Page 3 - Overview and Features
Hewlett-Packard Company — 529972-001 i M8501 and M8502 ACL Tape Drive Installation and User’s Guide Glossary Index Examples Figures Tables What’s New in This Manual v Manual Information v New and Changed Information v About This Manual vii Notation Conventions vii 1. Overview and Features Overview 1...
Page 4 - Safety and Compliance
Contents M8501 and M8502 ACL Tape Drive Installation and User’s Guide — 529972-001 ii 5. Maintenance Technical Support Information Option 4-5 Access Magazine Option 4-6 Move Media 4-6 LCD Contrast Controls 4-8 Power 4-8 Status 4-9 Online 4-9 Menu Selections 4-10 View System Data 4-10 Inserting and R...
Page 5 - Tables
Contents M8501 and M8502 ACL Tape Drive Installation and User’s Guide — 529972-001 iii Tables Figure 2-2. Installing the Slide Members 2-3 Figure 2-3. Installing Slide Member Fasteners 2-4 Figure 2-4. Tabletop Model Clearances 2-5 Figure 3-1. Hardware Configuration 3-2 Figure 3-2. Tape Drive’s Fibre...
Page 7 - What’s New in This Manual; Manual Information; New and Changed Information
M8501 and M8502 ACL Tape Drive Installation and User’s Guide — 529972-001 v What’s New in This Manual Manual Information M8501 and M8502 ACLTape Drive Installationand User ’s Guide Abstract This guide provides information about installing, operating, and maintaining the M8501 and M8502 ACL tape driv...
Page 9 - About This Manual; Notation Conventions; Hypertext Links; General Syntax Notation
M8501 and M8502 ACL Tape Drive Installation and User’s Guide — 529972-001 vii About This Manual Notation Conventions Hypertext Links Blue underline is used to indicate a hypertext link within text. By clicking a passage of text with a blue underline, you are taken to the location described. For exam...
Page 11 - Notation for Messages
About This Manual M8501 and M8502 ACL Tape Drive Installation and User’s Guide — 529972-001 ix Notation for Messages Line Spacing. If the syntax of a command is too long to fit on a single line, each continuation line is indented three spaces and is separated from the preceding line by a blank line....
Page 12 - Notation for Management Programming Interfaces
About This Manual M8501 and M8502 ACL Tape Drive Installation and User’s Guide — 529972-001 x Notation for Management Programming Interfaces lowercase italic letters. Lowercase italic letters indicate variable items whose values are displayed or returned. For example: p-register process-name [ ] Bra...
Page 13 - Change Bar Notation
About This Manual M8501 and M8502 ACL Tape Drive Installation and User’s Guide — 529972-001 xi Change Bar Notation UPPERCASE LETTERS. Uppercase letters indicate names from definition files. Type these names exactly as shown. For example: ZCOM-TKN-SUBJ-SERV lowercase letters. Words in lowercase lette...
Page 15 - Overview and Features; Overview
M8501 and M8502 ACL Tape Drive Installation and User’s Guide — 529972-001 1 -1 1 Overview and Features This section includes: Overview The M8501 and M8502 auto cartridge loader (ACL) tape drives support the LTO Ultrium Gen 3 tape drive. They are designed for backup operations for the NonStop NS-seri...
Page 16 - Models and Accessories
Overview and Features M8501 and M8502 ACL Tape Drive Installation and User’s Guide — 529972-001 1 - 2 Models and Accessories Models and Accessories These auto cartridge loader tape drives are configured with one internal LTO Gen 3 tape drive along with one removable tape cartridge magazine. Figure 1...
Page 17 - Internal Tape Drive
Overview and Features M8501 and M8502 ACL Tape Drive Installation and User’s Guide — 529972-001 1 - 3 Internal Tape Drive Internal Tape Drive The ACL units supports a single internal tape drive. The internal tape drive can be hot-swapped. Figure 1-2. Rear View of Tape Drive Single Drive
Page 18 - Magazine
Overview and Features M8501 and M8502 ACL Tape Drive Installation and User’s Guide — 529972-001 1 - 4 Magazine Magazine The ACL units contains one removable tape cartridge magazine that is accessible through the front left door. The door is opened by using the GUI touch screen on the control panel. ...
Page 20 - Front Panel Indicators
Overview and Features M8501 and M8502 ACL Tape Drive Installation and User’s Guide — 529972-001 1 - 6 Front Panel Indicators Front Panel Indicators The ACL tape drive’s front panel indicators consist of: • Viewing window - lets you visually check the unit’s internal operations • GUI touch screen - m...
