User`s guide

Chapter 3 Installing External Tape Drives
Reviewing Drive Default Settings
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5 Connecting a Power Cable
6 Completing Your Installation
Reviewing Drive Default Settings 3
Your external tape drive comes with various default settings. You may
need to change these settings to suit your requirements. Review the
default settings in
table 5 to determine whether they suit your
requirements or need to be changed.
• If you do not need to change these default settings, skip to
Connecting a SCSI Cable
.
Table 5 External
Tape Drive Default
Settings
Note: These settings can be changed by accessing the switches
located on the bottom of the drive. Turn the drive over and
gently pull the tab on the access door to release it. Once the
door is open, the switches will be accessible. See table 4
on
page 19 for details about the switch settings.
Parameter Default Setting
SCSI ID 6
Parity checking Enabled
Terminator power Supplied to the SCSI bus
Data compression Enabled
Media Recognition System
Checking (DDS-4 drives only)
Enabled
Power-On Self-Test diagnostic Enabled
Host operating system Microsoft Windows 98/Me/XP/
NT/2000/2003 Server