Exabyte Mammoth Manuale del proprietario
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Installation and
Operation
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ExabyteMammoth
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Revision history
Note:The mostcurrent informationabout this product is availableat
Exabyte’s web site (www.exabyte.com).
Exabyte Corporation
1685 38th Street
Boulder, Colorado 80301
(303) 442-4333
306484-002
Revision Date Description
000 March 1996 Initial release.
001 July 1996 Updatefor new LCDinformation.
002 January 1999 Update for LVD SCSI
configuration.
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Safety agency
standards When purchased from Exabyte, both the internal model and the
tabletop model of the Exabyte®Mammoth Tape Drive comply with
the following domestic and international product safety standards:
• UL Standard 1950, 1st Edition, Safety of Information Technology
Equipment
• CSAStandardC22.2No.950-95,SafetyofInformationTechnology
Equipment
• IEC 950/EN60950: A4 1997, Safety of Information Technology
Equipment including Electrical Business Equipment
The internal model ofthe tape drive is certified as a component only.
Certificationof thefinalintegratedproductistheresponsibilityofthe
system integrator.
Electro-
magnetic
compatibility
(EMC)
When properly installed in a shielded cabinet with shielded cables
and adequate grounding of the SCSI bus and input power, the tape
drive meets the requirements foremissions and immunity as defined
by the following standards:
For the tabletop tape drive, the requirement for a shielded cabinet is
met by the tabletop enclosure.
USA: FCC, CFR 47, Ch. I, Part 15, Subpart B, Class B
Canada: ICES-003, Class B
Australia: AS/NZ 3548, Class B
Taiwan: CNS-13438, Class A
Europe: EN55022/CISPR 22, Class B
EN50082-1: Residential, Commercial, and Light
Industry
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FCC notice When installed inan Exabyte enclosure, the tabletop model has been
testedand foundto complywiththelimitsforaClassBdigitaldevice
pursuant to Part 15 of FCC rules.
These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against
harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment
generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not
installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause
interferenceto radioandtelevisioncommunications.However, there
is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular
installation. If this equipment does cause interference to equipment
off and on, the useris encouraged to tryto correct the interference by
one or more of the following measures:
• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
• Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
• Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from
that to which the receiver is connected.
• Use shielded cables.
• Consultthedealeroranexperiencedradio/TVtechnicianforhelp.
According to FCC regulations, changes or modifications not
expressly approved by Exabyte Corporation could void your
authority to operate the equipment.
Industry Canada
notice per
ICES-003
ThisClassBdigitalapparatusmeetsallrequirementsoftheCanadian
Interference-Causing Equipment Regulations.
Cet appareil numérique de la classe B respecte toutes les exigences
du Règlement sur le matériel brouilleur du Canada.
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Contents
Welcome. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Available SCSI configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Installing the tape drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Installing the internal model in an enclosure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Installing the tabletop model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Operating the tape drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Monitoring the LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Monitoring the LCD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Selecting appropriate data cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Loading data cartridges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Unloading data cartridges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Resetting the tape drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Cleaning the tape drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Using Tape Alert. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Packing the tape drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Appendix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
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Notes
Welcome
Installation and Operation
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Welcome
Congratulationson selectingtheExabyte®MammothTapeDrive.
Your new tape drive is designed for multimedia, imaging,
transaction processing, large databases, and other
storage-intensive applications.
The Mammoth tape drive provides storage capacities of up to
20 gigabytes (GB) native on a single 170m data cartridge.
The Mammoth tape drive is available as an internal model that
can be installed into an enclosure (shown on the right) or as a
tabletop model housed in its own enclosure (shown on the left).
Available SCSI configurations
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ExabyteMammoth
Available SCSI configurations
The Mammoth tape drive is available in the following fast SCSI-2
configurations:
Narrow, single-ended
Wide, single-ended
Wide, high-voltage differential (HVD)
Wide, low-voltage differential (LVD)
The LVDtape driveusesan LVDinterface thatisUltraand Ultra2
SCSI compatible. The LVD interface allows the tape drive to be
placed on the same bus as Ultra and Ultra2 SCSI devices without
slowing the performance of these devices.
Installing the tape drive
Installation and Operation
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Installing the tape drive
If you have the internal model of the tape drive, follow the
instructions below. If you have the tabletop model, follow the
instructions beginning on page 13.
Installing the internal model in an enclosure
ESD protection
Protect the tape drive from electrostatic discharge (ESD) by
following these precautions:
Use an antistatic mat and wristband, if possible.
Leave the tape drive in its packaging until you are ready to
install it.
Touch a known grounded surface before handling the tape
drive.
Do not place the tape drive on a metallic surface.
Installing the tape drive
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Location of components
When installing the tape drive, refer to the following figures for
the location of back-panel components.
Narrow SCSI configuration:
Wide SCSI configuration:
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