Chapter 2 Installation
Installing an Internal LTO-3 Tape Drive
8 LTO-3 Tape Drive User’s Guide
Installing an Internal LTO-3 Tape Drive 2
Installing an internal LTO-3 Tape Drive with an Ultra 160 SCSI LVD
interface involves the following steps:
1 Configuring an LVD Drive
2 Mounting the Internal LTO-3 Tape Drive on page 11
3 Connecting a SCSI Cable
on page 14
4 Checking the SCSI Termination
on page 15
5 Connecting a Serial Cable for Tape Libraries
on page 16
6 Bus Composition
on page 17
7 Registering Your Tape Drive
on page 18
Configuring an
LVD Drive
2
Before you install the LVD tape drive in your computer, you may need to
configure the drive’s SCSI ID and terminator power features. The default
configuration settings for the LTO-3 Tape Drive is:
• SCSI ID: 6
• Terminator power: disabled
If you need to change these settings, refer to the following sections.
Otherwise, proceed to Mounting the Internal LTO-3 Tape Drive
.
SCSI ID
2
Jumper Pins: 1–2, 3–4, 5–6, 7–8
Default Setting: SCSI ID 6
Each SCSI device on the bus must have its own unique SCSI ID. The
internal tape drive is shipped with a default SCSI ID of 6. If another SCSI
device in the SCSI chain is using this ID, use jumper pins 1–2, 3–4, 5–6,
