Before You Start

Pre-Installation Checklist

Before you install your HP SureStore DAT drive:

1. Check the contents of the box against the list in the Installation Guide.
   
2. Check that your computer meets the requirements for installation.
   
3. Make a note of the model name, product number, and serial number of your tape drive or autoloader and record it on the inside front cover of the Installation Guide.
   
4. Collect information about the SCSI configuration of your computer and any other devices attached to it and decide how you are going to configure the drive on the SCSI bus. You can use the TapeAssure software provided on the HP SureStore Tape CD-ROM to do this. If you are not familiar with how to configure a SCSI bus, you may also want to read the SCSI Background information provided in this guide.
   
5. Select a free bay for an internal or a removable drive
   or
   Select a site for an external drive.

Identifying which HP SureStore DAT Product You Have

The tape drive or autoloader has its model name on the front panel and its product number and serial number on a label on its base, as shown below.

HP SureStore DAT40 and DAT40x6 models also have the DDS-4 logo on the front panel.

External Drive or Autoloader

Internal Drive or Autoloader

Checking Installation Prerequisites

Computer Requirements

For PC systems, the microprocessor should be a 386, 486, Pentium or Pentium Pro.

If you are installing the tape drive on a UNIX system, refer to the UNIX instructions for further information about the systems supported and installation instructions.

Your computer must have a properly installed and configured SCSI host adapter or a SCSI controller on the motherboard (SCSI-2 or SCSI-3 compliant) with driver software that supports the HP SureStore DAT drive. Consult your supplier for details.

For an internal drive or internal autoloader, you will need:

• A spare 5¼-inch, half-height bay in which to install the drive, or two adjacent half-height bays for an autoloader. You can install an internal drive into a 3¼-inch, half-height bay; use the special converter kit provided with your tape drive.
• A SCSI ribbon cable with active termination (a terminator block). The DAT40i drive and DAT40x6i autoloader have a 68-pin wide SCSI connector. If your computer uses narrow SCSI, you will need a cable or adapter that enables you to connect a wide SCSI device (68 pins) into the narrow SCSI bus (50 pins). This can be purchased from your supplier. All other DAT drives have a 50-pin narrow SCSI connector. If your computer uses wide SCSI, you will need a cable or adapter that enables you to connect a narrow SCSI device (50 pins) into the wide SCSI bus (68 pins). This is provided with your tape drive.
• Any special mounting tray or rails required to fix the drive into the empty bay.
  Check the unpacking list in your Installation Guide for which mounting hardware is supplied with your tape drive or autoloader.

For external drives and autoloaders, the cable provided with DAT8, DAT24, DAT24x6e, DAT40e and DAT40x6 products will attach to a computer with a wide SCSI connector (68 pins). Tape 5000 models come with a cable that attaches to a narrow SCSI connector (50 pins). If the cable supplied with your drive is not appropriate for your computer's external SCSI connector, you will need to order a new cable. (See Ordering Information.)

Backup Software Requirements

To make use of a tape drive, your computer must have a backup application that supports your specific drive model so that it can back up and restore data. For the latest list of backup software packages that support HP SureStore DAT drives and advanced features such as TapeAlert, refer to our World Wide Web site. The Selection section of this web site ("Solutions Guide"), lists backup software solutions suitable for your tape drive model and operating system (including Microsoft Windows, Novell NetWare, IBM OS/2, various UNIX systems, and Apple Macintosh).

Before choosing a backup application, make sure that it supports your tape drive. Suitable backup applications will include driver software that establishes the interface between the tape drive and the software. Applications usually recognize tape drives by their manufacturers' internal part number rather than their model number, so check the table below for the appropriate reference.

Windows NT and Novell NetWare Backup Utilities

If you have Windows NT installed, it contains a built-in backup utility. Similarly, you can use the SBACKUP utility provided with Novell NetWare. However, as neither of these utilities supports HP One-Button Disaster Recovery and other advanced capabilities for backup and restore, you may prefer to use the free backup software provided on the HP SureStore CD-ROM and the Yosemite TapeWare CD-ROM. This software provides full support for HP One-Button Disaster Recovery. For further details about which software is appropriate for your device, see below or refer to our World Wide Web page: http://www.hp.com/go/connect

Before you can use the tape drive with these utilities, you must install the appropriate driver. Install the tape drive hardware before installing the driver. Drivers for Windows NT 3.51 and 4.0 and Novell NetWare 3.12, 4.10, and 4.11 are supplied on this HP SureStore Tape CD-ROM. Select the "Software" option on the Welcome page to install the drivers for Windows Backup or NetWare SBACKUP or you can follow the instructions for installing drivers provided in your operating system documentation.

For detailed information about drivers, refer to the appropriate README file in the DRIVERS directory on this CD. There is a separate sub-directory for each operating system.

Standalone and Client PCs

If you are installing a tape drive (not an autoloader) on a standalone PC or a client PC that runs Windows 95, Windows 98 or Windows NT, you can use Colorado Backup II, which is included on this HP SureStore CD-ROM. Select the "Software" option on the Index page.

Autoloaders

If you are installing an autoloader use the software on the Yosemite TapeWare CD-ROM.