HP 8505 8mm Cartridge Tape Drive EK-STWCT-UG.... Manuale utente

8505 8mm Cartridge Tape Drive

User’s Guide

Order Number: EK-STWCT-UG. E01

Fifth Edition,December 1994

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Contents

Revision Record .......................................................................................................... v

About This Guide .....................................................................................................vii

1 Introduction

1.1 Product Overview ...............................................................................................1–1

1.2 StorageWorks Packaging Options for the Cartridge Tape Drive...........................1–1

1.3 Support for Four Data Formats............................................................................1–4

1.4 Support for Partitioned Tapes..............................................................................1–5

1.5 Enhanced Performance........................................................................................1–5

1.6 Intelligent Data Compression..............................................................................1–5

1.7 Sophisticated Error Correction Procedures ..........................................................1–5

1.8 Additional Features.............................................................................................1–5

2 Installation and Initial Power On

2.1 Unpacking the StorageWorks 8505 8mm Cartridge Tape Drive...........................2–1

2.2 Installation Documents........................................................................................2–1

2.3 Performing the Initial Power On..........................................................................2–2

3 Operating the Cartridge Tape Drive

3.1 Location of Controls and Indicators.....................................................................3–1

3.1.1 Unload Button ..............................................................................................3–2

3.1.2 LEDs............................................................................................................3–2

3.2 Recommended Data Cartridge.............................................................................3–3

3.3 Setting the Write-Protect Switch.........................................................................3–3

3.4 Loading a Data Cartridge ....................................................................................3–4

3.5 Load Time ..........................................................................................................3–5

3.6 Unload Cartridge Procedure................................................................................3–5

3.7 Error During Unload Procedure...........................................................................3–5

4 Cleaning the Cartridge Tape Drive

4.1 Determining When the Tape Drive Needs Cleaning.............................................4–1

4.2 Using the 8mm Cleaning Cartridge.....................................................................4–2

4.3 Exercising the Cartridge Tape Drive....................................................................4–3

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Appendix A Product Specifications

Appendix B Product Notes for Novell™and MS-DOS™

Appendix C Product Notes for Sun™

Appendix D Product Notes for IBM™ RS/6000

Appendix E Product Notes for Hewlett-Packard

Reader Comment Form ........................................................................... Inside Back Cover

Figures

1–1 StorageWorks 8505 8mm Cartridge Tape Drive..................................................1–1

1–2 Option SWXTE-AA: One Tape Drive in a Device Carrier..................................1–2

1–3 Option SWXTE-AB: Two Tape Drives in a Device Carrier ................................1–3

1–4 Option SWXTE-AC: For Installation in Desktop Expansion Unit.......................1–3

3–1 Front Panel Controls and Indicators....................................................................3–1

3–2 Front Panel LEDs...............................................................................................3–2

3–3 Write-Protect Switch on 8mm Data Cartridge.....................................................3–4

4–1 Cleaning the Cartridge Tape Drive......................................................................4–3

Tables

1–1 Read/Write Compatibility of 8mm Tape Drives and Data Formats......................1–4

1-2 Read/Write Compatibility Comparisons..............................................................1–3

3–1 States Indicated by LEDs....................................................................................3–3

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Revision Record

This Revision Record provides a concise publication history of this guide. It lists the manual revision levels,

release dates, and reasons for the revisions. It also describes how the changes to affected pages are

marked in the guide.

The following revision history lists all revisions of this publication and their effective dates. The

publication part number is included in the Revision Level column, with the last entry denoting the

latest revision.

Revision Level Date Summary of Changes

EK-STWCT-UG. A01 December 1993 Original release

EK-STWCT-UG. B01 March 1994 Cleaning cartridge and

Appendix B added

EK-STWCT-UG. C01 August 1994 Appendix C added

EK-STWCT-UG. D01 October 1994 Appendix D added

EK-STWCT-UG. E01 December 1994 Appendix E added

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About This Guide

This section identifies the users of this guide and describes the contents and structure. In addition, it

includes a list of conventions used in this guide.

StorageWorks 8505 8mm Cartridge Tape Drive User's Guide

This guide provides operational and maintenance information for the StorageWorks 8505

8mm Cartridge Tape Drive.

Intended Audience

This guide is intended for any user who is responsible for operating or maintaining the

cartridge tape drive.

Document Structure

This guide contains the following chapters:

Chapter 1: Introduction

Introduction gives an overview of the StorageWorks 8505 8mm Cartridge Tape Drive

and describes the three packaging options for the drive: SWXTE-AA, SWXTE-AB, and

SWXTE-AC. It also describes the formats the drive can read and write.

