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Part Number: 95741
9840 Tape Drive
Product Manual
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9840 Tape Drive Product Manual
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List of Pages Document Title: 9840 Tape Drive Product Manual Manual Part Number: 95741 Assembly Part Number: 310340301 First Edition: April 1999, EC 112225 Sixth Edition: March 2002, EC 111701 Total number of pages in this document is 250, consisting of the following: Pages Cover Blank page Title page Copyright page (ii) iii through xxii 1-1 through 1-18 2-1 through 2-8 3-1 through 3-54 4-1 through 4-12 5-1 through 5-40 6-1 through 6-40 7-1 through 7-12 8-1 through 8-8 A-1 through A-8 Glossary-1
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Summary of Changes The following is a history and summary of changes for this publication: EC Date Edition Description 112225 04/99 First Initial Release 53911 08/99 Second See this edition for a description of changes. 111382 02/00 Third See this edition for a description of changes. 111462 04/00 Fourth See this edition for a description of changes. 111521 10/00 Fifth See this edition for a description of changes. 111701 03/02 Sixth Updated entire manual to reflect current 9840 EC levels. Reorg
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Contents List of Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii Summary of Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .iv Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v Figures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Contents CSL Operator Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13 Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-14 Tape Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-14 Write Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-14 Read Bar . .
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Contents Desktop Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-19 Desktop Drive Shipping Insert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-19 CSL Shipping Insert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-19 Install Host Interface Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-21 Fibre Channel Cables (
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Contents Power-off the Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2 Reset the Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2 Place the Drive Offline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3 Place the Drive Online . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3 View Drive Config
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Contents Automatic Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-18 Unload Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-18 Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-18 Place CSL in Automatic Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-18 Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Contents EEPROM versus RAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-9 After Power On or IPL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-9 Fix_CfgErr” Error Indication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-9 Save Fails Error Indication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-9 Save Fails Error . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Figures Figures Figure 1-1. 9840 Tape Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 Figure 1-2. 9840 Tape Drive Desktop Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 Figure 1-3. 9840 Tape Drive Rack-mountable Tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 Figure 1-4. StorageTek RACK001 Cabinet with Drive Trays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4 Figure 1-5. Deskto
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Figures Figure 5-14. Priority Mounting a Cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-20 Figure 5-15. Priority Mount Cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-21 Figure 5-16. Cartridge Stop Mechanism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-22 Figure 5-17. CSL Operator Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-23 Figure 5-18.
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Tables Tables Table 1-1. Configurations and Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 Table 1-2. Operator Panel Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9 Table 1-3. Operator Panel Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11 Table 1-4. Standard and VolSafe Cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-16 Tabl
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Preface This manual contains information about the 9840 Tape Drive operating with Fibre Channel or Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) interfaces. The installation chapter has instructions for the different 9840 client-server configurations. This manual includes operation, installation, maintenance, and reference information. Organization The sections of this book contain the following information: Chapter 1 “Introduction” provides a general description of the 9840 Tape Drive, its oper
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Preface Appendix A “Specifications” provides specifications on the tape drive and cartridge. Glossary The Glossary defines new or special terms and abbreviations used in this publication. Index The Index assists in locating information in this publication. Comments and Suggestions A Reader’s Comment Form at the back of this publication lets you communicate suggestions or requests for change. StorageTek encourages and appreciates reader feedback. Alert Messages Alert messages call the rea
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Preface Conventions Typographical conventions highlight special words, phrases, and actions used in this publication. Item Example Description Menu Button Helvetica font, and capitalization follows product label. Emphasized not or must Important or emphasized words and phrases text appear in italics. Filenames dictionary.txt Courier font. Hypertext Figure 2-1 Appear in blue text. links power Indicators/ Italic, Helvetica font, and capitalization LEDs follows product label. Keyboard keys
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