1 before you start, Your hp storeever lto ultrium tape drive, Which operating systems are supported – HP StoreEver Ultrium Tape Drives User Manual
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1 Before you start
In this chapter:
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Your LTO Ultrium tape drive (page 6)
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Which operating systems are supported? (page 6)
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How do I connect the drive to my server? (page 7)
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Using the HP Tape CD-ROM (page 11)
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LTFS and HP StoreOpen Standalone (page 11)
Your HP StoreEver LTO Ultrium tape drive
This guide describes how to install and operate the following HP StoreEver LTO Ultrium tape drives:
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HP StoreEver LTO-6 Ultrium 6650 internal and external tape drives
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HP StoreEver LTO-5 Ultrium 3280 internal and external tape drives
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HP StoreEver LTO-4 Ultrium 1840 internal and external tape drives
For a detailed product specification, please refer to our website (
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Figure 1 Front view of LTO Ultrium external tape drive
5. Drive LED
1. On/Off switch (external drives only)
6. Tape LED
2. Eject button
7. Clean LED
3. Emergency reset button
8. Encryption LED (LTO–6 and LTO–5 only)
4. Ready LED
NOTE:
LTO-4 tape drives do not have an Encryption LED.
Which operating systems are supported?
HP LTO Ultrium drives can be connected to servers running under Windows®, Linux, UNIX and
other major operating systems. Refer to the QuickSpecs available from the product website or to
the SPOCK website
) for the most recent information about
the operating system versions that are supported.
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