Tandberg Data Magnum 448, Manual

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2.

Removing the cables, internal cooling plates, and tape drives—

a.

Pull the tape drive a short distance out of the library and disconnect the serial cable. Repeat for all the tape 

drives that you are replacing.

b.

Disconnect the power cables as needed. 

Rev “A” power supply installed (no Rev B label)—disconnect all cables.

Rev “B” power supply installed—disconnect from 

only 

the tape drive (or tape drives) that you are 

replacing.

c.

Remove the screws (

A

) holding the tape drive cooling plate (

B

). Remove the plate, and discard it and the 

screws (see 

Figure 9 on page 8

).

d.

While holding the cables out of the way, remove the tape drive(s). 

e.

Disconnect the serial cable from the library. Do not reuse this cable. If you are replacing multiple tape 

drives, remove and discard the serial cables from all the tape drives you are replacing.

3.

Installing the tape drive— 

a.

Locate the serial cable that came in your replacement kit and attach it to the appropriate serial connector 

inside the library.

While holding the cables to the side, slide the new tape drive directly into the library, leaving it a short 

distance out to access the cables. Use care not to damage the cables. 

b.

Connect the supplied serial cable and the power cable to the tape drives. 

Full Height tape drive—

c.

Slide the tape drive the remaining distance into the library.

! 

Important

Remove as many internal cooling plates as necessary to add tape drives, but leave 

all empty tape drive bays covered. The plates are required for proper cooling.

Caution

Be certain to support the tape drive as you remove it from the library. LTO Ultrium tape 

drives weigh several pounds each.

! 

Important

Do not mix full height and half height or SCSI and Fibre Channel tape drives in the 

library. The Magnum 448 does not support mixed tape drive configurations.

Tape drive

Quantity

Install in this 

opening...

Serial 

connector

Internal 

label

See...

Full height

Second

 tape drive

Top

Second

Drive 2

Figure 1 on page 3

Single

 tape drive

Bottom

Bottom

Drive 1

Cable

Cable routing

Connect as shown in...

Serial

to side of tape drive carrier bracket 

Figure 10 on page 9

Rev “A” power

through the tape drive carriers

Figure 4 on page 5

Rev “B” power

outside the tape drive carriers

Figure 5 on page 5