User manual TANDBERG REPLACE TAPE DRIVE IN STORAGELOADER VXA 433693-01

[. . . ] Tandberg Data and Exabyte , Exapak, VXA, and VXAtape are registered trademarks; M2, MammothTape, SmartClean, EZ17 and NetStorM are trademarks; People Working for You and SupportSuite are service marks of Tandberg Data. All other product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. 433693-01 October 2006 www. tandberg. com 2 REMOVING THE TAPE DRIVE To remove the tape drive from the autoloader: 1. Locate the tape drive cover plate at the back of the autoloader (see Figure 1). Tape Drive Cover Plate Figure 1 Tape drive cover plate location 2. [. . . ] The connectors are keyed to ensure the proper orientation. 6. Route the cables into the notch in each bracket, and make sure that the cables don't hang below the tape drive (see Figure 2). Make sure that the serial cable isn't pinched between the SCSI or IDE/ATAPI cable and the side of the notch. the cables aren't pinched by the cover plate. Insert and tighten the two screws. 7. Place the tape drive cover plate on the autoloader's back panel (see Figure 1). Make sure that Installing a VXA-320 (VXA-3) tape drive To install the new tape drive: 1. If your new tape drive has a faceplate (see Figure 10), you will need to remove the faceplate before installing the tape drive in the autoloader. Faceplate (bezel) Figure 10 VXA-320 (VXA-3) tape drive with faceplate 6 of 10 Remove the faceplate as follows: a. Loosen the two M2. 0 screws using a #1 Phillips screwdriver. Remove the screws and set them aside for later use (see Figure 11). Remove screws Figure 11 Removing the VXA-320 (VXA-3) faceplate's screws b. Rotate the faceplate in the direction of the blue arrow as shown in Figure 12. Rotate Figure 12 Rotating the VXA-320 (VXA-3) faceplate up from the tape drive chassis c. With the faceplate rotated upward, disengage the upper tabs from the top of the tape drive chassis and remove the faceplate as shown in Figure 13. Top tab (x2) Figure 13 Lifting the VXA-320 (VXA-3) faceplate off the tape drive chassis. 7 of 10 2. Place the tape drive on the work surface right side up (check the labels on the tape drive). Place the brackets you removed from the original tape drive on the new tape drive. See Figure 4 for the proper orientation of the brackets (they are not interchangeable). Insert and tighten the two screws for each bracket. Caution Make sure that the edges of the brackets are parallel to the edges of the tape drive (not at an angle). 3. With the tape drive right side up, slide the tape drive into the autoloader until the bracket flanges rest against the flanges on the autoloader's back panel. 4. Connect the serial jumper cable to the tape drive (see Figure 14). The connector is keyed to ensure the proper orientation. Connect the other end of the cable to the serial connector cable. The serial connector on the SCSI VXA-2 tape drive differs from the serial ! Important connector on the VXA-320 (VXA-3) tape drive. If your Tandberg StorageLoader VXA originally contained a SCSI VXA-2 tape drive and you are installing a VXA-320 (VXA-3) tape drive, you will need a jumper cable to connect the serial cable to the tape drive. The required jumper cable is included with the VXA-320 tape drive upgrade kit. SCSI cable Power cable Serial cable Serial jumper cable Do not connect jumper cable to this connector Figure 14 VXA-320 (VXA-3) tape drive with serial jumper cable attached Before connecting the SCSI or IDE/ATAPI cable in the following step, make sure that none of the pins on the cable are bent. [. . . ] Press to display the cell selection screen: Load F r om Dr ive l # n Ce l 7. Press or to scroll through the occupied cell locations until the one you want appears. to start the load operation. When the specified cartridge cell is in position at the tape drive, the cartridge is loaded into the drive. A series of status messages appears during the operation, followed by the Command menu when the operation is complete. To unload a cartridge from the tape drive: 1. [. . . ]