Quantum LTO3 A-Series User manual

LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive
LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive
Quick Start Guide
Introduction
Quantum LTO Ultrium tape drives leverage LTO technology and
Quantum-exclusive features to provide the most reliable and affordable
tape data protection to medium and large businesses.
Quantum LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drives, models TC-L32AX and TC-
L32AN (internal), TC-L32BX and TC-L32BN (tabletop), and TC-L33CX and
TC-L33CN (rackmount), are the most reliable Ultrium drives on the market,
delivering reliability features only available from Quantum to extend
media life, Variable-speed Transfer to automatically match the host's data
transfer rate, and Dynamic Powerdown to protect the drive and media in
the event of power loss. Combined with SmartVerify to concurrently verify
all data written to the tape, these features make Quantum LTO drives a
sound investment and a complete data protection solution.
Figure 1 Internal Drive
Contents 0
This document is provided in the
following languages:
•English
•French
•German
• Japanese
•Korean
• Simplified Chinese
•Spanish
• Traditional Chinese
Each language includes the following
sections:
•Introduction
•Before Installing the LTO-3 Half-
Height Tape Drive
•Installing the Internal LTO-3 Half-
Height Tape Drive
•Installing the Tabletop LTO-3 Half-
Height Tape Drive
•Installing the LTO Driver Software
•Registering the LTO-3 Half-Height
Tape Drive
•Safety Compliances
•Electromagnetic Compatibility
(EMC) Compliances

2Before Installing the LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive
LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive Quick Start Guide
Before Installing the LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive
Handling Precautions and
Installation Guidelines 0Always observe the following precautions and guidelines when handling and installing
LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drives:
• Internal, at all times
• Tabletop, when removed from its free-standing enclosure
Handling Precautions • Internal drives have exposed components that are
sensitive to static electricity. To reduce the possibility of
damage from static discharge, the drives are packaged
in a protective antistatic bag. Do not remove the drive
from the antistatic bag until you are ready to install it.
• Wear an ESD-preventive grounding wrist strap or
observe similar ESD precautions when working with the
drive. Be sure the wrist strap makes good skin contact.
Do not remove the wrist strap until you finish working
with the drive.
Also, avoid contact between the drive, other equipment,
and clothing. The wrist strap only protects the
equipment from ESD voltages on the body; ESD
voltages on clothing can still cause damage.
• Before removing the drive from the antistatic bag, touch
a grounded metal surface to discharge any static
electricity buildup from your body.
• Handle the drive by its sides rather than by the top
cover to reduce the risk of dropping the drive or
damaging it during installation.
• Either lay the drive on a nonconductive surface or put it
back inside the protective antistatic bag to reduce the
chance of damage from static discharge
Installation Guidelines • LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drives with the parallel SCSI
interface are low voltage differential (LVD) SCSI
devices. Install LVD drives only in LVD environments.
Do not mix LVD and HVD devices on the same parallel
SCSI bus.
• Due to the high speed of the LTO-3 Half-Height Tape
Drive, do not connect more than one LTO-3 drive to the
same host bus adapter (HBA).

Installing the Internal LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive 3
LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive
Preinstallation
Requirements 0Before installing the LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive, make sure you have:
• A host bus adapter (HBA) installed and properly configured in the host computer:
• Parallel SCSI HBA for a parallel SCSI drive
• Serial SCSI HBA for a SAS drive
• Interface components:
• For a parallel SCSI drive, either internal or tabletop, a 68-pin parallel SCSI cable
and terminator
• For a SAS drive, either:
• 7-pin 1x SATA-style interface cable for an internal drive
• 26-pin SFF-8088 mini-SAS style interface cable for a tabletop drive
• Backup application software that supports the tape drive. For a list of the backup
software applications that have been tested with the LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive,
please visit our website at:
www.quantum.com/support
Unpacking and Inspecting
the Drive 0Although each LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive is inspected and carefully packaged at the
factory, damage can occur in shipment or when the drive is being unpacked.
Observe the handling precautions in Handling Precautions and Installation Guidelines,
and carefully unpack and inspect the LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive as follows:
1Visually inspect the shipping container and notify your carrier immediately of any
damage.
2Place the shipping container on a flat, clean, stable surface and carefully remove the
contents.
3Visually inspect the LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive and notify your Quantum
representative immediately of any damage.
4Always save the shipping container and packing materials for any future reshipment.
Installing the Internal LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive
To install the internal LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive, complete the following procedures
in the order presented:
1Depending on the interface configuration of the drive:
IF the drive interface is . . . THEN . . .
parallel Small Computer
System Interface (SCSI),
proceed to Configuring the Internal Parallel SCSI
Tape Drive in the following subsection to configure
the parallel SCSI ID and bus terminator power.

