Sony SDT-7000 Series User manual

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SONV

Installation

Manual

SDT-7000

Series

Ver.1.0

January,

1996

DDS

Tape

Drive

Sony

Corporation

Table

of

Contents

Introduction

2

Product

Features

2

Precautions

3

Installation

4

SCSI

Connection

/

Setting

the

SCSI

ID

/

Option

Switches

4

Mounting

Holes

5,

6

Orientation

7

Operation

8

Location

of

3

LEDs

8

LED

Indication

for

Drive

Status

9

Drive

Operation

10,11

Interface

Implementation

12

Supported

SCSI

Messages

12

Supported

SCSI

Commands

12

Specification

13

Product

Specifications

13,14

Third

Party

Support

Contacts

15,16

Sony

Contacts

17

SDT-7000

DDS-2

Tape

Drive

The

Sony

SDT-7000

drive

is

a

high

capacity

data

storage

device

using

4mm

DAT

(Digital

Audio

Tape)

technology.

The

SDT-7000

drive

achieves

high

data

reliability

through

Read-After-Write,

an

additional

level

of

Error

Correction

Code,

and

other

features.

The

Sony

SDT-7000

drive

stores

data

on

tape

using

a

standard

format

called

DDS

(Digital

Data

Storage),

DDS-2,

DDS-DC

and

DCLZ

formats.

These

formats

are

used

by

numerous

other

DDS

tape

drive

manufacturers,

providing

a

broad

range

of

compatible

tape

drives.

The

Sony

SDT-7000

is

fully

READ

and

WRITE

compatible

with

the

DDS-2

and

DDS

format

tapes.

1

Introduction

Product

Features

SDT-7000

(With

Data

Compression)

Data

Capacity

8

GB

to

16

GB

(Approx.)

Transfer

Rate

(sustained)

1556

to

3111

KB/sec

(Approx.)

•

Supported

Formats:

DDS,

DDS-2,

DDS-DC

and

DCL2

•

High

Burst

Transfer

Rate-

5MB/sec

Asynchronous

10MB/sec

Synchronous

•

Large

1

MB

Buffer

•

3.5"

Standard

Height,

5.25"

Half

Height

•

Embedded

SCSI

Interface

•

Supports

Variable

or

Fixed

Record

Length

•

Supports

SCSI-2

Sequential-access

Devices

Command

Set

•

Read

After

Write

(RAW)

•

Frame

Rewrite

Function

•

Three

Levels

of

Error

Correction

Code

(ECC)

•

Quick

Search

(100

times

normal

ReadA/Vrite

speed)

•

Random

Read

•

N-Group

Write

Option

•

Dual

Partition

Option

•

SCSI

Disconnection/Arbitration

2

Precautions

Installation

Avoid

placing

the

drive

in

a

location

subject

to;

-

high

humidity

-

high

temperature

-

mechanical

shock

and

vibration

-

direct

sunlight

Operation

*

Do

not

move

the

drive

while

it

is

operating.

Doing

so

may

cause

a

malfunction

to

occur.

*

Avoid

exposing

the

drive

to

sudden

changes

from

low

to

high

in

temperature.

This

may

cause

water

condensation

to

collect

inside

the

drive.

If

the

ambient

temperature

should

suddenly

rise

while

the

drive

is

turned

on,

wait

at

least

one

hour

before

turning

on

the

drive.

If

you

attempt

to

operate

the

drive

immediately

after

a

sudden

increase

in

temperature,

a

malfunction

may

occur.

*

Do

not

turn

off

the

drive

while

the

tape

is

in

the

drive.

Transportation

*

Keep

the

original

packing

materials

to

facilitate

transportation

of

the

drive.

*

Always

remove

the

tape

before

moving

the

drive.

After

removing

the

drive

from

the

computer,

repack

the

drive

into

its

original

packaging.

3

Installation

_

_

SCSI

Connection/Setting

the

SCSI

ID/Option

Switches

4

3

2

1

5V

GND

GND

12V

Power

Connector

SCSI

ID

o

„

•

■

■

ia

a

a

/

O

O

O

Ok

o

o

o

o

o

o

o

op

o

o

o

4

Mounting

Holes

for

3.5"

Standard

Height

5

Operation

Location

of

3

LEDs

There

are

three

LED

indicators

(BUSY,

TAPE

and

STATUS)

and

an

EJECT

button

on

the

front

panel

of

the

unit.

Front

Panel

(for

3.5"

Standard

Height)

BUSY

TAPE

STATUS

□

□□

□

EJECT