Dell PowerVault LTO - Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapter 1. Introduction
• “Overview” on page 1
– “Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) interface” on page 2
• “Specications and features” on page 2
• “Drive features” on page 4
• “Tape backup software” on page 7
• “Front panel” on page 7
• “Rear panel” on page 10
Overview
The LTO PowerVault tape drive is a high-performance, high-capacity data-storage device that is designed
to back up and restore data and archive and retrieve les in an Open Systems environment. The drive
can be integrated into a system (internal model) or can be provided as a separately packaged desktop
unit (external model). There are eight generations of the Dell PowerVault tape drives in the LTO series of
products.
Figure 1 on page 1 shows the internal model of the tape drive. Figure 2 on page 2 shows the
separately purchased external model of the tape drive. Figure 3 on page 2 shows the rack mount
model.
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Figure 1. Tape drive internal model