4Installing the Internal LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive
LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive Quick Start Guide
2Connecting the Internal Drive Interface and DC Power Cables on page 8
3Restarting the Internal Tape Drive System on page 9
4Installing the LTO Driver Software on page 13, if required
5Registering the LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive on page 13
Configuring the Internal
Parallel SCSI Tape Drive 0The factory-set default configuration of the internal parallel SCSI LTO-3 Half-Height Tape
Drive is:
• SCSI ID: 6
• Terminator power: enabled
Configuring the Internal Drive Parallel SCSI ID 0
Each device on the parallel SCSI bus must have its own unique SCSI ID. Use SCSI
configuration jumper pins 1–2, 3–4, 5–6, and 7–8 on the drive back panel to change the
SCSI ID of the LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive (see figure 2).
serial-attached SCSI (SAS), there is no need to configure the SCSI ID or bus
termination, as SAS is a point-to-point architecture.
Skip to Mounting the Internal Tape Drive on page 6
IF the default parallel SCSI ID
configuration is . . . THEN you can . . .
compatible with your system
SCSI bus,
skip the following subsection and proceed to
Configuring the Internal Parallel SCSI Terminator
Power on page 5.
already assigned to another
device,
change the configuration of either the other
device, or the LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive, as
described in the following subsection.
IF the drive interface is . . . THEN . . .

Installing the Internal LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive 5
LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive
Figure 2 Internal Parallel SCSI
ID Configuration Jumper Pins
Configuring the Internal Parallel SCSI Terminator Power 0
By default, terminator power is enabled on the internal parallel SCSI LTO-3 Half-Height
Tape Drive. If you use this default setting, then the last device at the end of the parallel
SCSI bus must have either:
• A parallel SCSI bus terminator
• Terminator power enabled
See figure 3 for examples of internal parallel SCSI bus termination.
To disable terminator power, remove the jumper across pins 11 and 12 (see figure 2).
Note: Parallel SCSI controllers and host adapters generally use ID 7. In some systems,
the boot drive uses ID 0 or ID 1. Avoid configuring the LTO-3 Half-Height
Tape Drive to these SCSI IDs.
SCSI ID configuration jumper pins
Terminator power
Terminator power
Reserved
SCSI ID bit 3
SCSI ID bit 2
SCSI ID bit 1
SCSI ID bit 0

6Installing the Internal LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive
LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive Quick Start Guide
Figure 3 Internal Parallel SCSI
Bus Termination Examples
After configuring the parallel SCSI ID and bus termination power, proceed to Mounting
the Internal Tape Drive in the following subsection.
Mounting the Internal
Tape Drive 0You can mount the internal LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive either horizontally or
vertically, but not upside down (see figure 4).
Figure 4 Acceptable Mounting
Orientations
Note: The internal parallel SCSI LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive does not provide
SCSI termination. The last device at the end of the parallel SCSI bus chain must
have a SCSI bus terminator.
IF you mount the drive . . . THEN the . . .
horizontally, base of the drive must be within 15 degrees of
horizontal.
vertically, side of the drive must be within 5 degrees of
horizontal.
Tape drive
(no termination)
SCSI device
(termination
disabled)
SCSI controller
(termination
enabled)
SCSI device
(termination enabled)
Tape drive
(no termination)
SCSI controller
(termination enabled)
SCSI terminator
SCSI terminator
YES YES YES NO

