Spectra logic Spectra 2k Manual

P. N. 90871039 Revision A

Spectra 2K Library AIT-5 Drive Upgrade

The Sony AIT-5 drives double the Spectra 2K library’s capacity and provide backward

read-write compatibility with AIT-4 and AIT-3 tapes. Review this document for

information about AIT-5 and about upgrading your library to take advantage of AIT-5

drive technology.

•Who Can Upgrade?, below.

•Preparation, below.

•Updating Firmware on page 2.

•Installing the AIT-5 Drive on page 5

•Completing the Drive Upgrade Process on page 10

•Sony AIT Drive Specifications on page 11

Who Can Upgrade?

2K libraries with AIT-3 or AIT-4 drives: to upgrade to AIT-5, review this guide.

2K libraries with AIT-1 and AIT-2 drives: to upgrade to AIT-3, AIT-4, or AIT-5,

contact your sales representative. We will send you a library configured with AIT-5

that you can immediately use, and then return the 2K with the older drives to

Spectra Logic.

Preparation

1. Identify the drive or drives to be upgraded in your Spectra library.

2. Make sure you have an AIT-5 drive for every drive you are replacing, and two

code tapes: a boot upgrade tape, and a firmware upgrade tape.

3. If you are going to return the drives to Spectra Logic (for example, for trade-ins

or in conjunction with a prepurchase), reserve the drive packaging for later use.

4. Download the AIT-5 driver from the Sony Web site, then install it on the library’s

host system.

5. Make sure all backup procedures are halted, and that you set aside enough time

to complete the upgrade. Allow 15 minutes to upgrade firmware, and another

15 minutes per drive to replace the old drive with the new.

Spectra 2K Library AIT-5 Drive Upgrade

Updating Firmware

To upgrade your Spectra 2K library, have on hand:

• Two Spectra Logic code tapes

• A small flat head screwdriver

Loading the Boot Upgrade Tape

Initial Loading

To load the boot upgrade tape:

1. With library power on, open the library door.

2. Move the picker away from its lowest position, so that you can access the drives,

which are in the lowest position:

•If the picker isn’t in the middle of the library or toward the top, open

and close the library door, which forces the picker to move.

•When the picker is positioned in the middle or the top of the library,

open the door and continue.

3. Carefully insert the boot upgrade tape into the drive with the write-protect tab

facing out and the window facing up. If you have a two-drive library, make sure

you load the boot upgrade tape into drive 1—the drive closest to the data

cartridge magazine.

4. As soon as the tape loads into the drive, power off the library.

Preparing the Library

5. With the power still off, move the library to a position that provides easy access

to the front and rear of the library.

6. Locate the configuration switches on the rear of the library.

7. Write down the settings of the library configuration switch and the library SCSI

ID switch. (In this example, assume the settings are library configuration 0and

library SCSI ID 3.)

8. Use a small screwdriver to turn the library configuration switch to 4 and the

library SCSI ID switch to 7.

Spectra 2K Library AIT-5 Drive Upgrade

Completing the Load of the Boot Upgrade Tape

1. With the library door open during this step, power on the library. The library

begins the update process, during which time the picker parks at the bottom of

the library, and its LED turns amber for the duration of the upgrade. This process

typically requires less than five minutes.

2. When the drive ejects the tape, the tape’s code is loaded. Remove the tape from

the drive.

•If the tape doesn’t automatically eject from the drive: make sure the

picker is parked at the bottom of the library, then press Eject on the

front of the drive.

3. Turn off the power to the library.

Resetting Original Values

1. With power off, use a small screwdriver to return the configuration switch to the

default position. (In this example, set the library configuration to 0 and the library

SCSI ID to 3.)

Loading the Firmware Upgrade Tape

Initial Loading

Load the firmware upgrade tape by following these steps:

1. With the power off, open the library door and make sure you can access the drive

that you used in the preceding section.

•If you can’t, power on the library, then open and close the library door

which forces the picker to move.

•When the picker is positioned in the middle or the top of the library,

open the door again and power off the library.

2. Carefully insert the firmware upgrade tape into the drive with the write-protect

tab facing out and the window facing up, leaving the library door open.

Preparing the Library

1. With door open, power on the library.

2. Push the tape into the drive gently, so that the drive loads the tape. The drive

loads data from the tape, then ejects the tape.

Spectra 2K Library AIT-5 Drive Upgrade

3. Leave the firmware upgrade tape in the drive mouth, then power down the

library.

4. Move the library to a position that provides easy access to the front and rear of

the library.

5. Locate the configuration switches on the rear of the library.

6. Write down the settings of the library configuration switch and the SCSI ID

switch. (In this example, assume the settings are library configuration 0and

library SCSI ID 3.)

7. Use a small screwdriver to turn the library configuration switch to 4 and the

library SCSI ID switch to 7.

Completing the Load of the Firmware Upgrade Tape

1. With the library door open during this step, power on the library.

2. Gently push the firmware upgrade tape so that it loads into the drive for the

final code-load. The library begins the firmware update process, during which

time the picker parks at the bottom of the library, and its LED turns amber for

the duration of the firmware upgrade. This process typically requires less than

five minutes. When the drive ejects the tape, all of the firmware upgrade tape’s

code is loaded and your firmware load is complete.

•If the tape doesn’t automatically eject from the drive: make sure the

picker is parked at the bottom of the library, then press Eject on the

front of the drive.

