Spectra Logic T-FINITY, T380, T200, T680, T950 User Manual

Spectra T200, T380, T680,

T950, and T-Finity

Drive Installation or Replacement Instructions

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Revision	Date	Description
A	November 2008	Initial release
B	May 2010	Added the T Finity library

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Drive Installation or Replacement Instructions

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Drive Installation or Replacement Instructions

This guide provides instructions for either installing an additional drive or replacing an existing drive in a Spectra T200, T380, T680, T950, or T Finity library (the library).

Illustrations The replacement drive that you received may not look exactly like the drives shown in this document.

Most of the figures in this guide show the Spectra T380 library. The relative locations of the components and the procedures are the same for the other libraries unless otherwise indicated.The differences are indicated by library type; for example:

Spectra T200, T380, or T680—items indicated with this text refer to any one of these three libraries.

Spectra T950 and T Finity—items indicated with this text refer to either of these two libraries.

User Interface Updates The BlueScale interface changes as new features are added or other modifications are made between firmware revisions. Therefore, the user interface screens on your library may differ from those shown in this document.

Drive Bay Assemblies Each drive is mounted on a drive sled which is installed in a drive bay assembly (DBA) in the back of the library. If there are no empty drive bays in your library, you must install a new DBA to accommodate additional drives. Backups cannot continue while you install the new DBA and drive(s).

Tape Drive Support This table shows the tape drives supported by the individual libraries.

Library	LTO-1	LTO-2	LTO-3	LTO-4	LTO-5
T200	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
T380	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
T680	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
T950	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
T Finity	N	N	N	Y	Y

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Prepare for Maintenance

PREPARE FOR MAINTENANCE

Make sure you fulfill the prerequisites described in this section and familiarize yourself with all the sections in the document before starting.

Continuing or Stopping Backups

	Use the following guidelines if you are installing or replacing a drive in a
	drive bay assembly (DBA) already in the library.
Method	Description
QIP-attach drives	Backups running to all other drives in the library (or partition) can safely
(all libraries)	continue while you install a new drive or replace an existing one.
Direct-attach SCSI	If multiple direct attach SCSI drives are daisy chained on the same SCSI bus,
drives	adding or removing a drive interrupts communications on the bus. Stop backup
(Spectra T200,	operations to all of the drives in the daisy chain. Spectra Logic recommends
T380, T680)	shutting down and powering off the host computer before replacing a drive.
	Note: Both the T950 and the T Finity require a QIP for direct attach drive
	configurations.
Direct-attach Fibre	Backups running to other drives in the library (or partition) can safely continue
Channel drives	while you install a new drive or replace an existing one, unless the drive you are
(Spectra T200,	replacing is the one exporting the library (that is, providing the robotic control
T380, T680)	path for the partition). If the drive you are replacing provides the control path
	for the robotics, stop backup operations to the partition.
	Note: Both the T950 and the T Finity require a QIP for direct attach drive
	configurations.

Note: Selecting a drive to provide the robotic control path is part of configuring a partition. Refer to the individual User Guide for more information.

Ensuring ESD Protection

The repair environment for the library must be free of conditions that could cause electrostatic discharge (ESD). To protect the library from ESD, follow these procedures:

Place a static protection mat on the work surface used while removing and installing library components. Use a 1 megaohm resistor to ground the static protection mat.

Wear a static protection wrist band whenever you handle library components that have been removed from their antistatic bags. Connect this wrist band to the static protection mat or to other suitable ESD grounding.

Keep all components in antistatic bags when not in use.

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Gathering Tools and Supplies

Gathering Tools and Supplies

You must have the following to complete this procedure:

	Item	Description
	Supplies	ESD protection equipment
	A Replacement	Fibre Channel tape drive example	SCSI tape drive example
	Drive from Spectra
	Logic

IDENTIFY THE DRIVE LOCATION

Note: If you are installing an additional drive, rather than replacing a drive, skip to Drive Installation Preparation on page 10.

Your backup software, the library, or both may indicate a drive problem. First, identify the problem drive, then check the Drives screen on the library user interface for the drive identifier, and finally, write down the drive identifier for use in a later section.

Note: If your library has multiple partitions, use your backup software and the Partition Settings screen to identify the malfunctioning drive.

Drives are identified in the library’s BlueScale user interface using the format shown in the following sections. You can also access the back of the library and look for the drive sled status light that blinks amber.

Status LED

Drive lock

Figure 1 The drive sled (SCSI drive sled shown).

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Identify the Drive Location

Spectra T200, T380, or T680 Library

The user interface nomenclature uses DBAx/Y-DRVx:

DBAx is the number of the drive bay assembly (DBA) containing the drive; a DBA holds up to four drives and one Quad Interface Processor (QIP).

Y is the drive type (LTO, for example).

DRVx is the number of the drive bay in the DBA, as viewed from the back of the library.

Back panel drive locations and their identifiers (T380 shown)

		Drive bay
		opening
Drive 3	Drive 4	QIP
			DBA 3
Drive 1	Drive 2	3

	Drive 3	Drive 4	QIP	DBA 2
			2
	Drive 1	Drive 2

	Drive 3	Drive 4	QIP
				DBA 1
			1
	Drive 1	Drive 2

This figure shows the relationship between the DBA number and the drive locations used in the identifier.

	If this drive ...	Is installed in this drive bay ...	Its identifier is ...
Examples	LTO n	Drive bay 1 in DBA1	DBA1/LTO DRV1
	LTO n	Drive bay 2 in DBA2	DBA2/LTO DRV2

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Gathering Tools and Supplies

Spectra T950 or T-Finity Library

The user interface nomenclature uses FRx/DBAx/Y-DRVx:

FR is the library frame in which the drive is installed and x is the frame number; there can be up to six frames in a cascade.

DBA is the drive bay assembly containing the drive, and x is the DBA number; a DBA holds up to four drives and one Quad Interface Processor (QIP).

Y is the drive type (LTO, for example), and DRVx is the number of the drive bay in the DBA.

This figure shows the relationship between the DBA number and the drive locations used in the identifier. The relationship between the DBA number and drive locations is the same for each additional drive frame.

Frame 1			Back panel drive locations and
			their identifiers (T950 shown)
		DBA 6	Drive 3	Drive 4	QIP
			Drive 1	Drive 2	6
			Drive 3	Drive 4	QIP
		DBA 5
			Drive 1	Drive 2	5
			Drive 3	Drive 4	QIP
		DBA 4
			Drive 1	Drive 2	4
			Drive 3	Drive 4	QIP
		DBA 3
			Drive 1	Drive 2	3
		DBA 2	Drive 3	Drive 4	QIP
					2
			Drive 1	Drive 2
		DBA 1	Drive 3	Drive 4	QIP
			Drive 1	Drive 2	1

Example If an LTO drive is installed in frame 1, DBA2, drive position 4, its identifier is FR1/DBA2/LTO-DRV4.

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