Overland Tandberg LTO-9 User manual

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Quick Start Guide
LTO External Standalone Tape Drive
Important LTO-9 Information Below
This document describes how to setup and install an
external LTO standalone tape drive from Overland-
Tandberg.
CAUTION: While working with the unit, observe
standard Electrostatic Discharge (ESD)
precautions to prevent damage to micro-circuitry
or static-sensitive devices.
NOTE: Before continuing, verify you are able to connect to
the host SAS controller via an installed host bus
adapter (HBA) and have the correct cable
(available separately) to attach the tape drive to it.
Step 1
Register the Unit
It is essential that you activate your warranty
before proceeding as technical and warranty support
is not available until your product is registered.
1. Go to the Overland-Tandberg support page:
https://www.overlandtandberg.com/service-
support/customer-self-service-portal/
2. Select the Register a Product option.
3. Fill in the information (including the serial
number) and click Submit.
Your warranty certificate will be emailed to
you. Follow the email instructions to complete
the process.
Step 2
Connect Your Drive
To connect your new Overland-Tandberg LTO
External tape drive to your computer, follow these
steps:
1. Plug your SAS cable ()into the external tape
drive and the other end into the server.
2. Connect the power cord ( ) to the tape drive.
3. Press the power button ( ) on the front panel
to power ON the external tape drive. Power on
the server.
4. To eject the media, press the eject button ().
Step 3
Verify Firmware & Drivers
Check online for the latest versions of the LTO
firmware and drivers for the Overland-Tandberg
LTO External Tape Drive:
https://ftp.overlandtandberg.com/Firmware/Tape_
Drives/
If needed, the tape drive diagnostic tool with
instructions is also available at the same site.
We also recommend upgrading your backup
software application to ensure it works correctly
with your tape drive.

LTO External Standalone Tape Drive
Overland-Tandberg
4542 Ruffner Street, Suite 250
San Diego, CA 92111 USA
TEL [phone]
FAX [phone]
Tandberg Data
Nikolaus-Groß-Straße 13
44329 Dortmund, Germany
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www.overlandtandberg.com
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Step 4
Ordering Media
Overland-Tandberg LTO external tape drives utilize
Ultrium LTO data cartridges, as well as LTO
cleaning cartridges. Used in the design, test, and
manufacture of your drive, Overland-Tandberg LTO
media provides superior data availability.
Contact your Overland-Tandberg sales
representative to place your order for the desired
media types and quantities.
For the most current information, refer to the
Overland-Tandberg price list.
For detailed information on media care and best
practice and to order online, refer to the Overland-
Tandberg Media website:
https://www.overlandtandberg.com/products/neo-
tape/lto-media/
Step 5
For further information regarding your product,
check out the following links.
User Guides
An electronic version of this Quick
Start Guide along with additional
information is also available online
at our Knowledge Base:
https://www.overlandtandberg.com/knowledgebase
Warranty/Technical Support
For warranty and general technical
support information, see our Contact
Us web page:
https://www.overlandtandberg.com/contact-us/
For information on contacting Overland-Tandberg
Service and Support:
https://www.overlandtandberg.com/service-
support/contact-service-support/
Initializing LTO-9 Tapes
New LTO-9 cartridges need to be initialized before they can be used because the increased number of tracks
requires greater precision. Media optimization creates a referenced calibration for each cartridge that
enables the tape drive’s intelligent alignment to optimize data placement. LTO-9 media optimization
enhances LTO tape long-term media durability.
Media optimization is performed on first load of LTO-9 media during initialization.
•Media optimization is a one-time operation that can be completed on any drive in the environment,
enabling the media to be used across all tape drives without further optimization.
•During cartridge initialization, the Single Character display will show a lowercase “c” (calibrating).
•Media optimization averages 40 minutes per first load of a cartridge to a tape drive.
CAUTION: Although most media optimizations will complete within 60 minutes, some media optimizations may
take up to 2 hours. Interruption of the process is not recommended.