Exabyte EXB-8505 8mm - Manual (Page 8)

Figures
Features
Figure 1-1 Comparison of the four tape drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
Figure 1-2 Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9
Figure 1-3 Label location and content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10
Figure 1-4 Back panel (single-ended configuration) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11
Figure 1-5 Internal components (EXB-8505 shown) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13
Figure 1-6 Location of the read heads and write heads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-14
Figure 1-7 External dimensions in inches (and millimeters) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-17
Figure 1-8 EXB-210 8mm Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-18
Figure 1-9 Mini Tabletop CTSs with EXB-8505s installed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-19
Recording Format
Figure 2-1 Helical-scan recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Figure 2-2 Relationship of 8mm physical track structures to logical data formats . . 2-4
Figure 2-3 Physical track structure for 8500 and 8500c format . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
Figure 2-4 Position of the tape drive’s heads relative to the tracks
(8500/8500c format) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
Figure 2-5 Physical track structure for 8200c track format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
Figure 2-6 Physical track structure for 8200 track format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
Figure 2-7 Position of the tape drive’s heads relative to the tracks
(8200c format) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
Figure 2-8 Physical block format for all logical formats
(8200c or 8500/8500c physical track structure shown) . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9
Figure 2-9 Logical block packing (one physical block) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14
Figure 2-10 Gap bytes (one physical block) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15
Figure 2-11 One gap block and one gap track in two physical tracks . . . . . . . . 2-16
Functional Description
Figure 3-1 Data flow during a write operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Figure 3-2 Data flow during a read operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
Requirements for Use
Figure 4-1 SCSI ID jumper block on the back panel (single-ended configuration) . . 4-2
Figure 4-2 Mounting holes on the sides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
Figure 4-3 Mounting holes on the bottom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
Figure 4-4 Mounting hole dimensions in inches (and millimeters) . . . . . . . . . . 4-5
Figure 4-5 SCSI connector location on the back panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8
Figure 4-6 LEDs on the faceplate of the EXB-8505 and EXB-8505XL . . . . . . . . . 4-12
Figure 4-7 LEDs on the faceplate of the EXB-8205 and EXB-8205XL . . . . . . . . . 4-12
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