Spectra T200, T380, T680, T950, and T-Finity Drive Installation or Replacement Instructions SpectraLogic.
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Drive Installation or Replacement Instructions This guide provides instructions for either installing an additional drive or replacing an existing drive in a Spectra T200, T380, T680, T950, or T‐Finity library (the library). Illustrations The replacement drive that you received may not look exactly like the drives shown in this document. Most of the figures in this guide show the Spectra T380 library.
Prepare for Maintenance PREPARE FOR MAINTENANCE Make sure you fulfill the prerequisites described in this section and familiarize yourself with all the sections in the document before starting. Continuing or Stopping Backups Use the following guidelines if you are installing or replacing a drive in a drive bay assembly (DBA) already in the library.
Gathering Tools and Supplies Gathering Tools and Supplies You must have the following to complete this procedure: Item Description Supplies ESD protection equipment A Replacement Drive from Spectra Logic Fibre Channel tape drive example SCSI tape drive example IDENTIFY THE DRIVE LOCATION Note: If you are installing an additional drive, rather than replacing a drive, skip to Drive Installation Preparation on page 10. Your backup software, the library, or both may indicate a drive problem.
Identify the Drive Location Spectra T200, T380, or T680 Library The user interface nomenclature uses DBAx/Y-DRVx: DBAx is the number of the drive bay assembly (DBA) containing the drive; a DBA holds up to four drives and one Quad‐Interface Processor (QIP). Y is the drive type (LTO, for example). DRVx is the number of the drive bay in the DBA, as viewed from the back of the library.
Gathering Tools and Supplies Spectra T950 or T-Finity Library The user interface nomenclature uses FRx/DBAx/Y-DRVx: FR is the library frame in which the drive is installed and x is the frame number; there can be up to six frames in a cascade. DBA is the drive bay assembly containing the drive, and x is the DBA number; a DBA holds up to four drives and one Quad‐Interface Processor (QIP). Y is the drive type (LTO, for example), and DRVx is the number of the drive bay in the DBA.
Replace or Install a Drive REPLACE OR INSTALL A DRIVE This section describes how to replace an existing tape drive or install an additional tape drive, and contains these steps: Important Preparing the Library (for replacement or installation) Accessing the Drives on page 10 (for replacement or installation) Removing the Malfunctioning Drive on page 13 (for replacement only) Installing the Drive on page 14 (for replacement or installation) When replacing a drive, the new drive must be the same “
Preparing the Library 3. Select Configuration > Drives. The Drives screen displays. Figure 2 The Drives screen. Note: The individual drive types are identified by: fLTO refers to Fibre Channel. LTO refers to SCSI. 4. Based on the drive identifier you determined in Identify the Drive Location on page 5, select Replace for the drive that you want to replace. Caution Do not select Remove. This option permanently removes the drive from the partition.
Replace or Install a Drive Drive Installation Preparation This section describes how to prepare to add a new drive to the library. If you are replacing a drive, follow the steps in Drive Replacement Preparation on page 8. 1. Log into the library with superuser or administrator privileges. 2. From the toolbar menu, select Configuration > Drives. The Drives screen appears. Figure 3 The Drives screen. 3. Select Add in the location where you want to add a drive.
Accessing the Drives 2. Using your fingers or a #2 Phillips screwdriver, loosen the captive screws that secure the bottom of the cover to the chassis. Cover Knurled screw Figure 4 The rear panel cover and screws (T380 shown). 3. Lift the cover upward and away from the chassis to disengage the two nuts extending from the back of the cover from the holes on either side of the chassis (see Figure 5). Set the cover aside. Top cable cutout Alignment nut Figure 5 Cover alignment nuts (one on each side).
Replace or Install a Drive Spectra T950 or T-Finity The drives are shielded by protective doors. Note: Opening the library’s rear doors causes the robotics to slow down. They resume normal speed when the doors are closed again. Operation of the rest of the library is unaffected by the opening and closing of the rear doors. 1. Locate the door lock on the back of the library. 2. Lift the lock and turn it either direction to disengage it and open the library doors. 2. Turn 1.
