Quantum DLT 8000 manuals

Quantum DLT 8000 Manual (408 pages)

Brand: Quantum | Category: Tape drives | Size: 2.24 MB |

English

Table of contents

8000 Tape System

1

Product Manual

1

Table of Contents

10

REVISION HISTORY

27

Revision History

28

Quantum DLT 8000 Tape System

28

ABOUT THIS MANUAL

33

CONVENTIONS

35

FOR MORE INFORMATION

35

READER COMMENTS

35

About This Manual

36

Chapter 1

37

1.3 SPECIFICATIONS

38

1.3.4 Reliability (Projected)

41

1.3.5 Physical Specifications

41

1.3.7 Operating Air Velocity

43

1.3.9 Altitude

45

1.3.10 Acoustic Emissions

46

1.3.12 Power Requirements

47

1.3.13 Current Requirements

48

TAPE SYSTEM

55

2.2.1 Setting the SCSI ID

58

2.2.2 Setting TERM PWR

60

Front Bezel

61

2.3.1 Selecting SCSI ID

71

SCSI Connectors (2)

72

220 / 240 V

74

AC Power Cord Connector

75

2.4 The Tape Cartridge

76

2.4.4 Loading a Cartridge

82

2.4.5 Unloading a Cartridge

84

2.5.1 Unload Button

88

2.5.3 Selecting Density

89

2.9 Troubleshooting

99

SCSI DESCRIPTION

103

3.2 SCSI Commands

104

SCSI Description

105

3.3 Signal States

107

3.4 SCSI Signals

109

3.4.2 Signal Bus Timing

110

3.5 SCSI Bus Phases

113

Bus Free Sequence

114

3.5.2 ARBITRATION Phase

115

Arbitration Sequence

115

3.5.3 SELECTION Phase

116

Selection Sequence

116

Selection Time-Out

117

3.5.4 RESELECTION Phase

117

Reselection Sequence

117

SCSI ID bit

118

Reselection Time-Out

120

3.6 SCSI Bus Conditions

128

3.6.2 Reset Condition

129

3.6.3 Queued Unit Attentions

130

Chapter 4

131

MESSAGES

131

Messages

132

4.2 Supported SCSI Messages

135

4.2.12 NO OPERATION (08h)

141

SCSI COMMANDS

145

SCSI Commands

146

5.1.1 SCSI Pointers

147

5.1.3 Status/Error Reporting

151

(Continued)

153

5.3 ERASE Command (19h)

159

5.4 INQUIRY Command (12h)

161

5.6 LOCATE Command (2Bh)

179

5.7 LOG SELECT Command (4Ch)

181

Page Code Page Description

183

02h Write Error Counter Page

183

03h Read Error Counter Page

183

32h Compression Ratio Page

183

LOG PAGE HEADER

184

LOG PARAMETERS

185

(continued)

186

5.8 LOG SENSE Command (4Dh)

189

Descriptions (continued)

196

5.8.5 TapeAlert Page (2Eh)

200

TAPE ALERT LOG PAGE HEADER

200

TAPE ALERT LOG PARAMETERS

201

Descriptions

210

5.9.1 Mode Parameter List

217

5.9.8 TAPEALERT PAGE (1Ch)

237

FORCEDENSITY parameter to 4

247

5.10.3 MODE SENSE Mode Pages

258

Data Field Description

284

5.14 READ Command (08h)

304

5.16.2 Data Mode

311

5.16.3 Descriptor Mode

311

5.26 REWIND Command (01h)

353

5.28 SPACE Command (11h)

360

5.30 VERIFY Command (13h)

363

5.31 WRITE Command (0Ah)

364

5.32.2 Write Data Mode (010b)

368

INFORMATION

373

Appendix B

377

B.2 Bugcheck Packets

378

B.2.1 POST Failure Packets

379

B.2.2 Event Log Packets

379

UPDATING THE FIRMWARE

381

1. POST passed

383

2. The drive is unloaded

383

THE LIBRARY PORT

387

CARTRIDGES

389

Cartridge

391

SYSTEM SCSI COMMANDS

397

DLT 7000 EMULATION FEATURE

399

SCSI Bus Differences

403

Front Panel Differences

405

*81-60118-04 A01*

408

Quantum DLT 8000 User Manual (7 pages)

Brand: Quantum | Category: Tape drives | Size: 0.24 MB |

English

Table of contents

GESNSO2X

1

Quantum DLT 8000 User's Guide (69 pages)

Brand: Quantum | Category: Tape drives | Size: 0.82 MB |

English

Table of contents

Drive Manual

1

Revision History

2

Using this Manual

4

Supported Drive Technologies

5

Contents

7

1 Overview

9

Format Compatibility

10

Media Compatibility

11

Mixed Media

12

Media Migration

13

Service Provider

14

Precautions

15

Chapter 2 2-1

17

Chapter Overview

18

Using DLT Tape Cartridges

21

Inspecting DLT Cartridges

22

Using DLT Cleaning Cartridges

27

Troubleshooting DLT Drives

29

Removing a Stuck Tape

31

DLT Cleaning Issues

32

Media Issues

33

Chapter 22-18

34

Chapter 3 3-1

35

Using DLT1 Tape Cartridges

39

Using DLT Type IV Media

40

Inspecting DLT1 Cartridges

41

DLT1 Cleaning Issues

49

Media Compatibility Issues

50

Miscellaneous Issues

51

Chapter 33-18

52

Chapter 4 4-1

53

Using HP Ultrium Cartridges

57

Ultrium Cleaning Issues

65

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