
6-12 Installing the disk drives and the tape drive
Installing the external tape drive
Standard 1.0 Option 11 EC Installation and Maintenance Guide November 1999
Installing the external tape drive
Introduction
The EC 11 is shipped with an external Tandberg tape drive
mounted in a case with an AC power supply (NT6P05BA).
As an alternative, you can use an external Archive tape drive
mounted in a case with an external power supply
(NT6P05AA). These are the only supported tape drives for
the EC 11. You can use the tape drive to install and upgrade
software and to make backups of Meridian Mail data. The
drive connects through a cable to the connector labeled SCSI
on the I/O panel of the EC 11 cabinet. The customer may use
a permanent drive, or the service technician may bring a drive
to the site only when needed.
Installing
To install the external tape drive, follow these steps.
Step Action
1 Ensure that the tape drive can operate on the AC
voltage in your area. The Archive tape drive has a
voltage selector switch on the back. The Tandberg
tape drive can automatically adjust for line voltage.
2 Ensure that the SCSI ID on the external tape drive is
set to 1 by pressing the small buttons in the openings
above and below the SCSI ID selector window on the
back of the tape drive, until the number 1 is displayed
in the window.
Note: The buttons on the Tandberg drive are recessed;
the buttons on the Archive drive are raised.
3 Tandberg drive only — Plug the SCSI cable into the
SCSI connector marked IN on the back of the tape
drive. Because the Tandberg tape drive has internal
terminating resistors, you
must not
connect an external
SCSI terminator to the SCSI connector marked OUT
on the back of the tape drive. Leave the OUT
connector unused.
Archive drive only — Plug the SCSI cable into either
SCSI connector on the back of the tape drive. Because
the Archive tape drive does not have internal
terminating resistors, you
must
connect an external
SCSI terminator (A0379544) into the other connector
on the back of the tape drive.
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