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M8501 and M8502 ACL
Tape Drive Installation
and User’s Guide
Abstract
This guide provides information about installing, operating, and maintaining the M8501
and M8502 ACL tape drives on an HP Integrity NonStop™ NS-series server. This
guide is written for those who install or maintain the M8501 and M8502 ACL tape
drives.
Product Version
N.A.
Supported Release Version Updates (RVUs)
This guide supports H06.03 and all subsequent H-series RVUs until otherwise
indicated by its replacement publica
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Document History Part Number Product Version Published 529972-001 N.A. July 2005
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M8501 and M8502 ACL Tape Drive Installation and User’s Guide Glossary Index Examples Figures Tables What’s New in This Manual v Manual Information v New and Changed Information v About This Manual vii Notation Conventions vii 1. Overview and Features Overview 1-1 Models and Accessories 1-2 Internal Tape Drive 1-3 Magazine 1-4 Power Supply 1-4 Robotics 1-4 Front Panel Indicators 1-6 2. Setting Up the ACL Tape Drives Setting up the M8501 ACL Rackmount Unit 2-1 Setting up the M8502 ACL Tabletop 2
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Contents 5. Maintenance Technical Support Information Option 4-5 Access Magazine Option 4-6 Move Media 4-6 LCD Contrast Controls 4-8 Power 4-8 Status 4-9 Online 4-9 Menu Selections 4-10 View System Data 4-10 Inserting and Removing Tape Cartridges 4-13 Removing the Magazine 4-13 Inserting Cartridges into the Magazine 4-13 Barcode Labels 4-14 5. Maintenance Introduction 5-1 Running a Cleaning Cartridge 5-1 Automatically Running a Cleaning Cartridge 5-1 Manually Running a Cleaning Cartridge 5-2 Rep
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Contents Tables Figure 2-2. Installing the Slide Members 2-3 Figure 2-3. Installing Slide Member Fasteners 2-4 Figure 2-4. Tabletop Model Clearances 2-5 Figure 3-1. Hardware Configuration 3-2 Figure 3-2. Tape Drive’s Fibre Channel Port Connection 3-3 Figure 3-3. LC-LC Fiber Cable 3-4 Figure 3-4. View of Two FCSAs at the Rear of the Server 3-5 Figure 3-5. Powering On the ACL Tape Drive 3-6 Figure 3-6. Status Button 3-7 Figure 3-7. Drive 1 LTO Loaded Button 3-8 Figure 3-8. Drive Identification But
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Contents M8501 and M8502 ACL Tape Drive Installation and User’s Guide—529972-001 iv
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What’s New in This Manual Manual Information M8501 and M8502 ACL Tape Drive Installation and User’s Guide Abstract This guide provides information about installing, operating, and maintaining the M8501 and M8502 ACL tape drives on an HP Integrity NonStop™ NS-series server. This guide is written for those who install or maintain the M8501 and M8502 ACL tape drives. Product Version N.A. Supported Release Version Updates (RVUs) This guide supports H06.03 and all subsequent H-series RVUs until ot
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What’s New in This Manual New and Changed Information M8501 and M8502 ACL Tape Drive Installation and User’s Guide—529972-001 vi
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About This Manual Notation Conventions Hypertext Links Blue underline is used to indicate a hypertext link within text. By clicking a passage of text with a blue underline, you are taken to the location described. For example: This requirement is described under Backup DAM Volumes and Physical Disk Drives on page 3-2. General Syntax Notation This list summarizes the notation conventions for syntax presentation in this manual. UPPERCASE LETTERS. Uppercase letters indicate keywords and reserve
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About This Manual General Syntax Notation each side of the list, or horizontally, enclosed in a pair of brackets and separated by vertical lines. For example: FC [ num ] [ -num ] [ text ] K [ X | D ] address { } Braces. A group of items enclosed in braces is a list from which you are required to choose one item. The items in the list can be arranged either vertically, with aligned braces on each side of the list, or horizontally, enclosed in a pair of braces and separated by verti
