LTO-5 Ultrium 3000

[Jason Welch]

Hi 

Could some please confirm what SAS cable is needed for this drive (EH957A)

We have been given part AP746A but we believe it could be 518885-003 

can someone please confirm if this is correct or let us know what part we need.

Thanks in advance for your help.

[Torsten.]

519767-001 looks good for this internal drive. Look up the parts at

partsurfer.hpe.com

[Jason Welch]

Hi 

Thank you for the suggestion but the cable has an addtional power connector specifically for this 3000

http://h20564.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=emr_na-c05156494&sp4ts.oid=4150338

regards

[Torsten.]

See "what is in the box" : mini-SAS SFF8482 to SFF8087 cable

https://h10057.www1.hp.com/ecomcat/hpcatalog/specs/provisioner/05/EH957A.htm

Not sure "where" you want to connect it.

[Jason Welch]

Hi Torsten

Many thanks for your help.
However it seems that the Ultrium 3000 SAS is one of the only LTO-5 drives that needs the extra power connector to connect directly to the PSU (molex)
Please see attached from the HP website 

Figure 4: SAS with power cable supplied with LTO-5 Ultrium 3000 internal tape drives

Thanks again... 

[Jason Welch]

Just for anyone that was following this, the correct part number is 518885-003

Not sure if this can be bought separately, but luckily tracked down a new one on the bay..

[Rob88]

Thanks for posting your results Jason.

If you have any thoughts on my issue here I'd greatly appreciate them - or even just to know which SAS controller you ended up using (obviously yours was an internal tape drive vs my external drive though):

https://community.hpe.com/t5/Tape-Libraries-and-Drives/HP-Ultrium-3000-Not-Showing-in-Device-Manager/td-p/6916832

Sincere thanks, Rob.

[Jason Welch]

Hi Rob.

After reading your post I don't think I can offer a lot of help really, I'm sorry.

The card we used is a Smart HBA H240

The only thing that I can think, is that as this tape drive needs a separate power connection that maybe its not getting enough juice from the PSU? But thats just a slim chance.. 

[Miguel Almaráz]

Hi, @Jason Welch,

Finally if you could solve the problem and how you did it.

I have the same problem and I can not find the cable 518885-003.

I hope you can help me.