HP C1537A Tape drive card Settings and Configuration

Device Type

Internal Tape Drive

Interface

SCSI-2

Format

DAT, DDS, DDS-2, DDS-3, DDS-DC, DCLZ

Sustained Transfer Rate

1 MBPS (native), 2 MBPS (compressed)

Size

5.25 in. half height

View

Top

USER CONFIGURABLE SETTINGS

Setting

Label

Position

»

Factory configured - do not alter

JP1

Unidentified

»

Media Recognition System disabled

SW1/3

On

Media Recognition System enabled

SW1/3

Off

»

Factory configured - do not alter

SW1/4

On

»

Factory configured - do not alter

SW1/5

On

»

Factory configured - do not alter

SW1/6

On

»

Factory configured - do not alter

SW1/7

On

»

Factory configured - do not alter

SW1/8

On

DRIVE SELECT ID

Drive ID

JP2

JP3

JP4

0

Open

Open

Open

1

Closed

Open

Open

2

Open

Closed

Open

» 3

Closed

Closed

Open

4

Open

Open

Closed

5

Closed

Open

Closed

6

Open

Closed

Closed

7

Closed

Closed

Closed

COMPRESSION SETTINGS

Function

SW1/1

SW1/2

» Compression with software control enabled

On

On

Compression without software control enabled

On

Off

Compression with software control disabled

Off

On

Compression without software control enabled

Off

Off

TERMINATION POWER SELECTION

Setting

JP5

» TERMPWR supplied by SCSI interface to drive

Open

TERMPWR supplied by drive

Closed

MANUFACTURERS RECOMMENDED MEDIA

Tape

Capacity Without Compression

Capacity With Compression

60m DDS

1.3GB

2.6GB

90m DDS

2GB

4GB

120m DDS-2

4GB

8GB

125m DDS-3

12GB

24GB

DIAGNOSTIC LED(S)

LED

Color

Status

Condition

LED1

Green

On

Cartridge present, drive active

LED1

Green

Slow Blinking

Cartridge loading or unloading

LED1

Green

Fast Blinking

Cartridge is being read or written to

LED1

Green

Off

No power/drive Idle, no cartridge

LED2

Yellow

On

Drive fault detected

LED2

Yellow

Blinking

Drive cleaning required

LED2

Yellow

Off

No drive fault detected