HP LTO Ultrium 6 Tape Drives Technical Reference Manual Volume 1: Hardware Integration Abstract This is one of five volumes that document HP LTO Ultrium 6 tape drives (Fibre Channel and SAS). This volume provides hardware integration information. See “Support and other resources” (page 127) for details of the other guides. HP Part Number: n/a Published: October 2012 Edition: First © Copyright 2012 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. The information contained herein is subject to change without notice. The only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty. HP shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein. Acknowledgements Windows is a U.S. registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group. Warranty WARRANTY STATEMENT: To obtain a copy of the warranty for this product, see the warranty information website: http://www.hp.com/go/storagewarranty Contents 1 Physical dimensions....................................................................................7 Fixing dimensions.....................................................................................................................7 Full-height drives..................................................................................................................7 Half-height drives.................................................................................................................7 2 Electrical and environmental requirements......................................................9 Electrical fit..............................................................................................................................9 Power requirements..............................................................................................................9 Voltage and current requirements...........................................................................................9 Full-height drives..............................................................................................................9 Half-height drives............................................................................................................9 Airflow requirements...............................................................................................................10 Measuring internal drive temperatures..................................................................................10 Extracting internal temperature information.......................................................................10 Optional fan plate.............................................................................................................11 3 Front panel and LEDs................................................................................12 Front panel features................................................................................................................12 Full-height drives................................................................................................................12 Reset switch..................................................................................................................12 Half-height drives...............................................................................................................13 Usual meaning of LEDs............................................................................................................13 LED patterns...........................................................................................................................14 Full-height drives................................................................................................................14 Half-height drives...............................................................................................................16 During firmware upgrade....................................................................................................18 Replacing the front panel.........................................................................................................18 Parts needed.....................................................................................................................18 Replacing the front panel on an full-height LTO Ultrium drive....................................................18 Replacing the front panel on a half-height LTO Ultrium drive.....................................................19 4 Rear panel and connectors........................................................................20 Rear panel components—full-height drives.................................................................................21 Rear panel components—half-height drives................................................................................23 LEDs.....................................................................................................................................24 Power-on self-test failure......................................................................................................24 Port initialized...................................................................................................................24 Port activity.......................................................................................................................25 Fibre Channel addressing........................................................................................................25 Connectors............................................................................................................................26 Fibre Channel connector.....................................................................................................26 SAS connector...................................................................................................................26 Automation and remote LED connector.................................................................................26 Connector pins.............................................................................................................26 ACI operation..........................................................................................................26 ADI operation..........................................................................................................27 Remote LEDs.................................................................................................................28 Automation and remote LED connector schematic..............................................................28 iADT (Ethernet) port.......................................................................................................29 Diagnostic Serial Port connector...........................................................................................30 Fan control connector.........................................................................................................30 Contents 3 5 Cartridges...............................................................................................31 Choosing cartridges................................................................................................................31 Labeling cartridges.................................................................................................................31 Write-protecting cartridges.......................................................................................................31 Cartridge life.........................................................................................................................32 Caring for cartridges...............................................................................................................32 Avoiding condensation.......................................................................................................32 Conditions in use..........................................................................................................32 Conditions in storage.....................................................................................................32 Maximizing tape life......................................................................................................32 LTO Cartridge Memory............................................................................................................33 LTO Cartridge Memory issues..............................................................................................33 More information...............................................................................................................34 6 Planning your system configuration.............................................................35 Modes of usage.....................................................................................................................35 Optimizing performance.........................................................................................................35 Dedicated bus...................................................................................................................35 System performance...........................................................................................................35 Data rate matching............................................................................................................35