3. Remove the tape from the drive.

4. Turn off the power to the library

Resetting Original Values

1. Use a small screwdriver to return the switches to their original position. (In this

example set the library configuration switch to the default position of 0 and the

library SCSI ID to 3.)

2. Turn on the power to the library, making sure it initializes in its usual pattern.

At this point you are ready to replace your AIT-3 or AIT-4 drives with AIT-5 drives.

Spectra 2K Library AIT-5 Drive Upgrade

Installing the AIT-5 Drive

Removing the Back Panel and Fan

1. Power off the library.

2. Remove the rear access panel:

•Remove the two lowest screws on the back of the library with the

Phillips screwdriver (Figure 1).

•Lift the bottom panel and work it down, so that the tongues at the top

of the panel can clear their slots (Figure 2), using caution as the edges

may be sharp.

3. Unplug the fan and serial port cables inside the Spectra 2K. Set the panel aside

(Figure 3).

Figure 1 Remove the rear access panel screws

(Fibre Channel library shown).

Figure 2 Remove the rear access panel.

Figure 3 Unplug the fan and serial port cables (Fibre Channel library shown).

Fan

cable

Serial port

cable

Spectra 2K Library AIT-5 Drive Upgrade

Removing the Earlier Generation Drive (AIT-3 or AIT-4 Drive)

1. Unplug the SCSI ID cable and the power supply cable from the library and drive

(Figure 4).

2. Unplug the SCSI ribbon from the drive (Figure 4), pulling the ribbon straight

back from the connector without pulling other wires.

3. Loosen the wing-nut screw on either side of the drive (Figure 5), then holding

the drive edges, slide the drive out of the library (Figure 6).

4. If there is a second drive, remove it in the same way.

Figure 4 Location of the cables in the drive access area.

Figure 5 Loosen the wing-nut screws. Figure 6 Slide the drive out of the library.

Disconnect

power cable

Disconnect

SCSI

ribbon

Disconnect

SCSI ID

cable

Wing-nut

screws

Spectra 2K Library AIT-5 Drive Upgrade

Installing the AIT-5 Drive

1. Remove the new AIT-5 drive from its packaging.

2. Attach the power cable to the new drive, and make sure both the power cable

and SCSI ID cable are securely attached to the drive (Figure 7).

3. Slide the drive into the drive slot. Drive 1 fits above the drive rails, Drive 2 fits

below them. Use the top slot if you are installing only one drive. Keep the

power cable to the right as you insert the drive into the library (Figure 8).

Figure 7 Attach the power cable and SCSI ID cable to the drive.

Figure 8 Always place the first drive in the top slot; the second

drive goes in the bottom slot.

SCSI ID

cable

Power cable

Spectra 2K Library AIT-5 Drive Upgrade

4. Tighten the wing-nut screws on the drive you just installed (Figure 9), then

connect the power cable to the library socket (Figure 10).

5. Connect the power cable to the drive. If you are attaching a second drive, make

sure that you correctly connect the power cable for each drive (Figure 11).

6. Attach the SCSI ribbon cable to each drive. Attach the last plug on the SCSI

ribbon cable to the bottom drive. If you are attaching only one drive, leave the

last connector on the SCSI ribbon cable unattached (Figure 12).

Figure 9 Turn the screws clockwise to tighten. Figure 10 Connect the power cable to the library socket.

Figure 11 Power cable connections. Figure 12 Two connectors on the SCSI ribbon cable attached to two drives.

To Drive 1

To library power socket

To Drive 2

SCSI ribbon

connectors

Spectra 2K Library AIT-5 Drive Upgrade

7. Attach the SCSI ID cable to the library. Plug SCSI ID cable into the left connector

(drive 1—top drive). Plug the SCSI ID cable into the connector on the right

(drive 2—bottom drive) as shown in Figure 13.

8. Confirm that the wiring is correct and secure.

9. If you have a second drive, repeat this procedure.

Attaching the Rear Panel

1. Attach the fan and serial port cables (Figure 14).

2. Attach the rear access panel with the two Phillips screws.

Figure 13 Attach the SCSI ID cables.

Figure 14 Attach the fan and serial port cables.

Drive 1 & 2

SCSI ID sockets

Fan power cable

Serial port

Spectra 2K Library AIT-5 Drive Upgrade

Setting the SCSI IDs

After you have installed the new drive, verify the settings of the SCSI ID switches,

located just above the drive access area. A SCSI Spectra 2K library may require up to

three SCSI ID’s depending on the number of drives installed. Verify that each of the SCSI

ID’s are set correctly; the library and each drive must have its own number. A Fibre

Channel Spectra 2K has only Library and Config switches on the rear panel. For Fibre

Channel, make sure the Library switch is set to “2”.

Completing the Drive Upgrade Process

1. Check your operating system manual, and follow instructions as necessary (for

example, reconfigure the kernel) to make sure the operating system recognizes

the new drive files.

2. Power on the library.

3. Load AIT-5 tapes, then test your drives. For example, back up a set of data that

includes one executable program; restore the data to a temporary directory;

then read the restored data and run a restored program. Refer to your backup

software documentation for a more specific procedure. After you have

performed a drive test successfully, continue.

4. Restart backup processes

Returning Old Drives

To return old drives to Spectra Logic (for example, if you are trading in the drives, or if

you pre-purchased the new drives), use the drive packaging and return the drives to

Spectra Logic (North America) or contact Support for assistance in determining how to

return the drives.

Figure 15 Set the SCSI ID switches (SCSI library shown).

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