DAT 72 Model 5242-2SE Rackmount Tape Unit User's Guide 4mm Tape Drives for HP Integrity NonStop NS-Series Carrier Grade Servers NonStop S-Seri

Chapter Two – Installation EnterSet-Up 1PRESS to SelectTape ID: [00]*NOT selectable*Rwr% 0.5Ecc: 0.5PRESS toalterExitSet-up 1PRESS to SelectSCSI I

Chapter Two – Installation 1. Check that the drive is not engaged in any SCSI activity. 2. Insert the firmware upgrade tape into the drive. The up

Chapter Three - Controls and Indicators 3.1 Controls and Indicators This chapter discusses the 5242-2SE controls and indicators by function, locati

Chapter Three - Controls and Indicators • Steady green means a tape is loaded. • Fast flashing green means read or write operations are occurring

Chapter Four - Tape Cartridges 4.1 Tape Cartridge A tape cartridge is a storage device that contains either magnetic tape or a cleaning ribbon insid

Chapter Four - Tape Cartridges 4.3 Write-Protecting a Data Cartridge Each data cartridge has a write-protect switch that protects the data cartrid

Chapter Four - Tape Cartridges Figure 10 Loading a tape cartridge 4.5.3 During the load sequence:  Tape LED (number 1 in Figure 11) slow

Chapter Four - Tape Cartridges  The Eject button is disabled and has no effect when pushed. It does not initiate an unload sequence.  A LOAD/UNLO

Chapter Five - SCSI Bridge Electronics 5.1 Introduction to the 5242-2SE Display At the heart of the display system is the Infourmm SCSI bridge, whi

Chapter Five - SCSI Bridge Electronics 5.4 Display Unit LEDs The display unit has two LEDs, one green and one amber. The green LED indicates that

i List of Acronyms ANSI American National Standard Institute BOT Beginning of tape CPU Central processing unit ECC Error correction code FRU F

Chapter Five - SCSI Bridge Electronics Figure 15 Identification of LCD items 5.7 Performance LCD Format Upon receiving a TEST UNIT READY or INQ

Chapter Five - SCSI Bridge Electronics Total data bytes read from or written to the unit appear with a KB (1024), MB (1024 x 1024) or GB (1024 x 10

Chapter Five - SCSI Bridge Electronics The average compression/decompression ratio appears as the ratio of the compressed and uncompressed data lengt

Chapter Five - SCSI Bridge Electronics When the desired tape density appears, push the mode switch to select it. The selected setting is used until t

Chapter Five - SCSI Bridge Electronics 5.10.2 Changing a Setting Depending on the menu item, alter settings by using these methods. When the instru

Chapter Five - SCSI Bridge Electronics 5.11 Setup 1 Configuration Display Format Items EnterSet-Up 1PRESS to SelectSCSI ID: [00]PRESS to AlterTa

Chapter Five - SCSI Bridge Electronics This is factory-configured and is tnot selectable. TapeTerm:On*NOT selectable* Figure 31 Tape terminat

Chapter Five - SCSI Bridge Electronics Note: Because the beginning of tape is written to every time a tape is unloaded, this area of the tape tends

Chapter Five - SCSI Bridge Electronics 5.12.2 Configuring the options setting If your configuration or host environment requires unique settings or

Chapter Five - SCSI Bridge Electronics Pressing the mode switch at this menu item invokes the drive self-test and offers a series of options from whi

v Table of Contents Chapter One – Introduction ...

Chapter Five - SCSI Bridge Electronics Figure 40 Example drive test RunOncePRESS to ToggleCustomTestPRESS to Select 1MBto XferPRESS toIncrementR

Chapter Five - SCSI Bridge Electronics 5.13.2 Activating a hardware self-test EnterSet-Up 3PRESS to SelectHdwrTestPRESS to RunHdwrTestTestingScsi

Chapter Five - SCSI Bridge Electronics 5.13.4 Loading a Code Tape LoadTapeLoad aCodeTapePRESS to EscapeLoad aCodeTapePRESS to RunLoad aCodeTapeP

Chapter Six – Maintenance 6.1 5242-2SE Tape Path Cleaning The Media Caution LED is located on the front panel of the tape drive. When it flashes am

Chapter Six – Maintenance 6.2 Cleaning the LCD Put household glass cleaner on a soft cloth and wipe the screen. Caution: Do not spray the clean

Chapter Seven – Specifications 7.1 Electrical 7.1.1 Input Power • -48 Volts DC 7.1.2 Internal DC Power: • +5, +12 volts 7.2 Physical 7.2.1 Dim

Chapter Seven – Specifications 7.3 Display Unit • 32 characters in 4-lines of 8 characters each • Supertwist LCD technology • Extra-wide viewing

Chapter Eight – Technical Support 8.1 Obtaining Support For support, customers should contact the HP Global Customer Support Center (GCSC). When ca

Index Labeled and Unlabeled 13 Life Expectancy 12 Agency Approvals 35 Loading 14 Cabling 35 Selecting 13 Capacity 2 Unloading 15 Controls and Indica

Safety and Compliance Safety and Compliance Regulatory Compliance Statements This section contains three types of required safety and compliance sta

vi 5242-2SE Tape Path Cleaning The Media Caution LED is located on the front panel of the tape drive. When it flashes amber, the tape heads are dir

Safety and Compliance Taiwan (BSMI) Compliance Japan (VCCI) Compliance This is a Class A product based on the standard or the Voluntary Control Co

Safety and Compliance Laser Compliance This product may be provided with an optical storage device (that is, CD or DVD drive) and/or fiber optic tra

Safety and Compliance Any surface or area of the equipment marked with these symbols indicates the presence of electric shock hazards. The enclose

Safety and Compliance Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Information about the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) directi

Chapter One – Introduction 1.1 Product Description The 5242-2SE was designed and built specifically for use in a telecommunications central office e

Chapter One – Introduction 1.3 Features 1.3.1 Recording technology: • Helical scan 1.3.2 Capacity: Cartridge Type Drive Type Native Compres

Chapter One – Introduction 1.5 SCSI Compatibility The interface for the 5242-2SE tape drive complies with the American National Standard Institute (

Chapter Two – Installation 2.1 Unpacking the 5242-2SE Carefully unpack the 5242-2SE and inspect for damage. If any damage is observed, immediately

Chapter Two – Installation If the tape unit is… Then… the last of multiple devices on the SCSI bus or the only device on the bus – install the d