B-20 SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 Servers Service Manual • June 2010
B.13 Tape Drive Unit
Tape drive unit (TAPEU) is optional and can be mounted on each cabinet. One for
theM8000 /M9000 with the base cabinet, and up to two for the M9000 with an
expansion cabinet can be mounted. TAPEU is controlled by the optional IOU
onboard device card (IOUA).
The TAPEU is shown in
FIGURE B-14.
FIGURE B-14 Tape Drive Unit (TAPEU)
Tape drive unit has the following characteristics.
■ Active replacement or hot replacement of tape drive units is possible.
■ Active installation of tape drive units during system operation is possible.
■ Tape drive unit supports DAT72 (SATA interface).
■ By changing the switch setting on the tape drive unit, it can be used by each
domain.