Page 21 - Setting Up the ACL Tape Drives; Setting up the M8501 ACL Rackmount Unit
M8501 and M8502 ACL Tape Drive Installation and User’s Guide — 529972-001 2 - 1 2 Setting Up the ACL Tape Drives This section includes: Setting up the M8501 ACL Rackmount Unit Setting up the ACL rackmount unit requires a template and storage cabinet slide rails to install the unit in a storage cabin...
Page 25 - Setting up the M8502 ACL Tabletop
Setting Up the ACL Tape Drives M8501 and M8502 ACL Tape Drive Installation and User’s Guide — 529972-001 2 - 5 Setting up the M8502 ACL Tabletop 14. Attach the unit to the rack using two 10-32 captive thumbscrews that are located on the lower left and right front panel. 15. Fully tighten the rear-mo...
Page 29 - Installation
Installing and Configuring the ACL Tape Drive for the NonStop NS-Series Server M8501 and M8502 ACL Tape Drive Installation and User’s Guide — 529972-001 3 - 3 Installation Installation 1. Connect one end of the fiber cable to the top Fibre Channel port at the rear of the tape drive. See Figure 3-2 f...
Page 33 - Configuration
Installing and Configuring the ACL Tape Drive for the NonStop NS-Series Server M8501 and M8502 ACL Tape Drive Installation and User’s Guide — 529972-001 3 - 7 Configuration Configuration Follow steps 1-4 to navigate through the ACL tape drive’s menu configuration to view the PORTNAME of the tape dri...
Page 37 - Operation
M8501 and M8502 ACL Tape Drive Installation and User’s Guide — 529972-001 4 - 1 4 Operation This section includes: Front Panel The front panel of the ACL units include the left magazine door, a Graphical User Interface (GUI) touch screen, an ACL status LED, and a viewing window (see Figure 4-1 ). Fr...
Page 38 - Magazine Door
Operation M8501 and M8502 ACL Tape Drive Installation and User’s Guide — 529972-001 4 - 2 Magazine Door Magazine Door The magazine door has both an electrical release (via the GUI touch screen) and a manual release. It is always recommended that you open the magazine door using the GUI touch screen....
Page 39 - Initialization Screen
Operation M8501 and M8502 ACL Tape Drive Installation and User’s Guide — 529972-001 4 - 3 Initialization Screen Initialization Screen When power is first applied to the ACL tape drives, a series of power-on self test (POST) diagnostics are performed. After the POST completes, the following initializ...
Page 40 - ACL Default Screen; Display Screens and Options
Operation M8501 and M8502 ACL Tape Drive Installation and User’s Guide — 529972-001 4 - 4 ACL Default Screen ACL Default Screen After the POST executes successfully and the ACL initialization completes, the ACL tape drive Default Screen appears as shown in Figure 4-4 . The ACL Default screen enables...
Page 41 - Technical Support Information Option
Operation M8501 and M8502 ACL Tape Drive Installation and User’s Guide — 529972-001 4 - 5 Technical Support Information Option Technical Support Information Option Selecting the HP logo in the top left corner will display HP specific technical support assistance information. See Figure 4-5 . Figure ...
Page 42 - Access Magazine Option
Operation M8501 and M8502 ACL Tape Drive Installation and User’s Guide — 529972-001 4 - 6 Access Magazine Option Access Magazine Option Selecting this option lets you display the Access Magazine screen (see Figure 4-6 ). The Access Magazine option lets you gain access to the left magazine door for t...
Page 44 - LCD Contrast Controls
Operation M8501 and M8502 ACL Tape Drive Installation and User’s Guide — 529972-001 4 - 8 LCD Contrast Controls 4. Touch the destination option that you want to move media to. From the Destination Element Type selections. The options available are Drive and Slot. Repeat selecting the desired destina...
Page 46 - Menu Selections; View System Data
Operation M8501 and M8502 ACL Tape Drive Installation and User’s Guide — 529972-001 4 - 10 Menu Selections Menu Selections Selecting Menu on the ACL Default Screen lets you view, configure, and use the ACL. The Menu option displays three distinct areas: • View System Data • Utilities • Edit Options ...
Page 49 - Inserting and Removing Tape Cartridges; Removing the Magazine
Operation M8501 and M8502 ACL Tape Drive Installation and User’s Guide — 529972-001 4 - 13 Inser ting and Removing Tape Cartridges Inserting and Removing Tape Cartridges The magazine must be removed from the ACL in order to remove or insert tape cartridges. Make sure the slot you want to use is not ...
