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LaCie d2 SCSI AIT Drive Contents
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Contents
How to use this Manual 2
Foreword 3
1. Introduction 4
1.1 Icons Used in This Manual 4
1.2 What is SCSI? 5
2. Getting To Know Your LaCie AIT Drive 6
2.1 Minimum System Requirements 6
2.2 LaCie AIT Drive – Views 7
2.3 SCSI Cables and Connectors 8
3. Setting Up Your LaCie AIT Drive 9
3.1 Installing Your LaCie AIT Drive 9
3.1.1 Software Installation 9
3.1.2 SCSI Card Verification 10
3.1.3 Setting the SCSI ID Number 10
3.1.4 Connecting the Drive to the
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LaCie d2 SCSI AIT Drive How to Use This Manual page 2 How to Use This Manual In the toolbar: Previous Page / Next Page Go to Previous View / Go to Next View Go to Contents Page / Go to Precautions Page On the page: Click on the text within the Contents page to jump to information on that topic. Click on any red text to automatically jump to more information about that topic. Printing: While optimized for onscreen viewing, the pages of this manual are formatted for printing on 8 1/2” x 11” and A4
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LaCie d2 SCSI AIT Drive Foreword page 3 Copyrights Copyright © 2002 LaCie. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written consent of LaCie. Trademarks Apple, Mac and Macintosh are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. Sony is a registered trademark of Sony Electronics. Microsoft, Windows 98, Windows 98SE, Wi
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LaCie d2 SCSI AIT Drive Introduction page 4 1. Introduction Congratulations on the purchase of your new LaCie AIT drive. LaCie tape drives deliver a cost-effective, reliable way to protect against devastating data loss, at home and in the office. Use your new tape drive in conjunction with effective tape rotation and a detailed disaster recovery plan to make your critical data virtually untouchable. Based upon standard technology with clear migration paths, LaCie tape drives are backward compa
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LaCie d2 SCSI AIT Drive Introduction page 5 Manual Updates LaCie is constantly striving to give you the most up-to-date, comprehensive User’s Manuals available on the market. It is our goal to provide you with a friendly, easy-to-use format that will help you quickly install and utilize the many functions of your new device. If your manual does not reflect the configurations of the product that you purchased, please check our Web site for the most current version available. You can access our m
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LaCie d2 SCSI AIT Drive Getting to Know Your LaCie AIT Drive page 6 2. Getting to Know Your LaCie AIT Drive What can your LaCie AIT drive do? • Archive your database. • Backup proprietary information. • Store company files. 2.1 Minimum System Requirements Hardware Requirements: • Mac or PC equipped with SCSI card or built-in SCSI interface. System Requirements: • Mac OS 8.6, 9.x, and OS 10.x • Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT, Windows 98 Second Edition (SE), Windows 2000, Windows Me and Wind
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LaCie d2 SCSI AIT Drive Getting to Know Your AIT Drive page 7 2.2 LaCie AIT Drive – Views Front View 1 – Cartridge Slot Door 1 Insert your AIT cartridge in this door. As you insert the cartridge, the drive takes hold of it and loads it into the mechanism. 2 – Eject Button Press this button to eject a cartridge. Do not attempt to eject the cartridge while the busy LED is blinking. Doing so may harm the cartridge and lead to data corruption or loss. 3 – Busy LED Blinks to show the drive is backin
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LaCie d2 SCSI AIT Drive Getting to Know Your AIT Drive page 8 6 6 – Lock Slot - This slot is used to connect a Kensington-type anti-theft system for maximum protection. Refer to your anti-theft system documentation for details on how to connect the lock. 7 – Rackmount Grooves - For mounting your drive with the rackmount kit (sold separately). 7 8 8 – Serial Number Sticker 7 This is where you will find your LaCie drive's serial number. Write down the serial number and keep it in a safe pla
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LaCie d2 SCSI AIT Drive Setting Up Your LaCie AIT Drive page 9 3. Setting Up Your LaCie U&I AIT Drive Connecting the AC Adapter To operate the drive, you must use the AC adapter supplied with it. Warning! Use only the AC adapter supplied with your LaCie drive. Using any other power cable may cause damage to the device and void your warranty. You may use your LaCie drive when in a foreign country, thanks to its auto-switching 100-240 Volt power supply. To be able to use this feature, you may
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LaCie d2 SCSI AIT Drive Setting Up Your AIT Drive page 10 logical unit letter in Windows. Instead, this drive is managed entirely the application software, which displays a list of connected drives. As a result, when you want to backup your information, you will need to utilize the application software. For guidance on application software that can be used with your LaCie AIT Drive and the supported operating systems, please contact your reseller or LaCie Technical Support. 3.1.2 - SCSI Card Ve
