Mounting a 35/70 DLT drive in an X342

[yert33]

Trying to mount an older 35/70GB DLT drive (FRU 28L1655) in the open bay of an xSeries 342 server (8669-1RY). It will fit, but I need some sort of rail kit or bezel or something to do this.

Any leads or links??

Also, anything I should be aware of once i get it nounted? (driver or SCSI wierdness?)

TIA

 

[ibmtech65]

It is a good possibility that this particular tape drive was not made to fit that server.

See this link for compatibility.

http://www.pc.ibm.com/us/compat/machines/x342.html#Storage

Ray Liles
IBM/Intel Remote Technical Support Specialist
IBM Global Services
Atlanta Ga.

 

[yert33]

Thanks, Ray. I actually got the unit installed by using the little blue plastic snap on rails that are stowed in the blank face plates in the server. I got it powered up and connected to the SCSI B motherboard connector....Backup Exec recognizes it (yeah)....now I'm waiting on some new DLT tape cartridges to see if the drive will read and write to tape.

Thanks for the link. I bookmarked it for future reference.

Trey