Product manual

ii Viper 200 LTO Product Manual
Installing an internal HVD or LVD Viper drive ...........................................................17
1. Configuring an internal HVD or LVD drive......................................................17
2. Mounting an internal HVD or LVD drive..........................................................18
3. Connectors and cables ...................................................................................19
Installing an internal Fibre Channel Viper drive ........................................................23
1. Configuring an internal Fibre Channel drive ..........................................23
2. Jumper settings......................................................................................23
3. Mounting the internal drive.....................................................................24
4. Connectors and cables ..........................................................................25
Installing an external Viper drive ...............................................................................27
1. Configuring an external drive..........................................................................27
2. Connecting the SCSI interface cable..............................................................27
3. Connecting the power cord.............................................................................28
Operation and maintenance 29
Front panel display ....................................................................................................29
Using LTO cartridges.................................................................................................31
Loading a cartridge .............................................................................................31
Unloading a cartridge..........................................................................................31
Write-protecting a cartridge.................................................................................31
Cartridge care and maintenance ........................................................................32
Drive maintenance.....................................................................................................33
Cleaning the tape drive .......................................................................................33
Parking the drive for shipping....................................................................................34
Parking the drive using the load/unload button...................................................34
Parking the drive using software.........................................................................34
Emergency reset and emergency cartridge eject......................................................35
Manual cartridge removal..........................................................................................35
Before you start...................................................................................................35
Case 1: Cartridge is loaded and seated .............................................................36
Case 2. Cartridge is loaded and seated and tape is threaded ...........................38
Theory of operation 42
Track layout ...............................................................................................................42
Recording method .....................................................................................................43
Data buffer.................................................................................................................43
Data integrity..............................................................................................................43
Error-correction code (ECC) ...............................................................................43
Servo-tracking faults ...........................................................................................44
Data compression......................................................................................................44