Virtual TapeServer 6.04.02 for NonStop Servers Quick Setup Guide

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Review the VTS server configuration
Here is an overview of the VTS hardware that may have been purchased:
* A dual-port 2Gb Fibre Channel card (VT5900-FCU) may have been purchased to replace one of the SCSI cards
† This is the disk capacity specified by the manufacturer; after RAID 5 formatting, approximately 9TB is available
‡ A dual-port 4Gb Fibre Channel card (VT5900-FC4) may have been purchased and added to the VT5900-K
3 Mount the VTS hardware in a rack
To mount the VTS hardware, refer to the following:
• VT5900-H and VT5900-J (DL385 G5)
Refer to the HP ProLiant DL385 G5 Documentation poster, which was shipped with the VTS
server.
• VT5900-K (DL185 G5)
Download the HP Rack Rail Kit installation instructions (c01362353.pdf), first edition (Feb
2008).
• SCSI converter
Refer to the Virtual TapeServer SCSI Interface Connection Module Sliding Rail Kit
Installation guide, which was shipped with VTS.
• MSA2000
Download the HP StorageWorks 2000 Modular Smart Array racking instructions
(c01505852.pdf), first edition (May 2008).
VT5900-H VT5900-J VT5900-K
Server DL385 G5 DL385 G5 DL185 G5
Fibre
Channel
and SCSI
Cards
• Two SCSI cards
*
(four ports) in slots 4
and 5
• One FC card
(two 4Gb ports) in
slot 2
• Two FC cards
(four 2Gb ports) in
slots 4 and 5
• One FC card
(two 4Gb ports) in
slot 2
One FC card
†
(two 4Gb ports)
Additional
Internal
Storage
Eight 146GB internal disks (VT5904-E) Six 1TB internal disks
(VT5900-6TB)
External
Disk
Storage
Up to four MSA 2000s (one VT5917 and up to three
VT5918s); each MSA 2000 provides 12TB
‡
Not supported
Virtual
Tape Drive
Support
Up to four SCSI VTDs
(one per port), or up to
two SCSI VTDs and
eight FC VTDs (four per
port), if an FC card
replaces a SCSI card
Up to 16 FC VTDs
(four per port)
Two FC VTDs are
provided; up to six more
can be purchased for a
total of eight FC VTDs