Fujitsu SLR 50 GBYTE, SLR 100 GBYTE Operating Manual

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Ausgabe September 2000
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Contents

Introduction........................................................................................................................................ 1

Notational conventions ..............................................................................................................1

Important notes .................................................................................................................................2

Safety........................................................................................................................................2

Manufacturer's note...................................................................................................................2

Installation.........................................................................................................................................2

Setting the jumpers....................................................................................................................3

Mounting the drive.....................................................................................................................5

Connecting the drive..................................................................................................................5

Operation...........................................................................................................................................6

Meaning of the indicators...........................................................................................................7

Handling magnetic tape cartridges.............................................................................................8

Cleaning..........................................................................................................................................10

Technical data.................................................................................................................................11

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Introduction

SLR100SLR 50/100 GBYTE is a drive for magnetic tape cartridges with a storage capacity of
50 Gbyte (without compression) or 100 Gbyte (with 2:1 compression).

The drive is an inexpensive mass storage which is especially suited for the following applications:

• Backup of hard disk drives

• Data archiving

• Data exchange

• Software distribution

• Emergency recovery

The drive has an SCSI interface of the type Ultra Wide LVD/SE (Low Voltage Differential or Single­Ended). Therefore, in order to operate the drive the computer must have a SCSI host adapter and
the appropriate SCSI drivers must be installed.

This manual contains all the information you require to install and operate the drive.

Target group

To install the drive, you need some knowledge of hardware. Make sure you observe the instructions
in the "Important notes" chapter of your system unit's Operating Manual.

In the event of any problems occurring, please contact your sales outlet or our customer service
center.

Further information

For details of the drive mounting procedure refer to the Operating Manual or Technical Manual of
your system unit.

Information on the SCSI host adapter is contained in the Technical Manual of the SCSI host adapter
or in the Operating Manual or Technical Manual of your system unit.

For information on the required SCSI drivers and the backup software, refer to the software
documentation.

Notational conventions

The meanings of the symbols and fonts used in this manual are as follows:

Pay particular attention to texts marked with this symbol. Failure to observe this warning
endangers your life, destroys the system, or may lead to loss of data.

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Supplementary information, remarks and tips follow this symbol.

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Ê Texts which follow this symbol describe activities that must be performed in the order shown.

"Quotation marks" indicate names of chapters, disks and terms that are being emphasized.

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Important notes

In this chapter you will find information regarding safety which is essential to take note of
with your drive.

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Safety

This device complies with the relevant safety regulations for data processing equipment, including
electronic office machines for use in an office environment. If you have any questions, contact your
sales outlet or our customer service center.

• This device has been developed for use in approved systems with a fire-proof casing (in

accordance with IEC 950 / EN 60950).

• Note the power loss and the notes on environmental conditions in the "Important notes"

chapter of the system unit's Operating Manual.

Manufacturer's note

CE certificate

The shipped version of this drive complies with the requirements of the EC Guideline
89/336/EEC "Electromagnetic compatibility".

Compliance was tested in a typical system configuration.
When installing the drive, observe the specific installation notes in the Operating

Manual or Technical Manual of the receiving device.

Installation

Please note the information provided in the chapter "Important notes" in the Operating
Manual of the system unit or in the manual "Safety, Guarantee and Ergonomics".

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The following steps must be performed to install the drive:

• Setting the jumpers (e. g. SCSI address, parity)

• Mounting the drive

• Connecting the drive

• Installing the software required (drivers, backup program)

The drivers required for operating SCSI drives are either part of the operating system or
are provided with the backup software.

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Setting the jumpers

There is a jumper block on the back of the drive with 16 jumpers. These default settings depend on
the relevant system configuration.

TEST

The OUT, IN and TEST CONN jumpers are reserved and may not be changed.

!

Parity checking (PAR)

The drive supports the SCSI bus parity check function.
Jumper PAR inserted = Parity check enabled

Jumper PAR not inserted = Parity check disabled

TEST CO NN

OUT

IN

GND

SELECT

PAR

0123

GND

TPWR

NC(Not connected)

PWR

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SCSI address (SELECT)

Every device on the SCSI bus must have its own SCSI address (ID). The SCSI address for the drive
is set using the SELECT jumpers (0, 1, 2 and 3).

By default, SCSI address 7 is reserved for the SCSI controller.

SELECT 0 SELECT 1 SELECT 2 SELECT 3 SCSI address

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The last device at both ends of the SCSI bus must be equipped with a terminating resistor. Devices
that are not connected to the end of the SCSI bus must not be terminated.

