Tandberg Data VXA-320 (VXA-3) - Manual (Page 28)

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When installing the external SCSI tape drive, refer to Figure 2-6 for the
location of the back-panel components.
Before You Begin
Before you begin hardware installation, do the following:
1. Select a suitable location for your tape drive—Ensure that the work area is
free from conditions that could cause electrostatic discharge (ESD).
Discharge static electricity from your body by touching a known grounded
surface, such as your computer’s metal chassis.
2. Install an LVD SCSI host bus adapter — Install the LVD SCSI host bus
adapter (HBA) and any necessary drivers in the host computer.
3. Select your backup software application — To obtain information about
which backup software applications work with the tape drive, visit
Tandberg Data’s web site www.tandberg.com You can install the backup
software application on the host computer before or after you install the
tape drive. However, if you install the backup software application first, you
may need to reconfigure it for use with the tape drive.
Figure 2-6 External SCSI tape drive: back-panel components
!
Important Do not connect the tape drive to a RAID controller. The tape drive
will not operate properly if it is connected to a RAID controller.
Although the tape drive’s High-density LVD SCSI interface is
compatible with both single-ended and narrow SCSI buses, to
avoid performance issues Tandberg Data does not recommend
using the tape drive on either of these buses.
If any single-ended device, including a single-ended terminator is
attached to the LVD bus, the result is that all devices on that bus
will run in single-ended mode. Tandberg Data recommends that
you do not use the tape drive on a bus with a single-ended device.