Connecting a power cable, Installing the lto driver, Registering your tape drive – Quantum Tape Drive LTO-3 User Manual

Page 32: Installing a desktop lto-3 tape drive

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Chapter 2 Installation
Installing a Desktop LTO-3 Tape Drive

18

LTO-3 Tape Drive User’s Guide

Connecting a
Power Cable

2

Attach a four-pin power cable to the power connector on the back of the

drive.

Figure 7

shows the location of the power connector.

The recommended 4-pin power connector for internal drives is an AMP

1-48024-0 housing with AMP 60617-1 pins or equivalent.

Installing the LTO
Driver

2

If you intend to use your drive with the Microsoft native backup applet

on Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, or Microsoft Windows 2000

operating system, install the appropriate LTO driver. See the Resource

CD.

This driver is not necessary with commercial backup application

software.

Registering Your
Tape Drive

2

After you install the internal tape drive, be sure to register it. Registering

your drive ensures that you will receive the latest information about your

drive, as well as other product, service, and support information. For

your convenience, you can register your drive through our Web site at

www.quantum.com/registration

.

Installing a Desktop LTO-3 Tape Drive

2

The desktop LTO-3 Tape Drive is a compact subsystem that connects to

the host computer through a SCSI port. Installing a desktop drive

involves the following steps:

1

Setting the SCSI ID

2

Connecting a SCSI Cable

3

Checking the SCSI Termination

4

Connecting a Power Cord

5

Registering Your Tape Drive

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