Select tape backup and navigate down to the Hardware Compatibility table for your make of server.
The server/tape drive matrix shows top-level compatibility, but be sure to click on the tick for your
combination of server and tape drive to display a further page with detailed connectivity information.

The internal tape drive may be installed in one of three configurations, each of which is described in
more detail in “

Connect SAS and power cables

” on page 24:

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Purchase and install an additional SAS HBA and connect the tape drive to the new HBA. This
configuration is suitable for HP and non-HP servers. This is described as Option 1.

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Use the existing SAS controller and connect the tape drive to a spare SAS port on the host SAS
controller. This cabling option is suitable for some HP ProLiant servers only. It is described as
Option 2.

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Use the existing SAS controller, but replace one of the existing SAS cables to the hard disk drive
bays. This requires some recabling inside the server, and may also disconnect one of the hard
disk drive bays. This configuration is suitable for some HP ProLiant servers only and, if it does
disconnect a hard disk drive bay, you must be sure that the bay is not required for use. Do not
move a hard disk to create an empty bay because you may damage your server configuration.
Never use this option with RAID configurations. This cabling option is described as Option 3.

Please refer to

http://www.hp.com/go/connect

for the latest information about SAS host controllers

and cabling options with HP ProLiant servers.

Ultrium Half-Height SAS Tape Drives