Quantum DLT VS80 User Manual

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Revision History

The following table lists all revision s made to this document.

Document Rele ase Date Summary of Changes

001596-01 Rev 01 February 2, 2001 Initial preliminary re lease
001596-0 1 Rev 02 February 6, 2001 Updated LED sequ ence
001596-0 1 Rev 03 February 16, 2001 Updated external SCSI ID setti ng
001596-0 1 Rev 04 April 5, 2001 Updated logo and product name
001596-01 Rev 05 May 4, 2001 Edits per Jeff Faucet
001596-01 Rev 06 July 20, 2001 Updated internal unit mounting to include screw length
001596-01 Rev A07 May 12, 2004 Converted to FrameMaker, using the Quantum template and

style guide per ECO C009631

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Ta ble of Contents

1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1

Purpose and Scope. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1

Related Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1

Structure of this Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1

Conventions Used in this Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2

For More Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1- 2

Reader Comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 -2

2 Product Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1

DLT VS80 Tape Drive Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1

DLT VS80 Tape Drive Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1

Data Transfer Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1

Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2

Data Compression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2

Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2

Compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2

Firmware Update Capability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2

Embedded Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2

3 DLT VS80 Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1

Preparing to Install Your Tape Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1

SCSI Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1

Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2

Installing Your Tabletop Tape Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2

Unpackin g Your Tabletop Tape Drive and Selectin g a Lo cation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2

Unpacking Your Tabletop Tape Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2

Selecting a Location for Your Tabletop Tape Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3

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Installing Your Internal Tape Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10

Testing Your T ape Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-18

Trouble shooting Your Tape Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-19

Setting the SCSI ID. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4

Connecting the Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5

Terminating Your Tabletop Tape Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8

Powering the Terminator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8

Completing the Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9

Unpacking Your Internal Tape Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10

Configuring Your Internal Tape Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11

Setting the SCSI ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11

Terminating Your Internal Tape Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12

Installing Your Internal Tape Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13

General T roubleshooting Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-19

Trouble shooting the Tape Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-19

4 DLT VS80 Use. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1

Front Panel Controls and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1

Indicator Activity During Power-On Self-Test (POST) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2

Indicator Activity During Tape Drive Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2

Data Cartridge Use and Care. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4

Loading a Data Cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4

Unloading a Data Cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5

Write-Protecting Data Cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6

Caring for Your Data Cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4- 7

Using the Cleaning Cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8

5 DLT VS80 Firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1

Updating Tape Drive Firmware—Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1

Creating a Firmware Update Data Cartridge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2

Updating the Firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2

Updating the Firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2

Trouble shooting the Firmware Upgrade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4

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List of Fig ures

3 DLT VS80 Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1

Figure 3-1. Tabletop Tape Drive Rear Panel Layout. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4

Figure 3-2. SCSI ID Selector Switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5

Figure 3-3. Tape Drive SCSI and Power Cable Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6

Figure 3-4. Workstation SCSI Cable Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7

Figure 3-5 . Back Panel Connections , Tabletop Tape Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8

Figure 3-6 . Back Panel Connections , Internal Tape Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11

Figure 3-7. Terminator Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12

Figure 3-8. SCSI Cable with Built-in Terminator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13

Figure 3-9. Remove the Workstation Cover (example shown) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14

Figure 3-10. Tape Drive Installation in an Open Drive Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15

Figure 3-11. SCSI and Power Cable Location (Internal Tape Drive) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16

Figure 3-1 2 . Securing t h e Internal Tape Drive in the Ins tallatio n Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-17

4 DLT VS80 Use. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1

Figure 4-1. Tabletop Tape Drive Front Panel Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1

Figure 4 -2 . L o a d ing a DLTtape IV D at a Cartridg e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4

Figure 4-3. Unloading a DLTtape IV Data Cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5

Figure 4-4. Data Cartridge Write-Protect Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6

Figure 4-5. DLT Cleaning Cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8

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3 DLT VS80 Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1

Table 3-1. Selecting the SCSI ID. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11

T able 3-2. Understanding Errors Indicated by Front Panel LEDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-20

4 DLT VS80 Use. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1

Table 4-1. Tape Drive Status and Indicator Activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2

Table 4-2. Indicator Activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3

5 DLT VS80 Firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1

T able 5-1. Firmware Upgrade Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4

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1.1 Purpose and Scope

This Install ation and Operations Guide is a comprehensive source of information about the DLT VS80
tape drive (interna l and table top).

This manual provides all the information you need to install and use your internal tape drive or
tabletop tape drive.

CHAPT ER 1

Chapter 1Introduction

1.2 Related Documents

DLT VS80 Tape Drive Product Specificati on (001597-01)

DLT1/VS80 SCSI Interface Guide (000825-01)

1.3 Structure of this Manual

• Chapter 1, “Introduction,” is the chapter you are currently reading.

