Users Guide
Table 12. Location criteria (continued)
Criteria Denition
Relative humidity 20 - 80% non-condensing
Air quality The library must be placed in an area with minimal
sources of particulate contamination. Avoid areas
near frequently used doors and walkways, stacks
of supplies that collect dust, printers, and smoke-
lled rooms. Excessive dust and debris can
damage cartridges and the tape drive.
Clearance
• Back: Minimum of 15 cm (6 in.)
• Front: Minimum of 30 cm (12 in.)
• Sides: Minimum of 5 cm (2 in.)
Rack requirements Standard EIA 19-inch rack: 1U space
Acclimation
Server and storage equipment (racks and frames) must be gradually acclimated to the surrounding
environment to prevent condensation.
When server and storage equipment (racks and frames) is shipped in a climate where the outside
temperature is below the dew point of the destination (indoor location), there is a possibility that water
condensation can form on the cooler inside and outside surfaces of the equipment when the equipment is
brought indoors.
Sufcient time must be allowed for the shipped equipment to gradually reach thermal equilibrium with
the indoor environment before you remove the shipping bag and energize the equipment. Follow these
guidelines to properly acclimate your equipment:
• Leave the system in the shipping bag. If the installation or staging environment allows it, leave the
product in the full package to minimize condensation on or within the equipment.
• Allow the packaged product to acclimate for 24 hours.
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If there are visible signs of condensation (either
external or internal to the product) after 24 hours, acclimate the system without the shipping bag for an
additional 12 - 24 hours or until no visible condensation remains.
• Acclimate the product away from perforated tiles or other direct sources of forced air convection to
minimize excessive condensation on or within the equipment.
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Unless otherwise stated by product-specic installation instructions.
Note: Condensation is a normal occurrence, especially when you ship equipment in cold-weather
climates. All IBM
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products are tested and veried to withstand condensation that is produced under
these circumstances. When sufcient time is provided to allow the hardware to gradually acclimate to the
indoor environment, there should be no issues with long-term reliability of the product.
Installing in a rack
The TL1000 Tape Autoloader can be easily installed into a standard 19-inch rack system. A standard 19-
inch rack system contains multiple mounting locations that are called EIA units as dened by the
Electronics Industries Association. Each EIA unit contains three square or round holes that are used to
mount rack designed equipment. The library requires 1 EIA unit (1U) of rack space. Each unit is separated
by a small space.
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