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About This Manual Notation for Messages Line Spacing. If the syntax of a command is too long to fit on a single line, each continuation line is indented three spaces and is separated from the preceding line by a blank line. This spacing distinguishes items in a continuation line from items in a vertical list of selections. For example: ALTER [ / OUT file-spec / ] LINE [ , attribute-spec ]… !i and !o. In procedure calls, the !i notation follows an input parameter (one that passes data to
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About This Manual Notation for Management Programming Interfaces lowercase italic letters. Lowercase italic letters indicate variable items whose values are displayed or returned. For example: p-register process-name [ ] Brackets. Brackets enclose items that are sometimes, but not always, displayed. For example: Event number = number [ Subject = first-subject-value ] A group of items enclosed in brackets is a list of all possible items that can be displayed, of which one or none might act
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About This Manual Change Bar Notation UPPERCASE LETTERS. Uppercase letters indicate names from definition files. Type these names exactly as shown. For example: ZCOM-TKN-SUBJ-SERV lowercase letters. Words in lowercase letters are words that are part of the notation, including Data Definition Language (DDL) keywords. For example: token-type !r. The !r notation following a token or field name indicates that the token or field is required. For example: ZCOM-TKN-OBJNAME token-type ZSPI-T
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About This Manual Change Bar Notation M8501 and M8502 ACL Tape Drive Installation and User’s Guide—529972-001 xii
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1 Overview and Features This section includes: Overview 1-1 Models and Accessories 1-2 Internal Tape Drive 1-3 Magazine 1-4 Power Supply 1-4 Robotics 1-4 Front Panel Indicators 1-6 Overview The M8501 and M8502 auto cartridge loader (ACL) tape drives support the LTO Ultrium Gen 3 tape drive. They are designed for backup operations for the NonStop NS-series server. The M8501 comes in a rackmount configuration, and the M8502 comes in a tabletop configuration. These auto cartridge loader tape dr
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Overview and Features Models and Accessories Figure 1-1. Hardware Configuration Fiber Cable ACL Tape Drive NonStop NS-Series Server FCSA Models and Accessories These auto cartridge loader tape drives are configured with one internal LTO Gen 3 tape drive along with one removable tape cartridge magazine. Table 1-1. Models and Slot Capacities Model Drives Slots LTO M8501 1 15 LTO 12.0 TB M8502 1 15 LTO 12.0 TB M8501 and M8502 ACL Tape Drive Installation and User’s Guide—529972-001 1-2
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Overview and Features Internal Tape Drive Internal Tape Drive The ACL units supports a single internal tape drive. The internal tape drive can be hot- swapped. Figure 1-2. Rear View of Tape Drive Single Drive M8501 and M8502 ACL Tape Drive Installation and User’s Guide—529972-001 1-3
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Overview and Features Magazine Magazine The ACL units contains one removable tape cartridge magazine that is accessible through the front left door. The door is opened by using the GUI touch screen on the control panel. Figure 1-3. Tape Cartridge Magazine Power Supply Power to the ACL units are supplied through an AC connector at the rear panel of the power supply. The ACL unit’s power is normally controlled from the graphical user interface (GUI) touch screen; however, a manual power discon
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Overview and Features Robotics Figure 1-4. View of Barcode Reader and Shuttle Assembly Barcode Reader Shuttle M8501 and M8502 ACL Tape Drive Installation and User’s Guide—529972-001 1-5
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Overview and Features Front Panel Indicators Front Panel Indicators The ACL tape drive’s front panel indicators consist of: Viewing window - lets you visually check the unit’s internal operations • GUI touch screen - manually operated to setup and configure the unit • ACL module status LED - displays the unit’s operational status • Figure 1-5. Front Panel Indicators ACL Status LED GUI Touch Screen Internal Viewing Window
