Dell PowerVault 132T LTO/SDLT (Tape Library) - Manual (Page 22)

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Installing/Replacing Hardware: Dell™ PowerVault™ 132T Tape Library
User's Guide
Installing/Replacing a Drive
Replacing the Barcode Scanner
Replacing the Remote Management Unit
Installing/Replacing the Storage Networking Controller
This section describes how to install and/or replace the PowerVault 132T library customer-replaceable hardware.
Installing/Replacing a Drive
Your library can contain up to two drives. If you have one drive, you can install an additional drive by following the procedure below.
1. Remove the drive module from the packaging.
2. Power down the library and disconnect the power cable from the electrical outlet.
3. Power down the host and disconnect the cable connecting the library and host.
4. From the back of the library, locate the available drive slot.
5. Loosen the four thumbscrews on the cover plate and remove the cover plate ( Figure 1 ).
6. Store the cover plate in a convenient place. It is required for proper operation and cooling of the library if the optional drive is ever removed.
Figure 1. Drive module cover plate removal
7. Slide the drive module into position ( Figure 2 ) being careful to ensure that the metal edge on the drive module is inserted into the plastic guide on the
left side of the drive bay. Do not use excessive force when inserting the drive sled or you may cause damage to your library.
Figure 2. Drive module installation
8. Tighten the four thumbscrews. Make sure the back plate is flush with the chassis and all screws are fully tightened.
9. Connect one end of the SCSI bus cable to the drive sled SCSI connector and the other end to the host.
10. Install an LVD terminator on the last device of the SCSI chain.
11. Plug the power cable into a grounded electrical outlet.
12. Power on the library.
13. When the library is online, power on the host.
For setting up a specific SCSI address for the new drive, see Configuring SCSI and Fibre Parameters .
Replacing a Drive
If you are replacing an existing drive, remove the drive by loosening the thumbscrews and pulling out the drive sled. Follow Steps 7 through 13 in Installing a
Drive to install the new drive.
Replacing the Barcode Scanner
NOTE: With LUN partitioning, the library can support a mix of LTO drive generations within a single unit. The library does not support an LTO drive in the
same library with an SDLT drive.
NOTE: A drive must always be present in the first slot (shown on the right in the figure above).