Page 50 - Barcode Labels; LTO Cartridge Media
Operation M8501 and M8502 ACL Tape Drive Installation and User’s Guide — 529972-001 4 - 14 Barcode Labels Barcode Labels Figure 4-15 show you how to install a barcode label onto a tape cartridge. LTO Cartridge Media The following are tips to ensure maximum LTO cartridge media performance and life: 1...
Page 53 - Maintenance; Introduction; Automatically Running a Cleaning Cartridge
M8501 and M8502 ACL Tape Drive Installation and User’s Guide — 529972-001 5 - 1 5 Maintenance This section includes: Introduction This section describes the Clean One Drive menu option contained in the Maintenance submenu of the Utilities area on the front panel display. You can use the Clean One Dr...
Page 54 - Manually Running a Cleaning Cartridge
Maintenance M8501 and M8502 ACL Tape Drive Installation and User’s Guide — 529972-001 5 - 2 Manually Running a Cleaning Cartridge Manually Running a Cleaning Cartridge A cleaning cartridge can be installed and run from one of three locations: • A Data Cartridge Slot-This location requires removing a...
Page 55 - Running a Cleaning Cartridge from the Cleaning Slot
Maintenance M8501 and M8502 ACL Tape Drive Installation and User’s Guide — 529972-001 5 - 3 Replacing a Cleaning Car tridge in a Reserved Slot Running a Cleaning Cartridge from the Cleaning Slot 1. Reserve the cleaning cartridge slot. See the section on “Setting up Reserved Slots” in Chapter 3 for m...
Page 57 - Troubleshooting; Platform Problems; Error Recovery
M8501 and M8502 ACL Tape Drive Installation and User’s Guide — 529972-001 6 - 1 6 Troubleshooting This section includes: Platform Problems An incorrect installation or configuration can cause platform problems. In this case, the unit appears to be operating normally, but no data can be interchanged....
Page 59 - Error Recovery Procedures
Troubleshooting M8501 and M8502 ACL Tape Drive Installation and User’s Guide — 529972-001 6 - 3 Error Recover y Procedures Error Recovery Procedures Table 6-1 lists ERPs for errors reported on the GUI touch screen of the ACL. This list includes only procedures that can be safely performed by an end ...
Page 71 - Regulatory Compliance Statements; FCC Compliance
M8501 and M8502 ACL Tape Drive Installation and User’s Guide — 529972-001 Statements - 1 Safety and Compliance This sections contains three types of required safety and compliance statements: • Regulatory compliance • Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) • Safety Regulatory Compliance St...
Page 72 - Korea MIC Compliance
Safety and Compliance M8501 and M8502 ACL Tape Drive Installation and User’s Guide — 529972-001 Statements - 2 Regulatory Compliance Statements Korea MIC Compliance Taiwan (BSMI) Compliance Japan (VCCI) Compliance This is a Class A product based on the standard or the Voluntary Control Council for I...
Page 73 - European Union Notice; Laser Compliance
Safety and Compliance M8501 and M8502 ACL Tape Drive Installation and User’s Guide — 529972-001 Statements - 3 Regulatory Compliance Statements European Union Notice Products with the CE Marking comply with both the EMC Directive (89/336/EEC) and the Low Voltage Directive (73/23/EEC) issued by the C...
Page 74 - SAFETY CAUTION; NOT FOR EXTERNAL USE
Safety and Compliance M8501 and M8502 ACL Tape Drive Installation and User’s Guide — 529972-001 Statements - 4 SAFETY CAUTION SAFETY CAUTION The following icon or caution statements may be placed on equipment to indicate the presence of potentially hazardous conditions: DOUBLE POLE FUSING CAUTION: D...
Page 75 - HIGH LEAKAGE CURRENT; Important Safety Information
Safety and Compliance M8501 and M8502 ACL Tape Drive Installation and User’s Guide — 529972-001 Statements - 5 Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) HIGH LEAKAGE CURRENT To reduce the risk of electric shock due to high leakage currents, a reliable grounded (earthed) connection should be c...
Page 77 - Index
M8501 and M8502 ACL Tape Drive Installation and User’s Guide — 529972-001 Index - 1 Index A ACL rackmount 2-1 ACL tabletop 2-5 B Barcode reader 1-4 , 1-5 F Fiber optic cable 1-1 , 3-3 Fibre Channel ServerNet adapter 1-1 , 3-5 Front panel indicators 1-6 , 4-2 GUI touch screen 1-4 , 1-6 , 3-5 , 4-2 ac...