Installing the Internal LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive 7
LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive
Mount the internal drive in a 5.25-inch, half-height drive bay as follows:
1As required:
aSave and close your open files and terminate all running applications.
bShut down the workstation or server system.
cDisconnect the system AC power cord from the facility AC power receptacle.
2Remove the cover from the workstation or server system.
3Select an available 5.25-inch half-height bay and, if required, remove the bay cover.
4Position the drive in the bay and align either the upper or lower mounting holes—
whichever is appropriate—with the holes in the chassis (see figure 5).
5Secure the drive using two M3.0 X 4 metric screws on each side
After mounting the internal LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive, proceed to Connecting the
Internal Drive Interface and DC Power Cables in the following subsection.
Figure 5 Internal Tape Drive
Mounting Hole Locations
Note: See your computer manufacturer’s instructions for the proper procedures
to remove the cover.
Caution: Using screws longer than 4 mm can damage the drive.
Do not use screws longer than 4 mm to secure the internal LTO-3 Half-
Height Tape Drive.
Lower mounting holes
Upper mounting holes

8Installing the Internal LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive
LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive Quick Start Guide
Connecting the Internal
Drive Interface and DC
Power Cables 0
As shown in figure 6 and figure 7, the rear panels of the internal LTO-3 Half-Height Tape
Drives have connectors for:
• Either a 68-pin parallel SCSI or a 7-pin 1x SATA-style serial-attached SCSI (SAS)
interface cable
• A serial library interface cable
• The internal drive DC power cable
Figure 6 Internal SCSI Drive
Interface and DC Power
Connectors
Figure 7 Internal SAS Drive
Interface and DC Power
Connectors
Connect the interface and DC power cables to the internal drive as follows:
1Verify that the system is shut down and the AC power cord is disconnected from the
facility AC power receptacle.
2Depending on the interface configuration of your internal drive:
aFor the parallel SCSI internal drive:
• Attach the internal SCSI interface cable to the 68-pin parallel SCSI connector
on the back of the drive.
Caution: The LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive with the parallel SCSI
interface is a low voltage differential (LVD) SCSI device.
Install it only in LVD environments. Plugging an LVD drive
into a high voltage differential (HVD) bus makes the entire bus
nonfunctional and may permanently damage the drive or
other SCSI devices on the bus.
Serial library port
68-pin parallel SCSI connector DC power connector
Serial library port
DC power connector 7-pin 1x SATA-style SAS connector

Installing the Tabletop LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive 9
LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive
• See the internal parallel SCSI bus termination examples in figure 3 on page 6
to check/verify the system SCSI bus configuration and install a 68-pin LVD
SCSI bus terminator, as required.
bFor the SAS internal drive, attach the internal SAS interface cable to the 7-pin 1x
SATA-style SAS connector on the back of the drive.
3If you are installing the internal LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive in a tape library
system, connect the RS-422 serial interface cable to the serial library port on the back
of the drive. (The serial library port is not used on workstation or server systems.)
4Connect the internal drive DC power cable to the DC power connector on the back of
the drive.
5Reinstall the system cover.
6Reconnect the system AC power cord to the facility AC power receptacle.
After connecting the internal drive interface and DC power cables, proceed to Restarting
the Internal Tape Drive System in the following subsection.
Restarting the Internal
Tape Drive System 0After connecting the internal drive interface and DC power cables:
1Restart the workstation or server system.
2Verify that the internal LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive comes on and completes the
Power On Self Test (POST) functions.
3As required, proceed to either:
•Installing the LTO Driver Software on page 13
•Registering the LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive on page 13
Installing the Tabletop LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive
To install the tabletop LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive, complete the following procedures
in the order presented:
1Depending on the interface configuration of the drive:
IF the drive interface is . . . THEN . . .
parallel Small Computer
System Interface (SCSI),
proceed to Configuring the Tabletop Parallel SCSI
Tape Drive in the following subsection to configure
the SCSI ID.
serial-attached SCSI (SAS), there is no need to configure the SCSI ID, as SAS
is a point-to-point architecture. Skip to Connecting
the Tabletop Drive Interface and AC Power Cables
on page 11.

