HP Surestore DLT 80 Tape Drive - Manual (Page 10)

Installing Your Internal Drive
Step 1: Check the Drive’s SCSI ID
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Step 1: Check the Drive’s SCSI ID
Note For optimal performance, Hewlett-Packard recommends that your DLT
drive be installed on a dedicated SCSI bus. This is shown in figure 1.8.
Your HP SureStore DLT drive is shipped with a default SCSI ID of 5, but
it can be assigned any unused ID. Do not use SCSI ID 7, which is reserved
for the SCSI controller. You can use SCSI ID 0 provided the drive is on a
separate SCSI bus from the boot disk (as is recommended). Available IDs
are as follows:
• HP SureStore DLT 40i: 1 through 6
• HP SureStore DLT 70i and 80i: 1 through 6 and 8 through 15
Checking the SCSI IDs of Existing Devices
If you are installing on a UNIX system, check the UNIX Configuration
Guide for how to determine the SCSI IDs of existing devices.
If you are installing on a Microsoft Windows or NetWare system, install
and run HP TapeAssure from the HP SureStore Tape CD-ROM to check
your computer’s current SCSI configuration. There are HP TapeAssure
versions for Windows NT, Windows 95/98 and NetWare.
To do this, select “HP TapeAssure” from the Welcome page on the CD-
ROM. Once HP TapeAssure is installed, you can run it from the Programs
menu in the Windows Start menu.
Note In Windows 95/98 or Windows NT, you can install HP TapeAssure directly
on the system to which the tape drive is connected. In NetWare, you will
need to install HP TapeAssure on the server from a client workstation
running Windows 95/98 or Windows NT, and then run HP TapeAssure
from the NetWare server console.
HP TapeAssure will check for the presence of a SCSI controller and its
driver software and identify the SCSI IDs of existing SCSI devices. View
the current configuration and determine whether you need to change the
SCSI ID from the default of 5. Exit HP TapeAssure after you view the SCSI
configuration information.
Note If the program does not work correctly or hangs during processing, there
may be a compatibility problem with the SCSI card. The current version of
HP TapeAssure may not support Adaptec 1510 cards (6350 chip set) and
Symbios cards.
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