HP LTO Ultrium User Manual

Contents
1 Physical dimensions .......................................................................... 11
Fixing dimensions ..................................................................................................................... 11
Full-height drives ................................................................................................................. 11
Full-height drives: bottom panel ...................................................................................... 12
Full-height drives: side panel .......................................................................................... 12
Half-height drives ............................................................................................................... 12
Half-height drives: bottom panel .................................................................................... 13
Half-height drives: side panel ........................................................................................ 13
2 Electrical and environmental requirements ........................................... 15
Electrical fit .............................................................................................................................. 15
Power requirements ............................................................................................................ 15
Voltage and current requirements ......................................................................................... 15
Full-height drives .......................................................................................................... 15
Half-height drives ......................................................................................................... 16
Airflow requirements ................................................................................................................. 16
Full-height drives ................................................................................................................. 16
Half-height drives ............................................................................................................... 17
Measuring internal drive temperatures ................................................................................... 17
Full-height drives .......................................................................................................... 17
Half-height drives ......................................................................................................... 17
Airflow and cooling ............................................................................................................ 17
Optional fan plate .............................................................................................................. 18
Extracting internal temperature information ............................................................................ 18
3 Front panel and LEDs ........................................................................ 21
Front panel features ................................................................................................................... 21
Full-height drives ................................................................................................................. 21
Reset switch ................................................................................................................ 21
Half-height drives ............................................................................................................... 22
Usual meaning of LEDs .............................................................................................................. 22
LED patterns ............................................................................................................................. 23
Full-height drives ................................................................................................................. 23
Half-height drives ............................................................................................................... 25
During firmware upgrade .................................................................................................... 27
Replacing the front panel ........................................................................................................... 28
Parts needed ..................................................................................................................... 28
Replacing the front panel on an full-height LTO Ultrium drive ..................................................... 28
Replacing the front panel on a half-height LTO Ultrium drive ..................................................... 29
4 Rear panel and connectors ................................................................ 31
Rear panel components—full-height drives .................................................................................... 32
Rear panel components—half-height drives .................................................................................. 34
LEDs (full-height Fibre Channel drives only) ................................................................................... 35
Volume 1: hardware integration 3

HP LTO Ultrium Specifications

General

Category	Tape Drive
Capacity (Compressed)	Up to 30 TB (LTO-8), Up to 45 TB (LTO-9)
Transfer Rate (Compressed)	Up to 900 MB/s (LTO-8), Up to 1000 MB/s (LTO-9)
Interface	SAS, Fibre Channel
Technology	Linear Tape-Open (LTO)
WORM Support	Yes
Encryption Support	Yes (AES 256-bit)
Partitioning Support	Yes
Capacity (Native)	Up to 12 TB (LTO-8), Up to 18 TB (LTO-9)
Transfer Rate (Native)	Up to 360 MB/s (LTO-8), Up to 400 MB/s (LTO-9)
Backward Read Compatibility	Yes (LTO-8 reads LTO-7, LTO-6; LTO-9 reads LTO-8, LTO-7)
Backward Write Compatibility	Yes (LTO-8 writes to LTO-7; LTO-9 writes to LTO-8)