User`s guide
Chapter 2 Installation Procedures
Installing the Internal LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive
LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive User’s Guide 9
Installing the Internal LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive
To install the internal LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive, complete the 
following procedures in the order presented:
1 Depending on the interface configuration of the drive:
2 C
onnecting the Internal Drive Interface and DC Power Cables on 
page 15.
3 Restarting the Internal 
Tape Drive System on page 17
4 Installing the LTO Driver Software
 on page 25, if required.
5 Registering the LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive
 on page 25.
IF the drive interface is . . . THEN . . .
parallel Small Computer 
System Interface (SCSI), 
proceed to Configuring the Internal 
Parallel SCSI Tape Drive in the 
following subsection to configure 
the parallel SCSI ID and bus 
terminator power.
serial-attached SCSI (SAS),  there is no need to configure the 
SCSI ID or bus termination, as SAS 
is a point-to-point architecture. Skip 
to Mounting the Internal Tape 
Drive on page 13










