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Exabyte EXB-8205 User Manual

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Contents

Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

About This Guide

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Conventions Used in This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
For More Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

1 Installing the tape drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Unpacking and Handling the tape drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Setting the SCSI ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Preparing the Tape Drive for the SCSI Bus . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Installing the Tape Drive in a Computer

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Performing the Initial Power On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

2 Operating the tape drive

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Selecting Data Cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Setting the Write-Protect Switch on a Data Cartridge

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Loading a Data Cartridge in the tape drive . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Unloading a Data Cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

3 Preventive Maintenance

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Determining When to Clean the Tape Drive . . . . . . . . . . 28
Using the 8mm Cleaning Cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Caring for Data Cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

4 Shipping the Tape Drive

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Packing the Tape Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Environmental Requirements for Shipment . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Appendix A Installation Requirements

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SCSI Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
SCSI Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Power Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Attaching the tape drive to a Frame

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Chassis Grounding (Optional)

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Appendix B Unload Button Options . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Appendix C Tape Drive Specifications

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Index

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EXB-8205 and EXB-8505 (Standard and XL)

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