If you run the SLR drive as the last device on the SCSI bus, you must connect an active wide SCSI
terminating resistor to the SCSI interface of the drive. The active wide SCSI terminating resistor can
either already have been integrated in the SCSI cable or be connected as a separate connector.

The drive has no integrated terminating resistor.

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Terminator Power (TPWR)

The TPWR jumper sets the power supply for the terminating resistors on the SCSI bus. The
terminating resistors can be provided with power by the drive or the SCSI bus.

TPWR jumper inserted = power supply from drive
TPWR jumper not inserted = power supply from SCSI bus

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Mounting the drive

The drive requires a 5 ¼ inch "half-height" slot. It can be installed horizontally or vertically.

When mounting the drive, ensure that the ventilation slits on the drive are kept free.

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Ê Install the drive as described in "Installing a disk drive" in the Technical Manual or in the

Operating Manual of the system unit.

Connecting the drive

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1

1 = Power supply connector 2 = Wide SCSI interface

Ê Plug the power supply cable (4-pin) into the power supply socket of the drive (1).
Ê Plug the Wide SCSI cable (68-pin) into the Wide SCSI interface of the drive (2).

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Operation

1

2

3

4

1 = Eject button
2 = "Fault" indicator

3 = "Activity" indicator
4 = "Ready" indicator

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Meaning of the indicators

When the system unit is switched on, the drive carries out a self-test. The indicators are illuminated
or flash during this test.

During operation, the indicators have the following meaning:

Drive state Ready

Cartridge/tape not loaded OFF OFF OFF

Cartridge/tape not loaded, cleaning

required

Tape loaded, no tape movement ON OFF OFF

Tape loaded, tape movement ON Flashing OFF

Tape loaded, no tape movement, cleaning

required

Tape loaded, tape movement, cleaning

required

Tape loading or unloading, or cartridge

unloading

Tape loading or unloading, or cartridge

unloading, cleaning required

Cleaning OFF Flashing ON

Unrecoverable drive failure, cartridge
failure or MICROCODE DOWNLOAD

failure

(green)

OFF OFF ON

ON OFF ON

ON Flashing ON

ON Flashing OFF

ON Flashing ON

OFF OFF Flashing

Activity
(green)

Fault (amber)

The "Fault" indicator flashing is indicating a hardware failure. The drive is not ready for
use. In this instance, please contact our customer service center.

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The "Fault" indicator steady ON indicates that a head cleaning operation is recommended
( see section "Cleaning"). The drive is still fully operational. The "Fault" indicator is reset
by operating the cleaning cartridge in the drive.

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Handling magnetic tape cartridges

The maximum capacity of 50/100 Gbyte is reached, for example, when a cartridge of the type
"SLR100" is used.

The following table shows the possible uses of other cartridge types in various drives (w = write, r =
read.) The recording density is automatically adjusted by the drive.

SLR drives

QIC­cartridges /
tape length

DC6150 /

155 Mbyte

DC6250 /

250 Mbyte

DC6350 /

320 Mbyte

DC6525 /

525 Mbyte

DC9100

Magnus1.0 /

1 Gbyte

DC9120

Magnus 1.2 /

1,2 Gbyte

DC9200

Magnus 2.0 /

2,0 Gbyte

DC9500

Magnus 2.5 /

2,5 Gbyte

QD9400 SLR5

/ 4 Gbyte

SLRtape

24 Gbyte

SLRtape

32 Gbyte

SLRtape

50 Gbyte

SLRtape

100 Gbyte

TDC

3660

(H169)

w/r w/r w/r w/r w/r w/r r -

w/r w/r w/r w/r w/r w/r r -

TDC

3820

(H171)

- w/r w/r w/r w/r w/r r -

- w/r w/r w/r w/r w/r r -

- - w/r w/r w/r w/r r -

- - w/r w/r w/r w/r r -

- - - w/r w/r w/r r -

- - - w/r w/r w/r r -

- - - - w/r w/r r -

- - - - - w/r w/r r

- - - - - w/r w/r r

------w/r w/r

------w/r w/r

TDC

4120

(H221)

TDC

4222

(H326)

SLR5

(H367)

SLR32

(MLR1)

(H297)

SLR50

(MLR3)

(H428)

SLR100

(H583)

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Magnetic tape cartridges and cleaner cartridges (dry cleaning) for the drive can be
ordered directly from:

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Siemens Plus Sales Office
Telephone: Germany 0180 52 52 723, Fax: [phone]
or via Internet http://www.siemensplus.de

Although magnetic tape cartridges do not require any special maintenance, some basic rules should
be followed:

The cartridges must never be stored in high temperatures.