• C hapter 2, “Product Information,” provides a general over view of the product.

• C hapter 3, “DLT VS80 Installation,” explains how to configure and install your tabletop or

internal tape drive.

• C hapter 4, “DLT VS80 Use,” explains how to use your tape drive.

• C hapter 5, “DLT VS80 Firmware,” explains how to update your tape drive’s firmware.

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1.4 Conventions Used in this Manual

This manual uses the following conve ntions:

NOTE: Notes provide supplemental information.

C

AUTION Cautions provide information you mus t know to avoid

damaging the tape drive or losing data.

1.5 For More Information

The web site www.quantum.com includes valuable information about all Quantum products; or for
personalized inf ormation about Quantum’s reliable data protection produc ts, call 1-800-624-5545 in
the U.S.A. and Canada.

1.6 Reader Comments

Quantum is committed to providing the best products and service. We encourage your comments,
suggestions, and corrections for this manual. Please send all comments to this address:

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Chapter 2Product Information

This chapter introduces the DLT VS80 tape drive and provides a general overview of the product.

2.1 DLT VS80 Tape Drive Overview

Your Quantum DLT VS80 tape drive is a value-priced, high-relia bility , high-capacity linear strea ming
data cartridge tape dr ive designed for use on entry- to mid-range computing platforms. With a
combination of data compres sion and compaction, your DLT VS80 tape drive offers a data cart ridge
capacity of 80 gigabytes (GB) (assuming a 2:1 compression ratio), and a sustained user data transfer
rate of 6 megabytes (MB) per second (assuming a 2:1 compression ratio).

CHAPT ER 2

The DLT VS80 tape drive is a 5¼-inch, half-heigh t form- factor de vice t hat uses ½-in ch tape. Its de sign
includes a dual channel read /write head, Lempel-Ziv (DLZ) high-ef ficiency data compression, and a
tape-mark directory to achieve fast data throughput and data access times.

2.2 DLT VS80 Tape Drive Features

2.2.1 Data Transfer Rate

The tape drive’s native (uncompressed) dat a transfer rate is 3.0 MB per second. With 2:1 data
compression, the data transfer rate increases to as much as 6.0 MB per second.

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2.2.2 Capacity

The tape drive use s DLTtape™ IV data cartridges, which of fer 40 GB of nat ive data s torag e or up to 80
GB of compressed data storage.

The capacity you realize in practice depends on the data set.

2.2.3 Data Compression

The tape drive includes a data compression feature that helps it store data efficiently. A read/write
buffer of up to 2 MB provi des working spa ce for t he compressio n feature, allowing you to get the most
out of the availabl e med ia s pa ce.

2.2.4 Media

The DLTtape IV media is designed to endure 1,000,000 passes and has a shelf life of 30 years,
providing superior media durability and data reliability.

2.2.5 Compatibility

The tape drive is read-compatible with the DLT4000 tape drive format using DLTtape IV data
cartridges.

For current informati on on opera ting system, application, and tape driv er compat ibility , visit

www.quantum.com

2.2.6 Firmware Update Capability

The DLT VS80 includes Flash EEPROM technology so you can make on–site firm ware updates from
tape or the Small Computer System Interf ace (SCSI) bus.

2.2.7 Embedded Diagnostics

The DLT VS80 has embedded diagnostic softwar e that indicates diagnostic results and tape drive
operating status , and it tells you when you need to clean the tape drive. The tape drive also has
embedded error logging to help you dia gnose any reported problems.

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Chapter 3DLT VS80 Installation

This chapter expla ins how to c onfigur e and insta ll your table top or int ernal ta pe drive . Foll ow the steps
and instructions prese nted in this chapter to install and configure your tape drive.

3.1 Preparing to Install Your Tape Drive

This section helps you prepare to install your tabletop tape drive or internal tape drive.

CHAPT ER 3

3.1.1 SCSI Requirements

Your DLT VS80 tape drive (tabletop and inte rnal) incorporate s a wide Ultra SCSI -2 SCSI bus, but you
can also attach it to a single-ended (SE) or low-voltage differential (LVD) SCSI bus.

Make sure your SCSI host bus adapter or controller supports these configurations. I f you connect the
tape drive to an SE bus, or if there are SE devices attached to the same SCSI bus, the tape drive’s
performance is limite d to the maximum data transfer speed and maximum cable lengths of the SE bus
(usually 40 MB/ s).

NOTE: The DLT VS80 is not compatible with a standard differential or high-

voltage diff erential (HVD) SCSI bus.

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