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8505XL 8-mm Tape Drive

Owner’s Guide

Document Number 007-3086-001

8505XL 8-mm Tape Drive Owner’s Guide

Document Number 007-3086-001

CONTRIBUTORS

Written by Pablo Rozal

Illustrated by Dan Young and Cheri Brown

Edited by Christina Cary

Production by Derrald Vogt

Engineering contributions by Roy Hughes, Robert Clark, Dale Witt, Bill Yergin

Cover design and illustration by Rob Aguilar, Rikk Carey, Dean Hodgkinson,

Erik Lindholm, and Kay Maitz

This document contains proprietary and conﬁdential information of Silicon

Graphics, Inc. The contents of this document may not be disclosed to third parties,

copied, or duplicated in any form, in whole or in part, without the prior written

permission of Silicon Graphics, Inc.

RESTRICTED RIGHTS LEGEND

Use, duplication, or disclosure of the technical data contained in this document by

the Government is subject to restrictions as set forth in subdivision (c) (1) (ii) of the

Rights in Technical Data and Computer Software clause at DFARS 52.227-7013

and/or in similar or successor clauses in the FAR, or in the DOD or NASA FAR

Supplement. Unpublished rights reserved under the Copyright Laws of the United

States. Contractor/manufacturer is Silicon Graphics, Inc., 2011 N. Shoreline Blvd.,

Mountain View, CA 94043-1389.

IRIX and Silicon Graphics are registered trademarks and CHALLENGE and Onyx

are trademarks of Silicon Graphics Corporation.

EXATAPE is a trademark of of Exabyte Corporation.

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Contents

List of Figures v

List of Tables vii

About This Guide ix

Typographical Conventions x

1. Installation 1

Products that Support the 8505XL 1

Preparing for Installation 2

Ensuring ESD Protection 2

Unpacking the Tape Drive and Saving the Materials 3

Checking the Tape Drive Accessories 3

Installing the Tape Drive 3

Setting the SCSI ID 3

Configuring the Drive Sled for Single-Ended Operation 7

Terminating the SCSI Bus 8

Installing the Tape Drive 8

Installing Into a Horizontal Drive Bay 9

Installing Into a Vertical Drive Bay 9

Turning On Power to the Tape Drive 12

Installing Your Driver Software 12

Testing Your Installation 12

Contents

2. Operating the Tape Drive 17

Reading the LEDs 17

Selecting Data Cartridges 19

Write-Protecting a Data Cartridge 20

Loading a Data Cartridge 20

Unloading a Data Cartridge 21

Resetting the Tape Drive 21

3. Preventive Maintenance 23

Recommended Cleaning Cartridges 23

Determining When to Clean the Tape Drive 23

Using the Cleaning Cartridge 24

Caring for Data Cartridges 25

Replacing Data Cartridges 26

4. Troubleshooting 27

Problems With Tape Drive Installation 27

Problems With Tape Drive Operation 28

A. Tape Drive Speciﬁcations 31

List of Figures

Figure 1-1 Removing/Installing the Drive From/On the Drive Sled 5

Figure 1-2 Setting the SCSI ID (Default Setting Shown) 6

Figure 1-3 Setting the Drive Sled for Single-Ended Operation 8

Figure 1-4 Installing the Tape Drive Into a Horizontal Drive Bay 10

Figure 1-5 Installing the Tape Drive Into a Vertical Drive Bay 11

Figure 1-6 Write-Enable/Disable Switch 13

Figure 1-7 Loading a Data Cartridge 14

Figure 2-1 8505XL Front Panel 18

Figure 2-2 Unload Button 21

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List of Tables

Table 1-1 Problems and Possible Solutions 15

Table 2-1 LED States and Interpretations 18

Table 2-2 8505XL Tape Capacity 19

Table A-1 Drive Specifications 31

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About This Guide

This guide helps you set up, install, and operate the 8505XL tape drive. The

8505XL uses 8-mm format tapes and installs in most of the existing Silicon

Graphics© systems and data storage units that support single-ended,

front-loading drives (FLDs).

Note: For a list of products that currently support the 8505XL tape drive, see

“Products that Support the 8505XL”on page 1.

This document is organized as follows:

Chapter 1 “Installation”describes how to install the drive and test the

installation.

Chapter 2 “Operating the Tape Drive”shows how to read the drive

LEDs, select tape cartridges, and load or unload tapes.

Chapter 3 “Preventive Maintenance”describes how and when to

clean the tape drive.

Chapter 4 “Troubleshooting”provides suggestions on solving tape

drive problems.

Appendix A “Tape Drive Speciﬁcations”lists the physical,

environmental, electrical, and performance speciﬁcations

for the 8505XL.

About This Guide

Typographical Conventions

These type conventions and symbols are used throughout this guide:

Italics Filenames, variables, IRIX®command arguments, command ﬂags, titles of

publications, icon names.

Screen type Code examples, ﬁle excerpts, and screen displays (including error messages).

Bold Screen type

User input.

() (Parentheses) Following IRIX commands, they surround the reference page (man

page) section where the command is described. For example, grep (1).

[] (Brackets) Surround optional syntax statement arguments.

# IRIX shell prompt for the superuser (root).

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