Virtual TapeServer 8.2 Supplemental Installation Guide

Hardware Information for Legacy Installations

This chapter describes the hardware that was shipped for the Virtual TapeServer (VTS)

6.03.xx and 6.04.xx installations and that is supported in an upgraded environment. It also

provides cabling and Fibre Channel upgrade procedures for the old hardware.

Hardware overview

For VTS installations that are upgrading to 8.0, the following hardware may be installed.

Servers

One of the following VTS server modules was installed:

• VT5900-A was built on the HP ProLiant DL585 G1 server

• VT5900-B and VT5900-C were built on the HP ProLiant DL380 G4 server

• VT5900-E and VT5900-G were built on an HP ProLiant DL385 G2 server

• VT5900-J was built on the HP ProLiant DL385 G5 server

• VT5900-K was built on the HP ProLiant DL185 G5 server

• VT5900-L was build on the HP ProLiant DL380 G6 server

If you purchased the VT5900-SA for use with the VT5900-K or VT5900-L, refer to the Virtual

TapeServer SCSI-to-FC Adapter Quick Setup Guide and User Manual for installation and

configuration information.

SCSI converters

Each SCSI converter converts high-voltage differential (HVD) Ultra160/SCSI-3 to low-voltage

differential (LVD) Ultra-2 SCSI. It provides up to four converter circuits.

Internal storage

If the VT5900-C, VT5900-E, VT5900-G, VT5900-J, or VT5900-K was purchased, additional

internal storage may have been purchased for storing virtual tapes. The following additional

internal storage models were available:

• VT5904-A, which provided one internal disk drive of 146GB storage space

• VT5904, which provided six internal disk drives of 146GB each

• VT5904-B, which provided one internal disk drive of 300GB

• VT5904-E, which provided eight internal disk drives, each with 146GB of storage capacity

• VT5900-6TB, which provided six 1TB internal disks for the VT5900-K