
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, INC.

SIDEWINDER 50 EXTERNAL

Device Type             External Tape Drive
Interface               SCSI-2 Fast/Wide
Format                  AIT-1
Sustained Transfer Rate 3MBPS (Native), 6 to 9MBPS (Compressed)
Size                    5.25 in. half height
View                    Bottom


                        USER CONFIGURABLE SETTINGS

                  Setting                     Label         Position

     Parity check enabled                    JP1/1           Open

      Parity check disabled                   JP1/1          Closed

     Factory configured - do not alter       JP1/2       Unidentified

     Factory configured - do not alter       SW2/1       Unidentified

     Factory configured - do not alter       SW2/2       Unidentified

     Factory configured - do not alter       SW2/3       Unidentified

     Factory configured - do not alter       SW2/4       Unidentified

     Termination enabled                     SW2/6            On

      Termination disabled                    SW2/6           Off

     Data compression enabled                SW2/7            On

      Data compression disabled               SW2/7           Off

     Factory configured - do not alter       SW2/8            On

                              DRIVE SELECT ID

  Note: To configure the tape drive's SCSI ID, you must set SW1 to the
  desired ID number. The SCSI ID number is viewable through the viewing
  window on SW1. The address is shown in hexadecimal form.

                        TERMINATION POWER SELECTION

                       Setting                               SW2/5

     TERMPWR supplied by drive                                On

      TERMPWR supplied by SCSI interface to drive             Off

                      MANUFACTURERS RECOMMENDED MEDIA

       Tape              Capacity Without       Capacity With Compression
                           Compression

       AIT-1                  25GB                    50GB to 75GB


                             DIAGNOSTIC LED(S)

  LED1       LED2            LED3           LED4            Condition

  On       Variable        Variable       Variable          Power on

  Off        Off             Off             Off            Power off

  On         Off             Off             Off         No drive or SCSI
                                                            activity

  On          On             Off             Off          SCSI activity
                                                              only

  On     Quick flash     Quick flash         Off          Write-enabled
                                                        tape being loaded
                                                           or unloaded

  On     Quick flash     Quick flash         On          Write-protected
                                                        tape being loaded
                                                           or unloaded

  On         Off              On         Quick flash      Cleaning tape

  On         Off              On             Off         Tape loaded - No
                                                          drive or SCSI
                                                            activity

  On          On              On             Off          Tape loaded -
                                                         Activity on SCSI
                                                            bus only

  On     Quick flash          On             Off          Tape loaded -
                                                          SCSI and drive
                                                            activity

  On       Variable           On             On          Write-protected
                                                        tape loading into
                                                              drive

  On       Variable        Blinking       Variable         Media error
                                                         (loaded tape has
                                                         excess errors)

  On     Unidentified    Unidentified     Blinking       Tape heads need
                                                            cleaning

  On     Unidentified    Unidentified    Double flash   Self-test failure

  On      Slow flash     Unidentified    Unidentified    Hardware failure
                                                          - Waiting for
                                                              reset

  On     Unidentified     Slow flash     Unidentified    Hardware failure
                                                          - Waiting for
                                                              eject

  Note: The color of the LED's are unidentified.

