Quantum LTO3 external tape drive, does not want to "auto" boot after turning on

[l...@abcrecycling.com]

Hi Folks,

I seem to be dealing with a strange problem, all the tape drives I
have ever delt with as soon as you flip the power switch to on, the
device stays on, and the "on" setting survives a loss of power.

With this new Quantum LTO3 rackmount external tape drive, it has a
"soft on" power button on the front of the drive. If you unplug power
to the drive, then replug it back in... it does not "automaticly"
turn
on.

In a server environment... this is not good. All servers need to
"autoboot" in the event of extended power loss. We have very large
UPS's on our systems, but nothing is going to protect against 3hours
of power loss. Why would anyone put a soft on power button on a
hardware device like a tape drive ? Any ideas on a work around ?

I have found two jumpers within the enclosure, have tried them, no
go,
the drive still needs a human to hit the on button after a power
loss.

Les Elton
Network Admin.

[leew]

I would check the documentation for a power state setting. For example,
some computers have options to remember the last power state - I would
suspect this device may also have one.

That said, if your UPS dies, then you're turning all the servers on
anyway (I assume you have a threshold where you begin gracefully
shutting down).

You can also look into a Generator - that's what the company I worked at
did. We had a HUGE UPS for most systems and that lasted about 90
minutes... if the outage when more than 30, we would switch over to
generator power.

-Lee

[l...@abcrecycling.com]

On Mar 16, 11:48 pm, leew <useContactP...@LWComputing.dot.com> wrote:
> I would check the documentation for a power state setting. For example,

Hi Lee,
Thanks for the input, I checked all the documentation, fiddled with
two jumpers, as well even phoned Quantum and followed the issue all
the way to senior tech support. I am prepaired to cut some wires
seeing that none of the jumpers or dips will force the power on. Its a
two drive rack mount enclosure designed for data center use, but the
silly thing can not autoboot! It "requires" a human to push the on
button. I am quite disappointed and let quantum know that.

We actually are not going the way of the generator to supply power to
the entire building. This is more of a side project then a solution to
this tape drive problems. Costs are not bad, $27,000 for enough power
for 400 amps, natural gas, quiet, somewhat small, very low exhast.
When we loose power now we do not turn customers away, and do business
as usuall as well the phones do not go dead. Its a cost effective
solution compaired to three hours down time per year due to power
outages.

Les

[Brian Cryer]

<l...@abcrecycling.com> wrote in message
news:1174500745.3...@y66g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...

> On Mar 16, 11:48 pm, leew <useContactP...@LWComputing.dot.com> wrote:
>> I would check the documentation for a power state setting. For example,
>
> Hi Lee,
> Thanks for the input, I checked all the documentation, fiddled with
> two jumpers, as well even phoned Quantum and followed the issue all
> the way to senior tech support. I am prepaired to cut some wires
> seeing that none of the jumpers or dips will force the power on. Its a
> two drive rack mount enclosure designed for data center use, but the
> silly thing can not autoboot! It "requires" a human to push the on
> button. I am quite disappointed and let quantum know that.

I would suggest sending the tape drive back as not fit for purpose, demand a
refund and get a different one.