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The cartridges are not to be stored or operated in high-humidity and in dusty
environments.

The cartridges must be kept out of direct sunlight.
The cartridges are not to be placed near magnetic fields.
Do not turn off the system or remove the cartridge from the streamer when the tape drive

is reading from or writing to the cartridge.
Always leave the protective cover over the opening for the write/read head. Never touch

the magnetic tape.
Always observe the conditions for storing archiving cartridges (see the chapter "Technical

data").

Always keep the cartridges in the protective covers provided.
New cartridges should be acclimatized to the ambient temperature up to four hours prior

to use.
As a rule, new cartridges should be wound forward once to the end of the tape and

rewound to the beginning, and the drive then cleaned using a cleaning cartridge (see the
chapter "Cleaning".)

Inserting a tape cartridge

When inserting the tape cartridge, ensure that the label side is facing up. The side on
which the magnetic tape is visible must be on the right.

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Ê Slide the cartridge slowly into the drive until the autoload mechanism starts pulling the cartridge

in.

Once initialization has been completed, the "Ready" indicator is illuminated.

Removing a tape cartridge

Ê Push the eject button.

The ongoing command is terminated and buffered data will be written to the tape. Depending on the
application, the inserted cartridge will be rewound. This may take up to three minutes. The cartridge
will then be ejected from the unloading mechanism.

Ê Remove the tape cartridge from the drive.

The eject button can be locked using an SCSI command (Prevent Media Removal).

!

If a magnetic tape cartridge cannot be removed from the drive in the way described, and
the eject button is not locked, please contact our customer service center.

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Using write protection

Write protection should be enabled whenever you wish to protect the tape from accidental
overwriting or deletion.

When the tape cartridge is write-protected, the system can read data, but can neither overwrite nor
delete data.

The write protection facility consists of a screw with an arrow. If you turn the screw by means of a
screwdriver, the write protection is enabled or disabled.

If the arrow points to this symbol, the cartridge is not write-protected.

If the arrow points to this symbol, the cartridge is write-protected.

Cleaning

To guarantee error-free data processing, cleaning of the write/read heads is requested by the drive
via the "Fault" indicator on a regular basis after approximately 50 hours of tape operation. The
cleaning prompt may also be made sooner if the write/read heads are particularly soiled.

Only use cleaning cartridges (dry cleaning) of the type "TDS DPCC 6000" (for where to
order, see the section "Handling magnetic tape cartridges").

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Do not carry out wet cleaning!

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Technical data

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Dimensions and weight

Height:
Width:

• Casing

• Cove

Length:
Weight:

Electrical data

Voltage:

Current

• +5 V

• +12 V

Ripple

• +5 V

• +12 V

Power consumption:

Environmental conditions of the system unit

Environment class 3K2/2K2, IEC 721
Temperature

• during operation

• Transport

Condensation in operating must be avoided.

SLR 25/50 Gbyte

44 cm
146 mm

147 mm
218 mm

1,100 g

+5V

±5%

+ 12V ±5%

1.5 A

0.1 A / 1.3 A

< 100 mV
< 100 mV

7.2 W when motor turned off

23.1 W typical when motor turned on and tape
cartridge inserted

15 °C .... 35 °C

-25 °C .... 60 °C

pp
pp

Performance

Data transfer rate:

Compression algorithm:
Cache memory:

Data interface: Wide-SCSI-3, LVD/SE
Regulations complied with: CE (EN60950, EN55022)

Manufacturer's designation: Tandberg SLR100
System inquiry: Tandberg SLR100
Tape Alert support: yes

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3.0 Mbyte/s (without compression)

6.0 Mbyte/s (with 2:1 compression)
40 Mbyte/s (Burst)

ALDC
8 Mbyte

UL 1950
CSA C22.2 No. 950
FCC Part 15, Class B

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Conditions for storing cartridges

Short-term storage

• Temperature

• Humidity

Long-term storage (archiving)

• Temperature

• Humidity

To prevent the cartridge tapes from sticking, we advise you to rewind the cartridges once
a year.

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-5 °C .... -45 °C

20% ... 80%

20 °C ±5°C
50% ±20%

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