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Re: which kind of scsi cable and tape drive i should select ?(urget)

 
stephen peng
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which kind of scsi cable and tape drive i should select ?(urget)

dear all,
i've got a L2000 and i need to connect a tape drive to one scsi interface on it. the ioscan output of this interface is:
ba 7 0/7 lba CLAIMED BUS_NEXUS Local PCI Bus Adapter (782)
ext_bus 6 0/7/0/0 c720 CLAIMED INTERFACE SCSI C875 Fast Wide Differential
target 22 0/7/0/0.0 tgt CLAIMED DEVICE
autoch 1 0/7/0/0.0.0 schgr CLAIMED DEVICE HP C7200-8000
/dev/rac/c6t0d0
target 23 0/7/0/0.1 tgt CLAIMED DEVICE
tape 2 0/7/0/0.1.0 stape CLAIMED DEVICE QUANTUM DLT8000
/dev/rmt/2m
/dev/rmt/2mb
/dev/rmt/2mn
/dev/rmt/2mnb
/dev/rmt/c6t1d0BEST
/dev/rmt/c6t1d0BESTb
/dev/rmt/c6t1d0BESTn
/dev/rmt/c6t1d0BESTnb
target 20 0/7/0/0.7 tgt CLAIMED DEVICE
ctl 6 0/7/0/0.7.0 sctl CLAIMED DEVICE Initiator
/dev/rscsi/c6t7d0
ext_bus 7 0/7/0/1 c720 CLAIMED INTERFACE SCSI C875 Fast Wide Differential
target 21 0/7/0/1.7 tgt CLAIMED DEVICE
ctl 7 0/7/0/1.7.0 sctl CLAIMED DEVICE Initiator
/dev/rscsi/c7t7d0

there is a tape library connected. i wonder which kind of tape drive i could connect to this interface. and what kind of scsi cable i need to connect this tape drive to that interface.

thanks a lot.
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Luk Vandenbussche
Honored Contributor

Re: which kind of scsi cable and tape drive i should select ?(urget)

Hi
Your libary contains an DLT8000 (FWD SCSI)
So if you connect another tape drive to this SCSI controller you need also a tape drive which supports a FwD interface.

The layout of your cable depends on the type of FWD controller and your FWD tape drive
Sivakumar TS
Honored Contributor

Re: which kind of scsi cable and tape drive i should select ?(urget)

it depends on the interface in the SCSI card and the drive. Please checks the installation manual of the tape drive.

Siva.
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Jaclyn Rothe
Trusted Contributor

Re: which kind of scsi cable and tape drive i should select ?(urget)

Daisy Chaining is never recommended.
If you want to install a new tape drive, I would suggest getting a pci scsi card to install in the server and connect a tape drive to that.
Most recommended scsi card are U 160 or more specifically an adaptec 29160 scsi card.
This scsi card will be sufficient for DLT 80, VS80, VS160 , SDLT and low speed ultrium's.

NOTE: LTO #, ultrium 960 require a minimum of Ultra 320 scsi card.