10 Installing the Tabletop LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive
LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive Quick Start Guide
2Connecting the Tabletop Drive Interface and AC Power Cables
3Restarting the Tabletop Tape Drive System on page 13
4Installing the LTO Driver Software on page 13, if required
5Registering the LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive on page 13
Configuring the Tabletop
Parallel SCSI Tape Drive 0The factory-set default configuration of the tabletop parallel SCSI LTO-3 Half-Height
Tape Drive is:
• SCSI ID: 6
• Terminator power: enabled
Configuring the Tabletop Drive Parallel SCSI ID 0
Each device on the parallel SCSI bus must have its own unique SCSI ID. Use the push-
button SCSI ID selector switch on the drive back panel to change the SCSI ID of the
tabletop LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive (see figure 8).
Figure 8 Tabletop Parallel
SCSI ID Selector Switch
IF the default parallel SCSI ID
configuration is . . . THEN you can . . .
compatible with your system
SCSI bus,
skip the following subsection and proceed to
Connecting the Tabletop Drive Interface and AC
Power Cableson page 11.
already assigned to another
device,
change the configuration of either the other
device, or the LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive, as
described in the following subsection.
Note: You cannot disable terminator power on a tabletop parallel SCSI drive.
Note: Parallel SCSI controllers and host adapters generally use ID 7. In some systems,
the boot drive uses ID 0 or ID 1. Avoid configuring the LTO-3 Half-Height
Tape Drive to these SCSI IDs.
Parallel SCSI ID selector switch

Installing the Tabletop LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive 11
LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive
After configuring the parallel SCSI ID, proceed to Connecting the Tabletop Drive Interface
and AC Power Cablesin the following subsection.
Connecting the Tabletop
Drive Interface and AC
Power Cables 0
As shown in figure 9 and figure 10, the rear panels of the tabletop LTO-3 Half-Height
Tape Drives have connectors for:
• Either a 68-pin parallel SCSI cable (two connectors), or a 26-pin SFF-8088 mini-SAS
style interface cable
•TheACpowercable
For the tabletop parallel SCSI drive, either SCSI connector can be used as a SCSI IN or
SCSI OUT connection. This means you can use either connector to attach the drive to a
host computer or to another parallel SCSI device.
Figure 9 Tabletop SCSI Drive
Interface and AC Power
Connectors
Figure 10 Tabletop SAS Drive
Interface and AC Power
Connectors
Connect the interface and AC power cables to the tabletop drive as follows:
1As required:
aSave and close your open files and terminate all running applications.
bShut down the workstation or server system.
cDisconnect the system AC power cord from the facility AC power receptacle.
68-pin parallel SCSI connectors
AC power connector
AC power switch
26-pin SFF-8088 mini-SAS connector AC power switch
AC power connector

12 Installing the Tabletop LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive
LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive Quick Start Guide
2Depending on the interface configuration of your tabletop drive:
aFor the parallel SCSI tabletop drive:
• Attach the SCSI IN interface cable to one of the 68-pin parallel SCSI interface
connectors on the back of the drive.
• Attach either the SCSI OUT interface cable or a SCSI terminator to the other
parallel SCSI interface connector on the back of the drive.
If the tabletop LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive is the last or only device in a
SCSI chain, you must install a 68-pin low voltage differential (LVD)
terminating plug on the unused parallel SCSI connector.
See figure 11 for tabletop parallel SCSI bus termination examples.
bFor the SAS tabletop drive, attach the external SAS interface cable to the 26-pin
SFF-8088 mini-SAS connector on the back of the drive.
Figure 11 Tabletop Parallel
SCSI Bus Termination
Examples
3Verify that the tabletop LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive AC power switch is set to the
off position, and connect the AC power cord to the power connector on the back of the
drive.
4Connect the drive AC power cord to the facility AC power receptacle.
Caution: The LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive with the parallel SCSI
interface is a low voltage differential (LVD) SCSI device.
Install it only in LVD environments. Plugging an LVD drive
into a high voltage differential (HVD) bus makes the entire bus
nonfunctional and may permanently damage the drive or
other SCSI devices on the bus.
SCSI terminators
SCSI controller
(termination
enabled)
External SCSI
device
External tape drive
External SCSI device
External tape drive
SCSI controller (termination
disabled)
Internal SCSI device (termination
enabled
Example 1: SCSI termination in a system
that has only external SCSI devices.
Example 2: SCSI termination in a system that has
both internal and external SCSI devices.

