Virtual TapeServer 6.03.42 Installation Guide

138 | Hardware Information for Legacy Installations
Connecting the HP ProLiant DL380 G4 (VT5900-B and VT5900-C)
The VT5900-B and VT5900-C were built on a 2U (3.5 inch) chassis and provides four SCSI
buses, numbered 0-3. The VT5900-C has a dual-channel Fibre Channel card but no DAT72
drive and is shipped with two (mirrored) 36GB SCSI drives, for use by the software only.
Optional six SCSI disks (146GB or 300GB) are available to give this unit internal storage. The
six SCSI disks replace the two 36GB drives. The VT5900-B model allows the use of all four
SCSI buses for connecting virtual tape drives. The VT5900-C model allows the use of all four
SCSI buses or the two Fibre Channel buses for connecting virtual tape drives.
The recommended cable connection order for the SCSI converter attached to a VT5900-B and
VT5900-C is as follows:
HVD Bus A HVD Bus B HVD Bus C HVD Bus D
To NonStop server To NonStop server
LVD Bus A LVD Bus B LVD Bus C LVD Bus D
To bus 0 on VTS
server
To bus 1 on VTS
server
To bus 2 on VTS
server
To bus 3 on VTS
server
Here is an illustration of the bus numbers on the back of the DL380 G4:
Here is an illustration of the HVD and LVD ports on the back of the SCSI converter: