HP Ultrium Drive User Manual
HP Ultrium drives
Technical reference manual
Generation 3 drives
Volume 4: Specifications
Part Number: Q1530–90901 Volume 4
Edition 5, December 2004
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Contents
Related documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Documents specific to HP Ultrium drives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Documentation map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
General documents and standardization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1Features
2 Physical specification
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Detailed dimensions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Product weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Drive orientation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
3 Electrical requirements
PSU requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Internal and rack-mounted drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Power consumption. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
4 Electromag netic compatibility
ITE emissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
ITE immunities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
DC magnetic field interference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Contents
5 Environmental
Climatics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Operating. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Non-operating. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Dynamics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Noise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Airflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
6Safety
Safety regulatory standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Required agency approvals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Transceivers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
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7Media
Specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Environmental specifications (media). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Operating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Storage (day-to-day). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Storage (transportation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Storage (archival) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
LTO-Cartridge Memory (EEPROM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Interface specification. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Further information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
8 Ultrium format standard
Compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Future compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
9 Reliability
10Performance specification
Transfer rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Data compression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Speeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Timings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Capacity full backup times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Load/unload times. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Access times (time to data) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Other times. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
11Automation Control Interface
Specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
ACI command set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
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Rel ated documents
The following documents provide additional information:
Documents specific to HP Ultrium drives
• Hardware Integration Guide, volume 2 of the HP Ultrium Technical Reference Manual
• Software Integration Guide, volume 2 of the HP Ultrium Technical Reference Manual
• The SCSI Interface, volume 3 of the HP Ultrium Technical Reference Manual
• HP Ultrium Configuration Guide, volume 5 of the HP Ultrium Technical Reference Manual
• Background to Ultrium Drives, volume 6 of the HP Ultrium Technical Reference Manual
• HP Ultrium Technology White Paper, describing features and benefits of HP Ultrium drives
Please contact your HP supplier for copies.
Documentation map
The following will help you locate information in the 6-volume Technical Reference Manual:
Drives—general
Connectors 1 HW Integration: ch. 7 1 HW Integr ation: ch. 4
Controller architecture 6 Background: ch. 4
Front Panel LEDs 1 HW Integration: ch. 6 1 HW Integr ation: ch. 3
Mechanism and hardware 6 Background: ch. 3
Specifications 4 Specs
SCSI Drives FC Drives
Installation and configuration
SCSI Drives FC Drives
Connectors 1 HW Integration: ch. 7 1 HW Integration: ch. 4
Determining the configuration 2 SW Integration: ch. 2 2 SW Integration: ch. 2
External drives (SCSI only) 1 HW Integration: ch. 5n/a
In Libraries 1 HW Inte gration: ch. 1
In Servers (SCSI only) 1 HW Integration: ch. 4n/a
In Tape Arrays (SCSI only) 1 HW Integration: ch. 3n/a
Modes of Usage (SCSI only) 1 HW Integration: ch. 8n/a
Optimizing performance (SCSI only) 1 HW Integration: ch. 8n/a
2 SW Inte gration: ch. 4
UNIX configuration 5 UNIX Config
Related documents 5
Operation
SCSI D rives FC Drives
External drives (SCSI only) 1 HW Integration: ch. 5n/a
In Libraries 1 HW Integration: ch. 1
In Servers (SCSI only) 1 HW Integration: ch. 4n/a
In Tape Arrays (SCSI only) 1 HW Integration: ch. 3n/a
Cartridges
SCSI D rives FC Drives
Cartridge Memory (LTO-CM) 2 SW Integration: ch. 5
6 HW Integration: ch. 5
Cartridges 1 HW Integration: ch. 9 1 HW Integration: ch. 5
Features 6 HW Integration: ch. 5
Managing the use of cartridges 2 SW Integration: ch. 1
Use of cartridges 2 SW Integration: ch. 3
Interface
SCSI Drives FC Drives
SCSI Guide 3 SCSI
Commands 3 SCSI: ch. 4
Error codes 1 HW Integration: ch. 10 1 HW Integration: ch. 6
Implementation 3 SCSI: ch. 1
Interpreting sense data 2 SW Inte gration: ch. 3
Messages 3 SCSI: ch. 2
Mode pages
—see the MODE SENSE command
Pre-execution checks 3 SCSI: ch. 3
Responding to Sense Keys and ASC/Q 2 SW Integration: ch. 6
Sense Keys and ASC/Q
—see REQUEST SENSE command
3 SCSI: ch. 4
3 SCSI: ch. 4
Maintenance and troubleshooting
SCSI Drives FC Drives
Cleaning 2 SW Inte gration: ch. 5
2 SW Inte gration: ch. 7
External drives (SCSI only) 1 HW Integration: ch. 5n/a
In Libraries 1 HW Inte gration: ch. 1
In Servers (SCSI only) 1 HW Integration: ch. 4n/a
In Tape Arrays (SCSI only) 1 HW Integration: ch. 3n/a
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SCSI Drives FC Drives
Monitoring drive and tape condition 2 SW Inte gration: ch. 7
Software troubleshooting techniques 2 SW Inte gration: ch. 1
Dealing with errors
SCSI Drives FC Drives
Error Codes 1 HW Integration: ch. 10 1 HW Integration: ch. 6
Handling errors 2 SW Integration: ch. 5
How error correction works 6 Background: ch. 4
Logs—see the LOG SENSE command 3 SCSI: ch. 4
Recovering from write and read errors 2 SW Inte gration: ch. 7
Software response to error correction 2 SW Integration: ch. 3
Software response to logs 2 SW Inte gration: ch. 3
TapeA lert log 2 SW Inte gration: ch. 7
Ultrium features
SCSI Drives FC Drives
Adaptive Tape Speed (ATS) 6 Background: ch. 1
Autoload 1 HW Integr a t ion: ch. 2
Automation Control Interface (ACI) 1 HW Inte gration: ch. 2
6 Background: ch. 1
Cartridge Memory (LTO-CM)s 1 HW Inte gration: ch. 2
2 SW Inte gration: ch. 5
6 HW Inte gration: ch. 5
Data Compression, how it works 6 Background: ch. 5
Data Compression, managing 2 SW Inte gration: ch. 5
Design principles 6 Background: ch. 1
OBDR and CD-ROM emulation 6 Background: ch. 1
2 SW Inte gration: ch. 7
Performance optimization 1 HW Integration: ch. 8n/a
2 SW Inte gration: ch. 1
Performance, factors affecting 2 SW Integration: ch. 4
Software desi gn 2 SW Inte gration: ch. 1
Supporting Ultrium features 2 SW Inte gration: ch. 5
Ultrium Format 6 Background: ch. 2
General documents and standardization
• Enhanced Small Computer Sy stem Interface (SCS I- 2), ANSI X3T9.2-1993 Rev. 10L,
available through ANSI
Related documents 7
• See http://www.t10.org/t10_main.htm for ANSI SCSI-3 and other specifi c ati ons
Copies of documents of other standards bodies can be obtained from:
ANSI
11 West 42nd Street
New York, NY 10036-8002
USA
ISO
CP 56
CH-1211 Geneva 20
Switzerland
ECMA
114 Rue du Rhône
Tel: +41 22 849 6000
CH-1204 Geneva
Web URL: http://www.ecma.ch
Tel: 800 854 7179 or 714 261 1455
Global Engineering Documents
Switzerland
2805 McGaw
Irvine, CA 92714
USA
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1Features
Feature Specification
Recording format Linear Tape Open Ultrium-3 and Ultrium-2.Ultrium-1 tapes can be
Data compression ALDC
Data encoding method 16-channel PRML
Variable speed recording 2 7–80 MB/s (1:3) Ultrium-3
Read-While-Write Standar d—dat a is verified immediately after it is written
Auxiliary memory in cartridge (CM) Standard part of the Ultrium format
Data interfaces SCSI: Ultra320 SCSI
Library interface Bi-directional RS422 (serial protocol R S422 9600 to
Main data buffer size 128 MB
Burst buffer size SCSI: 8MB Fibre Channel: 16 MB
read but not written.
Serial-Attach-SCSI (SAS)
FC: 2 Gb/s Fibre Channel , Class 3, dual port, multi-mode connector:
duplex-LC (native)
115200 baud
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