Dell PowerVault ML6000 Maintenance Guide

22 Library Installation and CRU Replacement
• Adding, Removing, and Replacing Tape Drives
• Adding, Removing, and Replacing FC I/O Blades
• Adding, Removing, and Replacing the FC I/O Fan Blade
• Preparing the Library for Moving or Shipping
Cabling the Library
Use the cabling procedure appropriate for your tape drive type.
• S
pecific Instructions for LTO-5 and LTO-6 Tape Drives on page 22
• Cabling L
ibraries with SCSI Tape Drives on page 24
• Cabling Libraries with SAS Tape Drives
on page 27
• Cabling Libraries
with Fibre Channel Tape Drives Connected Directly to a Host or Switch on page
31
• Cabling Libraries with Fibre Channel Tape Drives Connected to Fibre Channel I/O Blades
on page
34
• If you need to add 9U expansion modules to the 5U library control module, remove the module
terminator from the 5U library control module terminator connection that is closest to the 9U
expansion module. on page 38
Specific Instructions for LTO-5 and LTO-6 Tape Drives
The library handles the Ethernet and data ports on LTO-5 and LTO-6 tape drives differently, depending on
the tape drive. See Figure 1
and Figure 2 for details.
WARNING
ALL LIBRARIES TALLER THAN 14U MUST BE INSTALLED IN A RACK
HAVING A MAIN PROTECTIVE EARTHING (GROUNDING) TERMINAL,
AND POWER MUST BE SUPPLIED VIA AN INDUSTRIAL PLUG AND
SOCKET-OUTLET AND/OR AN APPLIANCE COUPLER COMPLYING
WITH IEC 60309 (OR AN EQUIVALENT NATIONAL STANDARD) AND
HAVING A PROTECTIVE EARTH (GROUND) CONDUCTOR WITH A
CROSS SECTIONAL AREA OF AT LEAST 1.5 MM
2
(14 AWG).
TO ENSURE PROPER AIRFLOW AND ACCESS SPACE, ALLOW 60 CM
(24 INCHES) IN THE FRONT AND BACK OF THE LIBRARY.
WARNING
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHOULD A RACK BE MOVED WHILE
LOADED WITH ONE OR MORE MODULES.
WARNING
WITHOUT TAPE DRIVES, TAPE CARTRIDGES, OR POWER
SUPPLIES, A 5U LIBRARY CONTROL MODULE WEIGHS
APPROXIMATELY 60 LBS (27.2 KG). A 9U EXPANSION MODULE,
WITHOUT TAPE DRIVES, TAPE CARTRIDGES, OR POWER
SUPPLIES, EXCEEDS 65 LBS (29.5 KG).
TO AVOID SERIOUS INJURY, AT LEAST TWO PEOPLE ARE
REQUIRED TO SAFELY LIFT THE MODULES INTO POSITION.

Dell PowerVault ML6000 Specifications

General

Brand	Dell
Model	PowerVault ML6000
Category	Storage
Language	English