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LaCie d2 SCSI AIT Drive Setting Up Your AIT Drive page 11 3.1.4 - Connecting the Drive to the Computer 1) Power down your computer. Warning! Before connecting the drive’s power supply cable to the main power outlet, make sure that the drive is turned off! Failure to do so could lead to serious damage of the drive. 2) Connect your drive’s power supply cable to the main power outlet. 3) Connect one end of your SCSI cable to the SCSI port on your computer, or to a drive in your SCSI chain, if more
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LaCie d2 SCSI AIT Drive Using Your AIT Drive page 12 4. Using Your LaCie AIT Drive AIT Cartridge Handling Precautions Please take the following necessary precautions to ensure that your AIT cartridges stay in good condition, keeping your data safe and retrievable for years to come: • Use the cassettes only in temperatures ranging from 41 ∞F to 113 ∞F (5 ∞C to 45 ∞C) and in humidity ranging from 20% to 80% (non-condensing). • Avoid extreme changes in temperature and humidity whenever possible. •
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LaCie d2 SCSI AIT Drive Using Your AIT Drive page 13 Warning! The Tape Log, which contains a history of the tape’s usage, will not be updated if the cassette is write-protected. The Tape Log may become inaccurate if the tape is used when write-protected, and the media warning cannot be relied upon to indicate that the cassette needs to be copied and replaced. LED Patterns The LEDs on your LaCie AIT U&I drive can indicate different states or conditions. The following chart shows you what the LEDs
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LaCie d2 SCSI AIT Drive Using Your AIT Drive page 14 Figure 2 – Normal LED Patterns Busy Tape Status Meaning There is no activity and no cassette in the LaCie AIT drive. No cassette loaded, but there is no IDE activity. A cassette is being loaded and the drive is checking it. A cassette is being loaded. The drive has determined that the cassette is write-protected. A cassette is loaded and is being cleaned. A cassette is loaded, but there is no activity. A cassette is loaded, and there is IDE ac
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LaCie d2 SCSI AIT Drive Using Your AIT Drive page 15 Cleaning the Heads The LaCie AIT drive features the Active Head Cleaner™ mechanism, which detects build-up and automatically removes debris, reducing the need for periodic head cleaning. A cleaning cassette may still be required, though, for severe cases of debris build-up that the drive cannot clean itself. The status LED will flash quickly (see Fig. 1 & 2) to inform you that you need to use the head-cleaning cassette included with your drive
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LaCie d2 SCSI AIT Drive Technical Information page 16 5. Technical Information 5.1 User Advice When Using SCSI The following technical information relates to your LaCie AIT1 drive and gives some practical advice: Multiple SCSI Devices External devices must be powered on before booting the computer — even if they are not to be used. They MUST be left on until the computer has been shut down. SCSI basics This section provides a brief description of the SCSI technology and lays down a few basic rul
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LaCie d2 SCSI AIT Drive Technical Information page 17 LVD (Low Voltage Differential) – This latest addition to the SCSI interface, which became important with Ultra2 SCSI, combines all of the advantages of SE and HVD. LVD has rapidly become the de facto standard in high-performance SCSI. Its benefits include increasingly lower cost, more and more widespread use, enhanced reliability, higher data transfer rates, compatibility with the newest high-speed hard drives, longer cable lengths than SE
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LaCie d2 SCSI AIT Drive Technical Information page 18 same SCSI chain, doing so will limit the performance of all devices on the chain to SE levels. An all-LVD chain will enable you to achieve the ultra-fast transfer rates that LVD has to offer. For more information on mixed SCSI chains, please refer to 8. Appendix – SCSI Questions and Answers. 4) Respect the maximum allowable cable length for your SCSI chain. In order to ensure optimum performance, you must respect the maximum allowable length
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LaCie d2 SCSI AIT Drive Troubleshooting page 19 6. Troubleshooting In the event that your LaCie AIT drive is not working correctly, please refer to the following checklist to find out where the problem is coming from. If you have gone through all of the points on the checklist and your drive is still not working correctly, please have a look at the FAQs that are regularly published on our Web site – www.lacie.com. One of these FAQs may provide an answer to your specific question. You can also v
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LaCie d2 SCSI AIT Drive Troubleshooting page 20 The Problem Questions to Ask Possible Solutions The drive is not recognized. Is there a conflict with other device Contact LaCie Technical Support. drivers or extensions? Does your computer’s configuration meet Check section 2.1 Minimum System the minimum system requirements for use Requirements. with this drive? Are you powering on the SCSI peripherals You must power on all SCSI before the computer? peripherals connected to your computer before
