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Preface
Dell™PowerVault™LTO-4-120 Tape Drive User's Guide
Audience
Purpose
Document Organization
Related Documents
Audience
This guide is written for users of the Dell PowerVault LTO-4-120 Half-Height tape drive.
Purpose
This guide provides information about the PowerVault LTO-4-120 Half-Height tape drive, including:
l Installing the driver software
l Basic drive operations
l Maintenance
l Specifications
l Troubleshooting
Document Organization
This guide is organized as follows:
l Introduction provides an overview of LTO and Ultrium technologies, and summarizes the drive's key features.
l Installing the LTO Driver Software describes how to install the LTO driver software.
l Linux Configuration Procedures describes the configuration settings for Linux systems.
l Operation describes the operation and maintenance of the drive.
l Theory describes the theory of operation behind the drive, including the technology used in various drive components.
l Specifications provides drive and cartridge specifications.
l Troubleshooting Guide provides troubleshooting procedures you can follow if you encounter a problem with your drive.
l Getting Help explains how to contact Dell for technical support.
Related Documents
The following subsection identifies the primary documents that are related to the PowerVault LTO-4-120 Half-Height tape drive.
Standards Conformance
The Small Computer System Interface is described in standards that include several versions and a number of individual documents. The original Small
Computer System Interface Standard, X3.131-1986, is referred to as SCSI-1. SCSI-1 was revised, resulting in the Small Computer System Interface - 2
(X3.131-1994), referred to as SCSI-2. The set of SCSI-3 standards are collectively referred to as SCSI-3. The applicable ANSI standards are as follows:
l INCITS Technical Committee T10 (SCSI Storage Interfaces) Standards:
¡ SCSI Architecture Model - 2 (SAM-2) INCITS 366-2003
¡ SCSI Architecture Model - 3 (SAM-3) INCITS 402-2005
¡ SCSI Architecture Model - 4 (SAM-4) in development
¡ Automation/Drive Interface - Commands (ADC) INCITS 403-2005
¡ Automation/Drive Interface Commands (ADC-2) in development
¡ Automation/Drive Interface - Transport Protocol (ADT) INCITS 406-2005
¡ Automation/Drive Interface - Transport Protocol - 2 (ADT-2) in development
¡ Fibre Channel Protocol for SCSI (FCP) INCITS 269-1996
¡ Fibre Channel Protocol for SCSI, Second Version - 2 (FCP-2) INCITS 350-2003
¡ Fibre Channel Protocol for SCSI, Third Version - 3 (FCP-3) INCITS 416-2006
¡ Fibre Channel Protocol for SCSI, Fourth Version - 4 (FCP-3) in development
¡ SCSI-3 Medium Changer Commands (SMC) INCITS 314-1998
¡ SCSI Media Changer Commands - 2 (SMC-2) INCITS 382-2004
¡ SCSI Media Changer Commands - 3 (SMC-3) in development
¡ SCSI Parallel Interface - 3 (SPI-3) INCITS 336-2000
¡ SCSI Parallel Interface-4 (SPI-4) INCITS 362-2002
¡ SCSI Parallel Interface-5 (SPI-5) INCITS 367-2003
¡ SCSI-3 Primary Commands (SPC) INCITS 301-1997
¡ SCSI Primary Commands - 2 (SPC-2) INCITS 351-2001
¡ SCSI Primary Commands - 3 (SPC-3) INCITS 408-2005
¡ SCSI Primary Commands - 4 (SPC-4) in development
¡ SCSI-3 Stream Commands (SSC) INCITS 335-2000
¡ SCSI Stream Commands - 2 (SSC-2) INCITS 380-2003
¡ SCSI Stream Commands - 3 (SSC-3) in development
¡ Serial Attached SCSI - (SAS) INCITS 376-2003