Chapter 2: Installation and Initial Power On

Installation and Initial Power On refers you to the appropriate installation information

and provides information about the initial power on of the cartridge tape drive.

Chapter 3 Operating the Cartridge Tape Drive

Operating the Cartridge Tape Drive describes how to use the drive’s controls and

indicators; it also describes how to load and unload tapes.

Chapter 4 Cleaning the Cartridge Tape Drive

Cleaning the Cartridge Tape Drive describes how to clean the drive.

Appendix A: Product Specifications

Product Specifications provides physical and operating specifications.

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Appendix B: Product Notes for Novell™and MS-DOS™

Product Notes for Novell and MS-DOS provides information for the system

administrator. It must be read before installing and using the cartridge tape drive SBB

with a host system operating with the Novell and MS-DOS, or MS-DOS/WINDOWS

operating systems.

Appendix C: Product Notes for Sun™

Product Notes for Sun provides information for the system administrator. It must be read

before installing and using the cartridge tape drive SBB with a host system operating

with the Sun and Solaris operating systems.

Appendix D: Product Notes for IBM™RS/6000

Product Notes for IBM provides information for the system administrator. It must be

read before installing and using the cartridge tape drive SBB with a host system

operating with the AIX 3.2.5 (or later) operating system.

Appendix E: Product Notes for HP™9000 Series 800

Product Notes for HP provides information for the system administrator. It must be read

before installing and using the cartridge tape drive SBB with a host system operating

with the HP-UX 9.04 (or later) operating system.

Conventions

This guide uses the following conventions:

Documentation Conventions

Style Meaning

boldface type For emphasis

italic type For emphasis and manual titles

Ordering Data and Cleaning Cartridges

You can order data and cleaning cartridges from the following sources:

• The 8mm data cartridge, Digital part number TKZ8x, is recommended for use with

the StorageWorks 8505 8mm Cartridge Tape Drive. You can order the data cartridge

from authorized Digital VARs and distributors, or by calling DECdirect at 800-

DIGITAL or 800-344-4825. In Canada, you can call DECdirect at 613-592-5111.

• Approved cleaning cartridges can be ordered from EXABYTE. These cleaning

cartridges are the only cleaning device or material recommended for use with the

StorageWorks 8505 8mm Cartridge Tape Drive. Both cleaning cartridges and data

cartridges can be ordered from EXABYTE Corporation at 1685 38th Street, Boulder,

Colorado, 80301. EXABYTE Direct Marketing is at 800-392-8273. The

EXABYTE part numbers are:

Data cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180093

About This Manual

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Cleaning cartridge, 3 cleaning passes . . . . . 727113

Cleaning cartridge, 12 cleaning passes . . . . 727386

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Introduction

This chapter provides a product overview of the StorageWorks 8505 8mm Cartridge Tape Drive, outlines

its features, and describes the formats it can read and write.

1.1 Product Overview

The StorageWorks 8505 8mm Cartridge Tape Drive (Figure 1–1) is an enhanced 8mm

digital helical-scan cartridge tape drive, which is packaged in an industry standard

5.25-inch half-height form factor. The half-height size allows for ease of integration

across a multitude of platforms.

Figure 1-1 StorageWorks 8505 8mm Cartridge Tape Drive

1.2 StorageWorks Packaging Options for the Cartridge Tape Drive

The. StorageWorks 8505 8mm Cartridge Tape Drive is available as three packaging

options as follows:

• SWXTE-AA (Figure 1–1)

• SWXTE-AB (Figure 1–2)

• SWXTE-AC (Figure1–3)

Figures 1–1, 1–3, and 1–4 show the packaging options. (Chapter 2 provides information

about installing and configuring the options.)

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Option SWXTE-AA is a configuration in which one or two 8mm tape drives is installed

in a device carrier, and the device is subsequently placed in a StorageWorks drive

expansion unit. Figure 1–2 shows one tape drive installed in a device carrier.

Figure 1–2 Option SWXTE-AA: One Tape Drive in a Device Carrier

NOTE

The expression

StorageWorks Building Block,

SBB

, is used

in StorageWorks documentation to refer to a device, such as

tape or disk drive, that is installed in a device carrier.

Option SWXTE-AB is a configuration in which a second 8mm tape drive is installed in a

device carrier. Note that the device carrier is shipped to you with both drives already

installed if options SWXTE-AA and SWXTE-AB are ordered at the same time. If option

SWXTE-AB is ordered after you already have option SWXTE-AA, the second drive is

installed in the top half of the device carrier as shown in Figure 1–3.

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