User manual TANDBERG VXA TAPE DRIVE

[. . . ] Slide the VXA-172 or VXA-320 tape drive into the drive bay, but do not install the mounting screws yet. Ensure that the ventilation fan on the back of the tape drive is not obstructed. Connect the host computer's internal SCSI cable to the drive's SCSI connector. Check the connector for bent or pushed in pins before connecting it to the tape drive. [. . . ] All other product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. P/N433690 October 2006 8. Using the Phillips screws provided with the tape drive, secure the tape drive in one of the screw-mounting configurations, as shown below. Use only the Phillips screws provided with the drive. 4 | POWERING ON AND TESTING THE DRIVE 1. For the external model: Press the power switch on the back of the tape drive, then power on the host computer. The LEDs on the front scroll sequentially right to left, then left to right in amber and green. Ventilation holes Caution Side mounting Bottom mounting Front view (internal model shown) Door 3 3 3 3 | INSTALLING THE EXTERNAL TAPE DRIVE When installing the external model of the drive, refer to the following illustration for the location of back-panel components. The tape drive loads the tape in less than one minute (LED #2 flashes green). When LED #2 stops flashing, and is solid green, the drive is ready for read and write operations. Check the Support section of Tandberg's web site, www. tandberg. com, for the VXATool for your operating system. 5 | PREPARING FOR BACKUP Select and install a backup application. SCSI connectors AC power connector Software compatibility information is available at: www. tandberg. com. If your backup application does not support the VXA-172 or VXA-320 (VXA-3) tape drive, you can use VXATool to change the product identification information (Inquiry String) that the tape drive returns to the software. Changing the tape drive's identification information does not affect the tape drive's speed or capacity. For instructions on using VXATool to change the tape drive's Inquiry String, refer to the help or readme file provided with VXATool. The CD included with the tape drive provides device drivers for use with Windows operating systems. The most current version of these drivers is available at: www. tandberg. com. Important Do not install these drivers unless you are using the Windows native backup application or unless your backup application instructs you to do so. 1. The host bus adaptor and any peripherals attached to the SCSI bus must all be set to unique SCSI IDs. Connect a SCSI cable from the host computer to one of the SCSI connectors. Check the connector for bent or pushed in pins before connecting to the tape drive. If the drive is at the physical end of the SCSI bus, install a terminator on the unused SCSI connector. [. . . ] The tape was written without a valid end-of-data mark, which often occurs if you power-down the tape drive while the tape drive was writing. The tape drive will perform a format recovery, which involves reading the data to determine where the end of data is located. Refer to the VXA-172 Tape Drive Product Manual or the VXA-320 Tape Drive Product Manual, Chapter4, the "LED 4 is Flashing Orange" section for troubleshooting information. VXA-172 and VXA-320 (VXA-3) firmware is available at www. tandberg. com. [. . . ]