Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product SDX-900V Sony
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AIT Drive 2-190-432- 12 (1) 2004 Sony Corporation AIT-4 TAPE DRIVE SDX-900V Series User’s Guide.
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3 IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS For your protection, please read these safety instructions completely before operating the appliance, and keep this manual for future reference. Carefully observe all warnings, precautions and instructions on the appliance, or described in the operating instructions and adhere to them.
4 INSTALLATION Water and Moisture – Do not use power-line operated units near water – for example, near a bathtub, washbowl, kitchen sink, or laundry tub, in a wet basement, or near a swimming pool, etc.
5 Table of Contents Overview .................................................................................................................. 6 Introduction ............................................................................................
6 Overview The Sony SDX-900V series drives are high capacity data storage devices using Advanced Intelligent tape (AIT) technology. The SDX-900V series drives achieve high data reliability through Read-After-Write, an additional level of Error Correction Code, and other features.
7 Introduction About AIT Drives SDX-900V series drives are internal AIT drive units that use data cartridges conforming to the AIT-4 format. Features The SDX-900V series drives have the following features: • Support reading and writing to data cartridges conforming to the AIT-4 format.
8 Precautions Useable Cartridges SDX-900V series can be used with data and cleaning cartridges marked with the AIT-4 logo. Notes • Be sure to use only data cartridges designed specifically for AIT (do not use 8 mm video cartridges) as this may damage the drives.
9 Transportation • Keep the original packing materials to facilitate safe transportation of the drives. • Always remove the tape/media cartridge before moving the drives. After removing the drives from the computer, repack them into their original packing.
10 Installation SCSI Connection/Setting the SCSI ID SCSI 68pin Connector 5 V Power Connector 1 2 3 4 GND GND 12 V Disable Enable Parity Note : = = = CLOSED/Jumper Don’ t care OPEN/Jumper not installed Pa rity Disable No Connection SCSI ID 3 SCSI ID 2 SCSI ID 1 SCSI ID 0 Jumpers SCSI ID SCSI ID 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 1 12 13 14 15 2 1 0 P .
11 Option Switches (DIP Switch) DIP Switch Positions Default ON OFF 12345678 DIP Switch 1 DR (Disaster Recovery) Mode (OFF) 2 Emulation Mode (OFF) 3 AIT Library Interface Mode (ON) 4 Reserved (OFF) 5 .
12 DR (Disaster Recovery * ) Mode To enable DR Mode, set position 1 [Drive Mode] switch to ON. ON OFF 12345678 * In Disaster Recovery Mode, an SDX-900V series drive enters the DR Standby Mode 15 seconds after you insert a write-protected tape into the drive, and all the drive LED blink.
13 Library Mode The Library Mode can be enabled with a DIP switch. ON OFF 12345678 When switch 3 is ON, AIT Legacy Library Interface Mode is enabled. With this switch OFF, ACI Mode is enabled. Terminator Power Control DIP switch This DIP switch determines whether terminator power is supplied to the SCSI bus.
14 Mounting Holes For 3.5" Standard Height 155.0 0.5mm [6.10" 0.02"] 90.0 0.3mm [3.54" 0.01"] 60.0 0.3mm [2.36" 0.01"] 70.0 0.3mm [2.76" 0.01"] 31.0 0.3mm [1.22" 0.01"] 21.0 0.3mm [0.83" 0.01"] 41.
15 Reconfiguring from 5.25" Model to 3.5" Model You can reconfigure the 5.25" model to the 3.5" model yourself. 1 Remove the 2 screws for each side rail.
16 Orientation 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10.
17 Attaching and Removing the Dust Cover Attaching the Dust Cover 1 Align the dust cover’s hinge clips (one on each side) with the pins of the drive bezel. • The dust cover should be positioned so that the magnets * on the cover’s back face the drive bezel.
18 2 Press down at an angle on each side in turn until you hear the hinge clips click into place. Caution Do not press the dust cover in horizontally from the front. Doing so could cause the dust cover to break. 3 Close the dust cover. This completes attachment of the dust cover.
19 Removing the Dust Cover 1 Open the dust cover. 2 Holding the dust cover at both corners, carefully raise the dust cover. The dust cover hinge clips and drive bezel pins uncouple.
20 Operation Location of 3 LEDs There are three LED indicatiors (TAPE MOTION LED, CLEANING REQUEST LED, REPLACE TAPE LED) and an EJECT button on the front panel of the SDX-900V series drives.
21 Drive Operation Loading a Cartridge Note While setting the data cartridge, do not turn off the host computer. This may cause a malfunction or damage data. 1 Turn on the host computer. Check that the drive’s TAPE MOTION LED, CLEANING REQUEST LED and REPLACE TAPE LED go off.
22 Unloading a Cartridge The cartridge can be removed from SDX-900V series drives in response to a SCSI Unload command, or by pressing the EJECT button.
23 Reel motor Loading motor Emergency Tape Removal Procedure 1 Remove the drive from the chassis or enclosure to allow access to the bottom of the drive. 2 Remove the drive’s top cover. 3 Locate the small opening in the bottom of the drive and insert the tip of a precision screwdriver so that the Loading motor shaft can be rotated.
24 Caution Stop rotating the motor shaft immediately, when the guide B gets to the area below the line C-C (This line is defined by 2 circular tape guide surfaces of the cartridge).
25 Interface Implementation Supported SCSI Messages Abort Identify Target Reset Ignore Wide Residue Command Complete Message Parity Error Disconnect Message Reject Extended Message No Operation – Sy.
26 Specifications Product Specifications Altitude Operating 0 to 3048 m (0 to 10,000 ft.) Vibration Operating Swept Sine 5 to 500 Hz *0.25 G Peak 1 Octave/min.
27 Temperature and Humidity Range Temperature Operating 5˚C to 40˚C ( ∆ T<10˚C/h) (41˚F to 104˚F ( ∆ T<18˚F/h)) Non-operating (mech.) – 40˚C to 70˚C ( ∆ T<20˚C/h) (– 40˚F .
28 Sony Contacts For further information, please contact: Sony Electronics Inc., Tape Storage Solutions (USA) URL: http://www.storagebysony.com Sony Corporation Electronic Devices Marketing Group, Product Marketing Div.
29 Sony Corporation of Hong Kong Ltd., Shanghai Rep. Office 44F., HSBC Tower, 101 Yin Cheng East Road, Pudong, New Area, Shanghai, P.R.C. Postcode 200120 TEL: 86-21-6841-3222 FAX: 86-21-6841-0280 Sony Brasil Ltda.
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