Dell Lto5 Manual

							6-66786-01 Rev. A
LTO-5 Tape Drive
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							LTO-5 Tape Drive User’s Guide, PN 6-66786-01 Rev. A, March 2009.  
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Contents
Prefacexi
Chapter 1 Introduction 1
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Drive Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Internal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Tabletop  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Chapter 2 Installation Procedures 5
Before Installing the LTO-5 Tape Drive   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Handling Precautions and Installation Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Preinstallation Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
 Unpacking and Inspecting the Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Installing the Internal LTO-5 Tape Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Installing the Internal LTO-5 Half-Height Tape Drive . . . . . . . . . 8
Installing the Internal LTO-5 Full-Height Tape Drive  . . . . . . . . 12
Installing the Tabletop LTO-5 Tape Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Installing the Tabletop LTO-5 Half-Height Tape Drive  . . . . . . . 15
Installing the Tabletop LTO-5 Full-Height Tape Drive . . . . . . . . 17 
						

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Installing the LTO Driver Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Chapter 3 Operation 21
Understanding the Front Panel Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Using LTO Tape Cartridges  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Loading a Tape Cartridge  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Unloading a Tape Cartridge  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Write Protecting a Tape Cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Tape Cartridge Care and Maintenance  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Data Cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
WORM Data Cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
LTO-5 Tape Drives and Partitioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
LTO-5 Tape Drives and Encryption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
When should I use encryption? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
How do I enable encryption?  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
When will I be asked to enter the key? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
What happens if I dont remember the key? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Does encryption affect tape drive performance?  . . . . . . . . . . 34
Does the tape drive encrypt media in an earlier Ultrium format?
34
Cleaning the Tape Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Performing an Emergency Cartridge Eject . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Chapter 4 Theory 37
Track Layout  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Recording Method. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Data Buffer  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Data Integrity  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Error-correction Code (ECC)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Servo-tracking Faults. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Data Compression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Data Compression Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Intelligent Data Compression  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 
						

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Chapter 5 Specifications 45
Physical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Power Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Drive Performance Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Environmental Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Injected Noise Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Reliability Specifications  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Mean Time Between Failures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Mean Time to Replace. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
LTO Cartridge Specifications  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Environmental Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Cartridge Memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Cartridge Reliability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Chapter 6 Troubleshooting Guide 57
Installation Best Practices  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Following SCSI Best Practices  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Using a Serial-attached SCSI Host Bus Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
HBA Preinstallation Checks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Troubleshooting Suggestions  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Understanding LED Sequences  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Encryption LED, LTO-5 Tape Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Problems with cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
The cartridge is jammed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Encryption Troubleshooting  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Appendix A Installation Checklists 73
Internal LTO-5 Tape Drive Quick Start  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Tabletop LTO-5 Tape Drive Quick Start  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Appendix B Disposal of Electrical & Electronic Equipment 75 
						

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Appendix C Regulatory Compliances 77
Safety Compliances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Compliances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Index81 
						

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Figures
Figure 1 Internal LTO-5 Half-Height Tape Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Figure 2 Internal LTO-5 Full-Height Tape Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Figure 3 Acceptable Mounting Orientations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Figure 4 Internal Tape Drive Mounting Hole Locations . . . . . . . . . . 10
Figure 5 Internal Drive Interfaces  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Figure 6 Internal Full-Height Tape Drive Mounting Hole Locations . 13
Figure 7 Internal Full-Height Drive Interfaces  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Figure 8 Tabletop Half-Height Drive Interface and AC Power  
Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Figure 9 Tabletop Full-Height Drive Interface and AC Power  
Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Figure 10 Front Panel Display (Half-Height)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Figure 11 Front Panel Display (Full-Height) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Figure 12 Ultrium Tape Cartridge Write-Protect Switch  . . . . . . . . . . 29
Figure 13 Layout of the Tracks on LTO Ultrium Tapes . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Figure 14 LTO-5 Half-Height Tape Drive Dimensions (front) . . . . . . . 46
Figure 15  LTO-5 Half-Height Drive Dimensions (side) . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Figure 16 LTO-5 Full-Height Tape Drive Dimensions (front)  . . . . . . . 48
Figure 17  LTO-5 Full-Height Drive Dimensions (side) . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 
						

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Figure 18 Front Panel Display (Half-Height)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Figure 19 Front Panel Display (Full-Height) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 
						

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Ta b l e s
Table 1 Performance Features and Capabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Table 2 Front Panel Display LED Blink Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Table 3 Data Cartridge Compatibility  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Table 4 Physical Specifications (Half-Height LTO-5) . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Table 5 Physical Specifications (Full-Height LTO-5)  . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Table 6 Voltage and Current Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Table 7 Drive Performance Specifications  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Table 8 Environmental Requirements  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Table 9 Reliability Specifications  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Table 10 Environmental Tolerances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Table 11 Environmental Specifications for the LTO-5 Tape Drive . . . 59
Table 12 Tape Drive LED Sequences  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Table 13 Encryption LED States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 
						

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