Dell Tape Autoloader
Taking a look at a Dell PowerVault 124t tape autoloader from the mid-2000s. This device can store and retrieve LTO-2 tapes from its two tape magazines, load them in a drive, and expose the tapes over the SCSI bus. We'll figure out how to get this thing working, break a Windows 2000 install along the way, and finally take the lid off to see the mechanism in action.
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00:00:00 Intro
00:00:50 PowerVault 124T and LTO-2 Tapes
00:05:52 Powering on the 124T
00:12:00 Trying to Access the Web GUI
00:16:52 Khloe Time
00:17:42 Using the Web GUI
00:23:35 Hooking up a Compaq PL800
00:30:31 Trying to Write Tapes with Windows 2000
00:37:29 Looking at an HP Proliant DL-380 G5
00:40:06 Firing up a Sun Fire V440
00:44:11 Using Tapes with Solaris 10
00:53:28 Opening up the PowerVault
00:57:02 Watching the PowerVault Move Tapes
01:02:25 Final Thoughts