Owner manual
Table Of Contents
- DAT SAS Tape Drives
- Table of Contents
- About this guide
- 1 Before you start
- 2 Drivers and backup software
- 3 Installing an internal DAT tape drive
- 4 Installing an external SAS tape drive
- 5 Verify installation
- 6 Operating your tape drive
- 7 Use the correct media
- 8 Using HP OBDR
- 9 Diagnostic Tools and Performance
- 10 Troubleshooting
- 11 Replacing an internal tape drive
- A Connecting an external tape drive to an internal SAS port
- Index
3. Connect the SAS data cable to the tape drive, as illustrated below. Connect a spare power cable
from the server's internal power supply to the power connector on the SAS data cable.
Figure 8 Connecting cables to the DAT 320 tape drive
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Figure 9 Connecting cables to the DAT 160 tape drive
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2. Power connector1. SAS connector to tape drive
4. Now go to “Secure the drive” on page 36.
Option 2: Connect cable to spare port on host SAS controller
The following instructions apply to some HP ProLiant servers. They are valid ONLY IF the host SAS
controller on your server has a spare SAS connector.
IMPORTANT:
This installation uses the HP SAS split cable to connect to an internal port on the host SAS controller.
It does not modify your existing SAS configuration.
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