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LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive
5Reconnect the workstation or server system AC power cord to the facility AC power
receptacle.
After connecting the tabletop drive interface and AC power cables, proceed to Restarting
the Tabletop Tape Drive System in the following subsection.
Restarting the Tabletop
Tape Drive System 0After connecting the tabletop drive interface and AC power cables:
1Set the tabletop drive AC power switch to the on position.
2Restart the workstation or server system.
3Verify that the tabletop LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive comes on and completes the
Power On Self Test (POST) functions.
As required, proceed to either:
•Installing the LTO Driver Software
•Registering the LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive
Installing the LTO Driver Software
If you intend to use the LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive with the Microsoft®native backup
applet on a Windows 2000, Windows Server®2003, Windows XP®, or Windows Vista
operating system, install the appropriate version of the LTO driver software. (See the
Downloads page for LTO-3 drivers under Standalone Tape Drives on the Quantum
support website at: www.quantum.com/support.)
Registering the LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive
After installing the LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive, be sure to register it via the Quantum
website at:
www.quantum.com/registration
Registering the drive ensures that you will receive the latest technical information about
the drive, as well as other product, service, and support information.
Note: The LTO driver software is not necessary with commercial backup application
software.

14 Safety Compliances
LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive Quick Start Guide
Safety Compliances
The LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drives are safety compliant with the following regulatory
organizations and codes in the countries indicated:
Country Regulatory Organization Compliant to:
Canada Canadian Standards Association
(CSA)
UL/CSA 60950-1
EU member nations Comité Europèen de Normalisation
Electrotechnique – the European
Committee for Electrotechnical
Standardization (CENELEC)
EN 60950-1, 1st edition
IECEE member
nations*
IECEE International
Electrotechnical Commission on
Electrical Equipment (IECEE) for
Mutual Recognition of Test
Certificates for Electrical Equipment
“CB Scheme”
CB Scheme per IEC
60950-1 with details
and exceptions for
each member country
Israel SII CB Scheme
Taiwan BSMI BSMI certification, CNS
14336
United States Underwriters Laboratories (UL) UL/CSA 60950-1
* IECEE member nations include: Argentina, Austria, Australia, Belgium, Brazil,
Canada, China (PR), Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary,
India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, (South) Korea, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway,
Poland, Russian Federation, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa,
Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, and USA.

Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Compliances 15
LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive
Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Compliances
The LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drives are EMC compliant with the following regulatory
organizations and codes in the countries indicated:
Country Regulatory Organization Compliant to:
Australia Australian Communications and
Media Authority (ACMA)
AS/NZS 3548 (same
as CISPR 22)
Canada Industry Canada Digital Apparatus -
Interference-Causing Equipment
Standard
(ICES-003)
ICES-003 Digital
Apparatus
EU member nations CE Emissions per CISPR
22, EN55022 and
Immunity per CISPR
24, EN55024
Israel SII CISPR 22 and CISPR
24
Japan Voluntary Control Council for
Interface (VCCI)
VCCI
New Zealand Australian Communications and
Media Authority (ACMA)
AS/NZS 3548 (same
as CISPR 22)
South Korea MIC CISPR 22 and CISPR
24
Taiwan Bureau of Commodity Inspection
and Quarantine (BSMI)
BSMI EMC
certification, CNS
14338
United States Federal Communications
Commission (FCC)
Title 47: Code of
Federal Regulations,
Part 15, Subpart B
(47CFR15B),
Note: Use these drives only in equipment where the combination has been
determined to be suitable by an appropriate certification organization (for
example, Underwriters Laboratories Inc. or the Canadian Standards
Association in North America).

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You should also consider the following safety points:
• Install the drive in an enclosure that limits the user’s access to live parts, gives
adequate system stability, and provides the necessary grounding for the drive.
• Provide the correct voltages (+5 VDC and +12 VDC) based on the regulation
applied—Extra Low Voltage (SEC) for UL and CSA, and Safety Extra Low Voltage for
BSI and VDE (if applicable).