Installation guide

Hardware installation 1-25
Installing the external tape drive
Standard 2.0 Meridian Mail Mini and Enhanced Card Option May 2000
Installation and Maintenance Guide
Tandberg Panther SE2000 tape drive status
Removing the external
tape drive
For systems not equipped with a permanently installed external
tape drive, the Meridian 1 representative is responsible for all
software procedures that require a tape drive. Therefore, a tape
drive should be included as part of the standard equipment.
To remove the external tape drive, follow these steps.
Light status Description
Steady The tape is in and idle.
Flashing The tape is in and spinning.
Off The tape is out or the power is off.
Step Action
1 Refer to page 4-8 to courtesy down Meridian Mail and
power down.
2 Turn off the power to the tape drive and unplug it.
3 Detach the grounding wire from the Meridian 1 cabinet.
4 Unplug the SCSI cable from the disk/power supply card
and install a SCSI terminator in its place.
5 Start Meridian Mail. (Refer to page 4-9.)
CAUTION
Risk of data loss
Whenever an external tape drive is not
attached to the disk/power supply card,
install the SCSI terminator in its place.