TAPE DRIVES
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Hewlett Packard VS80 Tape drives as used for initial tests and then Ne24 experiment in September 2003

Compatibility summary:

	DLT IV tapes written by vs80	DLT IV written by DLT1	DLT IV written by DLT4000	DLT IV written by DLT7000	DLT IV written by DLT8000	DLT III written anywhere
vs80 can read	yes	yes	yes	no	no	no
vs80 can write	yes	yes	no	no	no	no

The drives presently (October 2003) at GANIL are hp surestore vs80 drives. The support from hp for these drives has the following links:

storage compatibility	http://www.hp.com/go/connect
installation	click here to see text below
drivers	here
HP VS80 FAQs	here
HP support pages for UK	http://welcome.hp.com/country/uk/eng/support.html
Home page for VS80 tech support	here
cleaning	here to see text below

Cleaning the vs80 drives:
Must use DLT VS or else DLT1 cleaning cartridges. Anything else will eject after 20 seconds without cleaning the drive. Proper cleaning takes a minimum of 90 seconds and during this time the CLEAN/MEDIA LED is lit. Remove tape when this lights goes off. This LED is lit automatically when cleaning is required, but VS80 drives need little cleaning.

Installation for vs80 drives:
The drive requires either a Wide, Ultra SCSI-2 LowVoltage differential or single ended SCSI bus. It will not work with standard differential or HighVoltage differential SCSI.
The drive will default to SCSI ID 5. Remember to reset it if this is not a free ID on the system.

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