded SAS or
SCSI ports). You must purchase and install the HBA before connecting the tape storage device.
NOTE:
Physical tape storage devices attached to the HP D2D Backup System can only be accessed by the HP
D2D Backup System, using the Tape Attach pages. They do not appear as attached network devices to
the host system.

Supported devices

The following tape storage devices are supported:
• HP 1x8 G2 Autoloader (1 drive, 8 slots, 1 mail slot)
• HP MSL 2024 Tape Library (2 drives, 24 slots, 1 mail slot)
• HP MSL 4048 Tape Library (4 drives, 48 slots, 1 mail slot)
• Library-embedded or standalone HP StorageWorks Ultrium Tape Drives (LTO-2, LTO-3 and LTO-4)
Please refer to
supported host bus adapters and tape storage devices. Please refer to
for more information about transferring data to the storage device.

Tape device installation overview

Before connecting a storage device, you must install an HBA. The instructions in this chapter provide the
following information that is specific to the HP D2D Backup System.
requirements" on page 39
overview" on page 39
covers" on page 40
HBA" on page 40
cover" on page 43
http://www.hp.com/go/connect
device" on page 44
or http://www.hp.com/go/ebs
"Using Tape
D2D Backup System HP D2D2503
for a list of all
Attach" on page 121
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