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Chapter 1—Library Overview Library Features
August 2017 User Guide—Spectra T50e Library
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Thefollowingtabledescribestheportsoneachtypeofdriveinterface.
Interface Description and Location
Fibre Channel TheFibreChanneldrivesusefiberopticmulti‐modeLCSFPstoprovide
connectivityforthedrive.
 Eachhalf‐heightLTO‐4andlatergenerationFibreChanneldriveisequipped
withonefiberopticmulti‐modeLCSFP.
 Eachfull‐heightLTO‐4FibreChanneldriveisequippedwithtwofiberoptic
multi‐modeLCSFPs.Thetwoportsletyouconnecttwoseparatefiberoptic
cablestoeachdrive.Onlyoneconnectioncanbeactiveatanytime.See
Drive
ConnectivityFailoveronpage37foradditionalinformation.
Note: Thepositionofthesinglefiberopticmulti‐modeLCSFPchangedin
newerhalf‐heightLTO‐4FibreChanneldrives.Itisnowinthesamepositionas
fortheLTO‐5 andlatergenerationdrives.
Figure 7 Fibre Channel tape drive interface connectors.
Serial Attached
SCSI (SAS)
EachSASdriv esledhastwo,unshielded,dual‐portSFF‐808 8serialconnectors
thatprovi de theSerialAttachedSCSI(SAS)connectivityforthedrive.
Figure 8 SAS tape drive interface connectors.
Fibre Channel
connectors
Half-height LTO-4 Fibre Channel Drive
Fibre Channel
connector
Half-height LTO-5, LTO-6, and LTO-7 Fibre Channel Drive
Fibre Channel
connector
Full-height LTO-4 Fibre Channel Drive
Fibre Channel
connector
(1 port)
(1 port)
(1 port)
(2 ports)
SAS
connectors (2)
Half-height LTO-5, LTO-6, and LTO-7 SAS Drive