Spectra T50e - LTO Tape Drives

Chapter 1—Library Overview Library Features
August 2017 User Guide—Spectra T50e Library
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LTO Tape Drives
Thelibraryaccommodatesuptotwofull‐heighttapedrivesoruptofour
half‐heighttapedrives.ItsupportsIBMLTO‐3andlatergeneration
Ultriumtapedrives.
Thedrivesareinstalledindrivebayslocatedatthebackofthelibrary(see
Figure4onpage29)andareeasilyaccessible.Thumbscrewsonthedrive
sledfaceplatesecurethedriveinitsbay.
 SeeInstallingtheTapeDrivesonpage52forinformationabout
installingorreplacingtapedrives.
 SeeLTOTapeDriveSpecificationsonpage499forinformation
aboutthetransferratesandstoragecapacitiesofLTOtapedrives.
Drive Sled
Eachdriveismountedinadrivesledwhichprovidestheelectricaland
logicalconnectionstothelibrary,aswellastheconnectionstothehost
interfaceusedtoaccesseachdrive.Thedrivesarehot‐swappableto
provideuninterruptedoperation.
TheDriveControlModule(DCM)inthesledassignsanidentifiertothe
drivebasedonitslocationinthelibrary(seeBlueScaleDriveIdentifierson
page149).Thisidentifierisusedbythelibrarytoidentifythedrivesinthe
BlueScaleinterface.
Drive Interface Ports
Themethodusedtoconnectthe library’sdrivestothenetw orkdependson
thetypeofnetworkandthedriveinterface.Thedriv esledshaveeithera
FibreChannel,SerialAttachedSCSI(SAS),orLVDSCSIinterface.