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114 Installing System Components
Connecting an External SAS Tape Drive
This subsection describes how to connect an external SAS tape drive to the
optional external SAS controller card.
CAUTION: Only trained service technicians are authorized to remove the system
cover and access any of the components inside the system. See your Product
Information Guide for complete information about safety precautions, working
inside the computer, and protecting against electrostatic discharge.
1
Turn off the system, including any attached peripherals, and disconnect
the system from the electrical outlet.
2
Open the system. See "Opening the System" on page 65.
3
Ground yourself by touching an unpainted metal surface on the back of
the system and unpack the drive.
4
Unpack the tape drive and controller card.
5
Install the external SAS controller card in an expansion slot. See "Installing
an Expansion Card" on page 78.
6
Connect the tape drive’s interface cable to the drive.
7
Connect the other end of the interface cable to the external SAS
connector on the controller card bracket.
8
Connect the tape drive's power cable to an electrical outlet.
9
Close the system. See "Closing the System" on page 66.
10
Reconnect the system and peripherals to their electrical outlets, and turn
them on.
11
Perform a tape backup and verification test with the drive as instructed in
the software documentation that came with the drive.
Connecting an External Fibre Channel Storage
Device
This subsection describes how to connect external Fibre Channel devices to
an optional Fibre Channel HBA card.