
Important Information Accessing the Technical Support Portal
July 2012 Release Notes—Spectra nTier700 Backup and Archive Appliance
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Removingablade.ThebladesinthenTier700arenothot‐swappableor
hot‐pluggable.ContactSpectraLogicTechnicalSupport(see
ContactingSpectraLogiconpage 4)ifyouneedtoremoveablade.
Replacingarootexpander.ThenTier700rootexpandersarenot
hot‐swappableorhot‐pluggable.Ifarootexpanderisremovedwhile
thenTier700ispoweredon,thenTier700statusinformationisno
longeravailablethroughtheBlueScalewebinterfaceandtheblade
operatorpanels.
Note: Donotremovearootexpanderunlessspecificallyinstructedto
dosobySpectraLogicTechnicalSupport.
UsingaPS/2keyboard.OnlyUSA‐stylePS2keyboardsaresupported.
Ifusinganon‐USAtypekeyboard,youwillneedtofindtheequivalent
forsomecharacters likethebackslashorforwardslash.
MovingorshippingthenTier700.Beforemovingorshippingthe
nTier700,removeallofthedatadrivesfromthebladesandcarefully
packthemintheiroriginalshippingboxestopreventdamagetothe
drives.
RecyclingYournTier700.ForinformationonrecyclingyournTier700,
checktheSpectraLogicwebsiteatwww.spectralogic.com/environment.
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ThenewSpectraLogicTechnicalSupportportalliststhemostcurrent
versionoftheBlueScalefirmwareforthenTier700andprovideslinksto
tapedrivedevicedrivers,aswellasadditionalserviceandsupporttools.
Youcanalsouseittosubmitasupportticket.Youmustcreateauser
account
beforeyoucanaccesscertaininformationontheportaloruseitto
openasupportincident(ticket).
1. Ifyouhavenotyetcreatedanaccount,followthesesteps:
a. LogintothenTier700BlueScalewebinterface.
b. SelectAbouttodisplaytheBlueScaleversionandserialnumber
information.
Do not remove a blade unless specifically instructed to do so by Spectra Logic
Technical Support.
The Technical Support portal currently only supports Internet Explorer versions 6.0
and above.
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