Removing the Malfunctioning Drive Removing the Malfunctioning Drive Locate the drive, as described in Identify the Drive Location on page 5. Note: If you are installing an additional tape drive, skip to Installing the Drive on page 14. Follow these steps to remove a drive: 1. Ensure that you have prepared the library in Preparing the Library on page 8. 2. Make sure that the Status LED (see Figure 1 on page 5) is off, indicating that the drive is powered off. 3.
Replace or Install a Drive 4. Unlock the drive by pushing the drive lock inward. Note: Depending on the type of drive, the drive lock may look different from the one shown in Figure 9. Remove drive Unlock drive Figure 9 Releasing the drive lock and removing the drive. 5. While supporting the bottom of the drive sled, pull outward on the drive sled handle to remove the drive from the library (Figure 9). Caution The drive sled weighs approximately 15 lb. (7 kg). Be careful not to drop it.
Installing the Drive 2. Remove the drive from its protective packaging. Important If you are installing a replacement drive, install the new drive in the same location as the old drive. 3. While supporting the bottom of the drive sled, slide the new drive into the empty drive bay (Figure 11). Push the drive in until an audible click indicates that it has locked into place. Important Follow this precaution if your FC tape drive has the connectors on the side, as shown Figure 10.
Replace or Install a Drive Figure 11 Installing the drive sled into the library. Notes: Both the T950 and the T‐Finity require a QIP for direct‐attach drive configurations. Your tape drive may look slightly different than the tape drives shown in this document. 4. Return to the Feedback Required screen displayed on the user interface (see Step 4 on page 10 for a replacement drive or Step 5 on page 9 for a new drive) and select OK.
Connecting the Cables When the configuration is complete, the Drives screen refreshes to show the status of the newly installed drive. Figure 12 The Drives screen after adding a drive. 5. Repeat Step 2 through Step 4 for each additional drive. COMPLETE THE PROCEDURE Follow the steps in this section to complete the installation or replacement procedure. Connecting the Cables Connect the cables according to the guidelines in this section. If you... Connect the cables...
Complete the Procedure Overview Drives can be daisy‐chained together to add multiple drives to a partition. If your library configuration includes direct‐attach SCSI drives and you plan to daisy‐chain two or more drives in a DBA on a single SCSI bus, you must connect the drives and the bus expansion module before you begin configuring partitions. Read the individual User Guides to learn more about the bus expansion module and the role it plays in the library.
Connecting the Cables Two SCSI Bus Configuration Figure 14 illustrates daisy chaining the four drives in a DBA on two separate SCSI buses and connecting them to two hosts. This type of cabling is used when multiple hosts will be sharing the library resources. The library is typically divided into partitions, as described in the library’s User Guide. Each partition is dedicated to a different host.
Complete the Procedure Connect the SCSI Cables Determine which drives in the DBA you want to daisy‐chain on the same SCSI bus, then follow these steps to connect the drives to each other: 1. Remove the SCSI terminator from each drive (see Figure 15). Terminator Figure 15 The SCSI terminator on a SCSI drive sled. 2. Refer to the cabling examples on page 18 and page 19, then use SCSI cables to connect the drives together, as appropriate for your desired configuration.
Installing the Cover or Securing the Rear Door Testing the Drive 1. Power on and restart the host computer, if you powered it off. 2. Determine whether your backup software and drive are communicating properly. a. Use the software to write several megabytes of data using the newly installed drive. b. Perform a comparison check on the backup data to confirm that it was written correctly.
Return the Component Restarting Backups Use your backup software to restart any backup processes that had been running to the replaced drive. This restart ensures that the software recognizes the drive as working and available. RETURN THE COMPONENT Return Guidelines Unless Spectra Logic Technical Support informs you otherwise, return the defective component to Spectra Logic following the guidelines in the next section.
