Dell PowerEdge 2800 - Manual (Page 69)

7. Remove the filler plate from the peripheral bay.
8. If the mounting rails are not attached to the drive, install them now.
9. Insert the drive into the peripheral bay.
10. Connect the SCSI interface cable in the drive kit to the drive.
11. Connect the drive to a SCSI controller:
l To use the system's intergrated SCSI controller, connect the SCSI interface cable to connector SCSI B on the riser card. See Figure A -4 .
l If you are connecting the card to an optional SCSI controller card, connect the SCSI interface cable to the SCSI connector on the card.
12. Connect the power cable supplied with the tape drive to the connector on the drive, and to the power connector on the SCSI backplane. See Figure A -5 .
13. Close the system. See " Closing the System " in "Troubleshooting Your System."
14. Replace the front bezel, if it was removed in step 2 . See " Closing the System " in "Troubleshooting Your System."
15. Reconnect the system and peripherals to their electrical outlets, and turn them on.
16. If you connected the drive to the integrated SCSI controller on the riser card, enter the System Setup program.
From the Integrated Devices Screen, ensure that Channel B under the Embedded RAID Controller option is set to SCSI. See "Using the System Setup
Program" in your User's Guide.
17. Perform a tape backup and verification test with the drive as instructed in the software documentation that came with the drive.
Connecting an External SCSI Tape Drive
This subsection describes how to configure and install an external SCSI tape drive. The drive may be connected to the integrated SCSI controller using the
SCSI connector on the system back panel, or to an optional SCSI controller card.
1. Turn off the system, including any attached peripherals, and disconnect the system from the electrical outlet.
2. Remove the front bezel, if attached. See " Opening the System " in "Troubleshooting Your System."
3. Open the system. See " Opening the System " in "Troubleshooting Your System."
4. Ground yourself by touching an unpainted metal surface on the back of the system, unpack the drive, and compare the jumper and switch settings with
those in the documentation that came with the drive.
5. Unpack the tape drive (and controller card, if applicable) and configure the tape drive according to the documentation that came with the tape drive,
based on the following guidelines:
a. Each device attached to a SCSI host adapter must have a unique SCSI ID number. (Narrow SCSI devices use IDs 0 to 7; wide SCSI devices use
IDs from 0 to 15). Set the drive's SCSI ID to avoid conflicts with other devices on the SCSI bus. For the default SCSI ID setting, see the
documentation provided with the drive.
b. SCSI logic requires that the two devices at opposite ends of a SCSI chain be terminated and that all devices in between be unterminated.
Therefore, you enable the tape drive's termination if it is the last device in a chain of devices (or sole device) connected to the SCSI controller.
6. If you are connecting the drive to a controller card, install the controller card in an expansion slot. See " Installing an Expansion Card " in "Installing
System Components."
7. Connect the tape drive's SCSI interface cable to the drive.
8. Connect the other end of the SCSI interface cable to the SCSI controller card, or the external SCSI connector on the system's back panel (see Figure 2 -
2 ).
9. Connect the tape drive's power cable to an electrical outlet.
10. Close the system. See " Closing the System " in "Troubleshooting Your System."
CAUTION: Only trained service technicians are authorized to remove the system cover and access any of the components inside the system. See
your Product Information Guide for complete information about safety precautions, working inside the computer, and protecting against
electrostatic discharge.
NOTE: There is no requirement that SCSI ID numbers be assigned sequentially or that devices be attached to the cable in order by ID number.