HP StorageWorks DAT Tape Drives User Guide - SCSI (April 2005)

HP StorageWorks DAT Tape Drives User Guide 21
Install drive and connect power cable
1. Slide the tape drive into the open bay, aligning the tray or rails with the slots in the bay, as
shown in Figure 7.
Figure 7 Installing tape drive
If your server does not use mounting hardware, check that the holes in the chassis are aligned
with the holes in the side of the tape drive.
Do not secure the drive at this point because you may have to move the drive to get the cables
into place.
Attach power and SCSI cables
To support the high performance of the tape drive it is important that you connect to a
recommended SCSI bus and use a suitably-rated SCSI cable, see ”Why is the SCSI bus type
important?” on page 10.
1. Check your server or HBA documentation to ensure that the SCSI bus and cabling supports up to
Ultra160 bus speeds. We recommend that you attach the SCSI ribbon cable supplied with the
tape drive to the SCSI host bus adapter.
2. Attach a spare power cable from the server's internal power supply to the power connector, as
shown in Figure 8.
3. Attach a spare connector on the server's built-in SCSI bus or HBA’s SCSI ribbon cable to the
SCSI connector of the drive, as shown in Figure 8.