Installing An External Dat Drive; Configuring An External Dat Drive - Seagate DAT Drive DDS Manuel D'installation

A-16 Seagate DAT Drive Installation Manual—English

Installing an external DAT drive

The Seagate external DAT drive is a compact external unit
that connects to the host computer as a turnkey subsystem.
Installing the external drive involves three simple steps:
1. Configuring the drive
2. Connecting the SCSI interface cable
3. Connecting the power cord

Configuring an external DAT drive

The following is the default configuration for Seagate external
DAT drives:
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The drive reads or writes both MRS and non-MRS
4-mm media.
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Parity checking is disabled.
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DDS-DC data compression is enabled (applies only to
models that support data compression)
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The power-on self-test diagnostics of the drive are
disabled.
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Termination power is supplied to the SCSI bus.
Note: Some of these configuration settings can be
changed using the SCSI Mode Select command. SCSI
command information for Seagate DAT drives is provided
in the product description manual.
Setting the SCSI ID
Make sure that the drive is turned off; then set the SCSI ID
for the drive using the push-button switch on the back of the
external drive. Figure 7 the following page shows this switch,
as well as the two SCSI interface connectors, the on/off
switch, and the power-cord connector.
Note: The drive must be restarted, or a SCSI bus reset
must be issued for any change in SCSI ID to take effect.