SWIOW-AA

This is the User's Guide for the SWIOW-AA Multifunction Optical Disk Drive SBB (StorageWorks Building Block) from Digital Equipment Corporation, published in November 1994. It provides comprehensive information for installing, operating, and maintaining the drive.

The SWIOW-AA is a high-performance, reliable (100,000 hours MTBF) SCSI-2 optical disk drive designed for StorageWorks expansion enclosures. It supports both rewritable and write-once (WORM) 5.25-inch optical disk cartridges with capacities up to 1.2 GB (Digital recommends 512 bytes/sector media for compatibility).

The guide covers:

• Introduction: Performance and design features, optical disk types, and supplied items.
• Installation: Environmental preparation, unpacking, setting SCSI ID addresses, and physical installation into a StorageWorks enclosure.
• Operation: Front-panel controls (eject, activity, fault indicators), power-on self-test (POST), proper handling, loading, unloading, and cleaning of optical disk cartridges.
• Troubleshooting: Common errors, basic checks, and a detailed troubleshooting table.
• Appendices: Detailed specifications (performance, environmental, physical) and specific product notes for use with Novell NetWare environments.