HP StorageWorks DAT SAS Tape Drives User Guide (DW092-90918, June 2010)

CAUTION:
Static electricity can damage electronic components. Always wear an antistatic wriststrap if one is
available. If not, after you have disconnected power from the server and removed the cover, touch a
bare metal part of the chassis. Similarly, touch a bare metal part of the drive before installing it.
1. HP strongly recommends that the tape drive is connected to the second SAS port on the host
controller (this is the port that connects to the hard disk drive bays with the highest numbers).
Look at the front of the server and establish which SAS cable is connected to the hard disk drive
bays with the highest numbers.
2. If http://www.hp.com/go/connect advises that you will lose the use of a hard disk drive bay,
also identify the location of that disk drive.
NOTE:
If the hard disk drive bay is in use, do not use the internal cable (even if other disk bays are
empty), because you will lose use of the disk in the disk drive bay and may damage your
server configuration. Also, do not move an existing disk to accommodate this configuration
because you will need to rebuild your RAID configuration. Instead, purchase and install an
additional HBA, see http://www.hp.com/go/connect for supported products.
3. Remove the existing SAS cable.
3. Rear of server1. Host SAS controller (HBA)
4. Front of server2. Cable to be removed
Figure 34 Removing existing SAS cable
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4. Remove a blank PCI slot cover on the rear panel of the server. This must be wide enough to
accommodate the external tape drive connector on the SAS cable.
Connecting an external tape drive to an internal SAS port76