Dell PowerVault TL4000 Dell PowerVault TL4000 Failover Configuration Guide - Page 3

Dell PowerVault™ TL4000/TL2000 Failover Guide Drive Configuration LT03 Drives Supported Failover Drive Support LT04 Drives Supported Failover Drive Support LT05 Drives Supported Failover Drive Support SCSI Full Height Yes No FC Full Height Yes No Yes Yes * FC Half Height Yes Yes * SAS Full Height Yes No Yes Yes** SAS Half Height Yes No Yes Yes * Table 2: Dell Power Vault™ TL4000 Supported Failover Configuration Matrix *Requires a Dell PowerVault™ TL4000 library configured with at least two LT05 Half Height drives; two homogeneous LTO4 drives are needed in the same partition to support full path failover. **If only one LTO4 SAS drive is installed in the library or in the partition, data path failover only is supported. Basic Environment Configuration Requirements There are some basic configuration environments that are required in order to support the failover feature available in the Dell PowerVault™ TL2000/TL4000 library. Refer to table below for full details Important Notes: Mixed drive generations are not recommended; however, if a library contains mixed generation drives in a single partition, and failover is a desired configuration, you must follow the LT05 environment configuration requirements and the library must contain only LT04 media for backups. Failover is supported with a single LTO4 SAS drive installed in the TL4000 library or in a single library partition; however, only data path failover can be configured. Two homogeneous LTO4 drives are required in the same library partition to support full path failover. 3|Page 12/31/09 version 2.0 Always refer to www.dell.com\support for latest documentation and updates