HP Ultrium Drive Technical Reference Manual
HP Ultrium Drive Technical Reference Manual

HP Ultrium Drive Technical Reference Manual

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HP Ultrium drives
Technical reference manual
Generation 3 drives
Volume 4: Specifications
Part Number: Q1530–90901 Volume 4
Edition 5, December 2004

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  • Page 1 HP Ultrium drives Technical reference manual Generation 3 drives Volume 4: Specifications Part Number: Q1530–90901 Volume 4 Edition 5, December 2004...
  • Page 2 Revision History Version Date Changed Pages Edition 5 Dec 2004 For Ultrium Generation 3 SCSI and FC drives only This document is frequently revised and updated. To find out if there is a later version, please ask your HP OEM Representative.
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Documents specific to HP Ultrium drives ........
  • Page 4 7 Media Specification ........... . . 20 Environmental specifications (media) .
  • Page 5: Related Documents

    • • The SCSI Interface, volume 3 of the HP Ultrium Technical Reference Manual HP Ultrium Configuration Guide, volume 5 of the HP Ultrium Technical Reference Manual • • Background to Ultrium Drives, volume 6 of the HP Ultrium Technical Reference Manual •...
  • Page 6: Maintenance And Troubleshooting

    Operation (SCSI only) External drives In Libraries In Servers (SCSI only) In Tape Arrays (SCSI only) Cartridges Cartridge Memory (LTO-CM) Cartridges Features Managing the use of cartridges Use of cartridges Interface SCSI Guide Commands Error codes Implementation Interpreting sense data Messages Mode pages —see the MODE SENSE command...
  • Page 7: General Documents And Standardization

    Monitoring drive and tape condition Software troubleshooting techniques Dealing with errors Error Codes Handling errors How error correction works Logs—see the LOG SENSE command Recovering from write and read errors Software response to error correction Software response to logs TapeAlert log Ultrium features Adaptive Tape Speed (ATS) Autoload...
  • Page 8 http://www.t10.org/t10_main.htm • Copies of documents of other standards bodies can be obtained from: ANSI ECMA Global Engineering Documents for ANSI SCSI-3 and other specifications 11 West 42nd Street New York, NY 10036-8002 CP 56 CH-1211 Geneva 20 Switzerland 114 Rue du Rhône CH-1204 Geneva Switzerland 2805 McGaw...
  • Page 9: Features

    1 Features Feature Recording format Data compression Data encoding method Variable speed recording Read-While-Write Auxiliary memory in cartridge (CM) Standard part of the Ultrium format Data interfaces Library interface Main data buffer size Burst buffer size Specification Linear Tape Open Ultrium-3 and Ultrium-2.Ultrium-1 tapes can be read but not written.
  • Page 10: Physical Specification

    2 Physical specification Dimensions Internal width: height: depth: External width: height: depth: Rack-Mount width: height: depth: Detailed dimensions Figure 1-1 Plan Physical specification SCSI Fibre Channel 146 mm (5.75") 146 mm (5.75") 82.5 mm (3.25") 82.5 mm (3.25") 203 mm (8") 213.8 mm (8.4") 208 mm (8.2") 121 mm (4.75")
  • Page 11 Figure 1-2 Side With Fiber Channel, the connector stands out at the back of the drive: Fibre Channel connector Figure 1-3 [No drawing available as of November 30, 2004] Figure 1-4 Front...
  • Page 12: Product Weight

    *including front panel and ESD bag but excluding rails Drive orientation An HP Ultrium drive will operate in the 0°, –90° and +90° when viewed from the front panel. In addition, in the 0° axis, the drive will operate with +20°nose-up tilt.
  • Page 13: Electrical Requirements

    5V nominal (when the drive pulls 5A on the 5V rail) and 12V nominal (when the drive pulls 2A on the 12V rail). HP recommends a 10% buffer when selecting a power supply source capable of delivering the amperage and power required.
  • Page 14 Activity Read Reposition/Rewind Unload Electrical requirements SCSI Drives FC Drives Average Peak Average 24.3W 30.8W 24.4W 31.6W 16.8W 28.2W...
  • Page 15: Electromagnetic Compatibility

    The EMC performance of internal storage products depends on the characteristics of NOTE: the system in which the product is installed. HP has tested products installed in network storage system enclosures and in external desktop enclosures to verify EMC performance against the regulatory standards in force at the time of introduction.
  • Page 16: Dc Magnetic Field Interference

