Technical data

These tape devices have been qualified for use on shared SCSI buses
with both the KZPSA-BB and KZPBA-CB host bus adapters. Ensure
that the host bus adapter you use is supported on your system by
searching the options list for your system at the following URL:
http://www.compaq.com/alphaserver/products/options.html
8.13.2 ESL9326D Enterprise Library Overview
The ESL9326D Enterprise Library is an enterprise Digital Linear Tape
(DLT) automated tape library with from 6 to 16 fast-wide, differential tape
drives. This tape library uses the 35/70 DLT (DS-TZ89N-AV) differential
tape drives. The SCSI bus connectors are 68-pin, high-density.
The ESL9326D Enterprise Library has a capacity of 326 DLT cartridges in a
fixed storage array (back wall, inside the left door, and inside the right door).
This provides a storage capacity of 11.4 TB uncompressed for the ESL9326D
Enterprise Library using DLT Tape IV cartridges. The library can also use
DLT Tape III or IIIXT tape cartridges.
The ESL9326D Enterprise Library is available as seven different part
numbers, based on the number of tape drives:
Order Number
Number of Tape Drives
146205-B21
0
146205-B23
6
146205-B24
8
146205-B25
10
146205-B26
12
146205-B27
14
146205-B28
16
You can upgrade a tape library with part number 146209-B21, which adds a
35/70 DLT tape drive. See the Compaq StorageWorks ESL9326 Tape Drive
Upgrade Guide for more information.
Up to five ESL9000 series tape libraries can be connected together with
pass-through mechanism, part number 161268-B21. See the ESL9326D
QuickSpecs to determine the number of tape drives supported when the
tape libraries are connected together. See the Compaq StorageWorks
Pass-Through Mechanism Installation Guide for more information on the
pass-through mechanism.
8–74 Configuring a Shared SCSI Bus for Tape Drive Use