User`s guide

Appendix A
Tabletop LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive Quick Start
LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive User’s Guide 87
Tabletop LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive Quick Start
Use the following quick-start procedure to install tabletop LTO-3 Half-
Height Tape Drive. Print this page and check each step as you complete
it. If you need more information about a step, see the subsection
referenced in the step.
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1 Unpack the contents of your drive package, and check for damaged items.
See Unpacking and Inspecting the
Drive on page 8.
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2 Review the parallel SCSI drive’s default settings and change them if necessary:
• SCSI ID: 6
• Terminator Power: Enabled
See Configuring the Tabletop
Parallel SCSI Tape Drive on page 19.
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3 Connect a parallel SCSI or serial-attached SCSI (SAS) interface cable to the drive.
See C
onnecting the Internal Drive Interface and DC Power Cables on page 15.
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4 Check SCSI bus termination for a parallel SCSI drive.
See figure 8
on page 20.
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5 Connect a power cable to the drive.
See Connecting the Tabletop Drive Interface and AC Power Cables
on page 21.
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6 • Turn on the computer
• Turn on the tabletop tape drive
• Verify that the tabletop tape drive is operating properly.
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7 Register your tape drive.
Registering the LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive
on page 25.