DLT 7000

[Ly_5]

Hello,

I would like to know if I can daisy train my DLT 7000 with any hp tape drive. If I can, how do I configure the tape drives?

Thanks.

[A. Clay Stephenson · Accepted solution]

The answer is yes and no. You are allowed only one DLT7000 or DLT8000 per dedicated SCSI bus.
If you exceed this, the DLT's will be starved for data. However, I interpret this rule to be only 1 ACTIVE drive per dedicated SCSI bus.

This is okay so long as only ONE drive is in use at a time:

SCSI Controller (with Terminator) (7) ---- DLT7000 (2) ---- DLT4000(1) --- Terminator.

A maximum of 2 active DLT4000's are allowed per dedicated bus.

Note: Dedecated bus means no disk drives, CD-ROM's, etc.

If you wish to share drives between hosts this worls as well:

Host A SCSI Controller (with Terminator) (7) -----
DLT7000 (2) ----- DLT4000 (1) ----- Host B SCSI Controller (with Terminator) (6).

But again, at most one active drive at any time.

Regards, Clay

[Ly_5]

Thanks Clay.