HP StorageWorks Ultrium Full-Height SCSI Tape Drives User Guide (EH853-90905, August 2007)

1 B efore you s tart
Supported models
This guide describes how to install and operate the following HP StorageWorks Ultrium tape drive models:
• HP StorageWorks Ultrium 1840 internal, external and removable t ape drives. These are Ultra
320 SCSI devices with a maximum burst transfer speed of 320 MB/second. They can write
uncompresseddataatupto120MB/second(432GB/hour
).
• HP StorageWorks Ultrium 960 internal, external and removable tape drives: These are Ultra
320 SCSI devices with a maximum burst transfer speed of 320 MB/second. They can write
uncompressed data at up to 80 MB/second (288 GB/hour ).
• HP StorageWorks Ultrium 460 internal, external and removable tape drives: These are Ultra
160 SCSI devices with a maximum burst transfer speed of 160 MB/second. They can write
uncompresseddataatupto30MB/second(108GB/hour).
For a detailed product specification, p lease refer to our World Wide Web site (h
ttp://www.hp.com).
1. On/Off switch (external drives only)
5. Driv
eLED
2. Eject button
6. T ape LED
3. Em ergency reset button 7. Clean LED
4. Rea
dy LED
Figure 1 Front view of full-height Ultrium external tape drive
Which operating systems are supported?
HP StorageWorks Ultrium drives can be connected to servers running under Windows®, Linux and
other major operating s ystems. Refer to the “Software Compatibility” section on our “HP StorageWorks
Tape Compatibility” web site (h
ttp://www.hp.com/go/connect/) for the most recent information about
the operating system versions that are supported.
How
do I connect the drive to my server?
The
following g uidelines apply:
Ultrium full-height SCSI Tape D rives
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