Installation Guide

4 Introduction
Figure 2. AIT-70D/100D Rear Panel
Rear Panel Switches and Connectors
Power Switch
Turns power to the unit on and off.
AC Power Connector
Receptacle for AC power cord.
SCSI I/O Connectors
68-pin SCSI connectors for the interface cable that connects the unit with
the host computer and/or to other devices on the SCSI channel (including
additional AIT-70D/100D units). The interface cable can be attached to
either connector.
SCSI ID Switch
Used to select the SCSI ID for the AIT-70D/100D. Factory set at 0.
AIT Data Cassette
Note
The AIT data cassette uses 8mm tape, however, Exabyte® (and
other manufacturers) 8mm data cassettes are not compatible
with the Sony AIT drive. The SDX-300C and SDX-500C drives
will sense and eject any non-AIT cassettes. Do notDo not attempt to
use 8mm cassettes in the AIT-70D/100D.
The AIT data cassette contains 8mm tape designed to be written upon by a helical scan device. The AIT-2
SDX2-50C 230-meter data cassette can store 50 GB of data in an AIT-100D running in native mode. The
cassette can store up to 100 GB in compressed mode (assuming average 2:1 compression). The MIC
technology, which incorporates a Flash memory IC inside the data cassette, allows the architecture to capture
various system and user-related statistics directly within the MIC structure to enhance data reliability, error
prediction and success performance.
Power Switch
AC Power
Connector
SCSI I/O
Connectors
SCSI ID
Switch