
Chapter 2 Installation Procedures
Before Installing the LTO-5 Tape Drive
LTO-5 Tape Drive User’s Guide 7
Preinstallation
Requirements
Before installing the LTO-5 Tape Drive, make sure you have:
• A serial SCSI host bus adapter (HBA) installed and properly
configured in the host computer
• Interface components, either:
• 29-pin SAS SFF-8482 cable for an internal or rackmount drive
• 26-pin SFF-8088 mini-SAS style interface cable for a tabletop
drive
• Backup application software that supports the tape drive. For a list
of the backup software applications that have been tested with the
LTO-5 Tape Drive, contact your sales representative
Unpacking and
Inspecting the Drive
Although each LTO-5 Tape Drive is inspected and carefully packaged at
the factory, damage can occur:
• In shipment
• When being unpacked
Observe the handling precautions listed in Handling Precautions and
Installation Guidelines and carefully unpack and inspect the LTO-5 Tape
Drive as follows:
Handling Precautions
(continued)
• Handle the drive by its sides rather
than by the top cover to reduce the risk
of dropping the drive or damaging it
during installation.
• Either lay the drive on a nonconductive
surface or put it back inside the
protective antistatic bag to reduce the
chance of damage from static
discharge
Installation Guidelines
Due to the high speed of the LTO-5 Tape
Drive, do not connect more than one
LTO-5 drive to the same channel on a
host SCSI adapter.
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