    DC magnetic field interference • IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations, 30th Edition, 1989-01-01 • U.S. CFR 49, paragraph 173.1020, revision date: 1983-11-01 Electromagnetic compatibility...
  • Page 17: Environmental

    5 Environmental Climatics These apply to the mechanism unless otherwise noted. For the environmental specification of media, see Chapter 7, Operating Parameter Operating temperature with media Maximum operating temperature rise Operating non-condensing humidity Maximum operating humidity rise Maximum wet bulb temperature Operating altitude Non-operating Parameter...
  • Page 18: Dynamics

    Package drop Noise Parameter Operating acoustic noise Airflow HP Ultrium drives require forced airflow from front to back. Parameter Airflow (operating and non-operating) 0.17 m Environmental Specification 0.31G pk 5–500 Hz @ 1 octave/min with 15 min dwell at peak resonance 0.31G rms 5–500 Hz 0.000194 g...
  • Page 19: Safety

    6 Safety Safety regulatory standards Agency Underwriters Laboratories (UL) Canadian Standards Association (CSA) CE and TÜV CB Report and Certificate Required agency approvals Agency National Standard Product Safety: NOM-0190SCFI-1998 NOM-1-NYCE Product Safety: GOST R 50377 GOSH EMC: GOST R 51318.22-99 & GOST R 50839=2000 Acoustic Report: GOST 26329-84 EMC: CISPR 22:1997 VCCI...
  • Page 20: Media

    7 Media Specification HP Product Number C7973A C7973W C7972A C7971A *Capacities at 2:1 data compression. The actual capacity depends on the compression ratio of the data. This is typically 2:1 but can be anywhere between 1:1 and 110:1. Tape Tape length used for data:...
  • Page 21: Environmental Specifications (Media)

    Environmental specifications (media) Operating Parameter Ambient Temperature Relative Humidity (non-condensing) Maximum Wet Bulb Temperature Storage (day-to-day) Parameter Ambient Temperature Relative Humidity (non-condensing) Maximum Wet Bulb Temperature Storage (transportation) Parameter Ambient Temperature Relative Humidity (non-condensing) Maximum Wet Bulb Temperature Storage (archival) Cartridges should be stored in plastic containers, preferably on their sides.
  • Page 22: Interface Specification

    Interface specification Contactless, passive RF interface using a proximity inductive coupling with a range in the • order of millimeters. • Power to the transponder is coupled through the interface. The range depends on implementation (10 to 20 mm is the maximum). The best error rate •...
  • Page 23: Ultrium Format Standard

    Future compatibility In future, HP Ultrium drives will always be capable of reading and writing tapes from the current generation and one generation before, and reading tapes from two generations before. HP Ultrium drives will always maintain write and read compatibility with other manufacturers’...
  • Page 24: Reliability

    9 Reliability Description MTBF (100% duty cycle) Load/unload life MSBF (automation swaps) Head life (typical) Media durability Maximum cartridge uses Backup failure rate Restore failure rate Interchange failure rate Uncorrectable error rate Undetected error rate Tape pulling life (5 years at 100% duty cycle) Reliability Specification 250,000 hours...
  • Page 25: Transfer Rates

    10 Performance specification Transfer rates Sustained transfer rate Burst transfer rate ATS data rate range (3:1) The bandwidth of the data compression engine determines the drive’s streaming capabilities based on the compression ratio of the data it is handling as follows: Compression Engine Bandwidth: Maximum Streaming Compression Ratio: The drive will match the throughput of any host up to the maximum native transfer rate...
  • Page 26: Timings

    Timings Capacity full backup times The following table shows approximate backup times for the available tape cartridges: Cartridge 800 GB Ultrium 3 400 GB Ultrium 2 200 GB Ultrium 1 Load/unload times The load and unload times are as follows: Typical load time to BOT, ready to read or write Unload time, excluding rewind Automation eject (tape unthreaded)
  • Page 27: Specification

    A default of 9600 baud at power-on, after a tape drive reset and after an ACI reset. After that, the library can configure the tape drive to use other baud rates (19200, 38400, 57600 and 115200 baud for HP Ultrium drives) using the Set Baud Rate command. •...
  • Page 28 Automation Control Interface...
  • Page 29: Index

    Index access time agency approvals airflow altitude ANSI archival storage environment automation control interface backup times bandwidth climatics CM 9, compatibility compression compression format data compression dimensions, drive documents, related drive orientation dynamics electrical requirements electromagnetic compatibility emissions environmental specifications error rates features fibre channel connector...
  • Page 30 Index...

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