Quantum Scalar 50 Installation Instructions Manual

Summary of Scalar 50

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    Document 81-81769-01 b01, september 2007 1 quantum scalar 50 tape drive installation instructions introduction 3 tape drive numbering................................................................................ 3 scalar 50 tape drive upgrade kits .....................................................

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    Quantum scalar 50 tape drive installation instructions document 81-81769-01 b01 september 2007 made in the usa. Quantum corporation provides this publication “as is” without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability or fit...

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    Quantum scalar 50 tape drive installation instructions document 81-81769-01 b01 september 2007 introduction 3 introduction 0 this document provides instructions for adding a tape drive to an scalar 50 tape library. The tape drive upgrade procedure consists of the following steps: • unpacking the tap...

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    Quantum scalar 50 tape drive installation instructions document 81-81769-01 b01 september 2007 4 introduction figure 2 scalar 50 cable configuration (half-height drives) scalar 50 tape drive upgrade kits 0 the tape drive upgrade kit differs depending on the tape drive type needed for the library. Re...

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    Quantum scalar 50 tape drive installation instructions document 81-81769-01 b01 september 2007 introduction 5 table 2 tape drive upgrade kits (lto) lto part number pc-kucqa-yf (lto-3 hh scsi, single drive) pc-kuc1a-yf (lto-3 hh scsi, dual drive) pc-kukqc-yf (lto-3 hh native fibre, single drive) pc-k...

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    Quantum scalar 50 tape drive installation instructions document 81-81769-01 b01 september 2007 6 unpacking the tape drive required tools 0 the following tools are required to perform the tape drive upgrade procedure: • flat blade screwdriver unpacking the tape drive 0 to unpack the tape drive: 1 ope...

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    Quantum scalar 50 tape drive installation instructions document 81-81769-01 b01 september 2007 cabling the tape drives 7 3 insert the tape drive into the drive bay slowly until the connectors are seated (see figure 3 ). 4 tighten the tape drive captive screws using a flat blade screwdriver. 5 repeat...

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    Quantum scalar 50 tape drive installation instructions document 81-81769-01 b01 september 2007 8 cabling the tape drives figure 4 scalar 50 cable configuration (scsi full height drives) figure 5 scalar 50 cable configuration (native fibre channel full height drives) figure 6 scalar 50 cable configur...

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    Quantum scalar 50 tape drive installation instructions document 81-81769-01 b01 september 2007 cabling the tape drives 9 figure 7 scalar 50 cable configuration (native fibre channel half-height drives) back of library ethernet power fibre channel host/san fibre channel host/san tape drives 1 and 2 t...

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    Quantum scalar 50 tape drive installation instructions document 81-81769-01 b01 september 2007 10 cabling the tape drives figure 8 scalar 50 cable configuration (stacked) scalar 50 (master library) scalar 50 (slave library) scalar 50 (slave library) host computer tape drive 1 tape drive 2 tape drive...

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    Quantum scalar 50 tape drive installation instructions document 81-81769-01 b01 september 2007 setting the tape drive scsi id 11 setting the tape drive scsi id 0 the next step in the installation procedure is to set the required scsi id for the new tape drive. There are two ways to set the tape driv...

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    Quantum scalar 50 tape drive installation instructions document 81-81769-01 b01 september 2007 12 setting the tape drive scsi id figure 11 host bus options screen 4 use the up and down arrows to highlight the tape drive receiving the new scsi id and press enter . 5 use the up and down arrows to sele...

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    Quantum scalar 50 tape drive installation instructions document 81-81769-01 b01 september 2007 setting the tape drive scsi id 13 3 enter the username and password and click ok . The overview page displays (see figure 13 ): figure 13 overview page 4 click the setup tab. The setup tab displays. 5 clic...

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    Quantum scalar 50 tape drive installation instructions document 81-81769-01 b01 september 2007 14 completing the native fibre channel installation 6 to change a scsi id, enter the id number in the field next to the device and click apply . 7 from the operations page, click on the drives tab. The dri...

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    Quantum scalar 50 tape drive installation instructions document 81-81769-01 b01 september 2007 completing the native fibre channel installation 15 • determining the wwns world wide names • verifying library connectivity determining the wwns world wide names 0 the media changer (robot) and tape drive...

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    Quantum scalar 50 tape drive installation instructions document 81-81769-01 b01 september 2007 16 completing the native fibre channel installation figure 16 overview page 4 click setup from the contents frame. The management frame displays the setup page (see figure 17 ). Figure 17 setup page 5 clic...

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    Quantum scalar 50 tape drive installation instructions document 81-81769-01 b01 september 2007 completing the native fibre channel installation 17 figure 18 scsi/fibre page 6 for the media changer and tape drives , click fibre under the connectivity type . The media changer (see figure 19 ) and tape...

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    Quantum scalar 50 tape drive installation instructions document 81-81769-01 b01 september 2007 18 completing the native fibre channel installation figure 20 tape drive configuration screen 7 record the wwns for the media changer and tape drives in table 3 . • repeat step 6 for all tape drives in the...

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    Quantum scalar 50 tape drive installation instructions document 81-81769-01 b01 september 2007 completing the native fibre channel installation 19 • connect via a web browser connect via a telnet session 0 to connect via a telnet session to a san switch: 1 connect the service laptop to the san switc...

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    Quantum scalar 50 tape drive installation instructions document 81-81769-01 b01 september 2007 20 fibre channel connectivity troubleshooting if the world wide names are visible from the nsshow command, the connectivity is verified. Connect via a web browser 0 to connect via a web browser: 1 connect ...

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    Quantum scalar 50 tape drive installation instructions document 81-81769-01 b01 september 2007 fibre channel connectivity troubleshooting 21 e if you are still unable to view the fibre channel devices, launch the sansurfer sanblade manager and click connect. Accept the default “localhost” entry. The...

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    Quantum scalar 50 tape drive installation instructions document 81-81769-01 b01 september 2007 22 fibre channel connectivity troubleshooting to display the scsi id assignments: 1 from the sanblade manager program, click configure . The port configuration screen displays (see figure 23 ). Figure 23 p...

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    Quantum scalar 50 tape drive installation instructions document 81-81769-01 b01 september 2007 fibre channel connectivity troubleshooting 23.

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    Quantum scalar 50 tape drive installation instructions document 81-81769-01 b01 september 2007 24 fibre channel connectivity troubleshooting *81-81769-01 b01* 81-81769-01 b01.