TABLE OF CONTENTS


1 - Confirm you have everything

1a For SymplyLTO Thunderbolt™ 3 products

  • SymplyLTO Thunderbolt™ product
  • 2m (Intel certified) Thunderbolt™️ 3 cable
  • Power cord

1b For SymplyLTO SAS products

  • SymplyLTO SAS product
  • SAS cable
    • With correct connectors for your host's SAS port and the SymplyLTO SAS product
  • Power cord

2 - Identify SAS board

The LTO drives in SymplyLTO products connect internally using a SAS connector, therefore it is necessary to install the correct SAS device driver for the SAS HBA installed in your SymplyLTO product:

  • H644
  • H1288
  • H1244GT

Check your SymplyLTO chassis serial number (found on the bottom of the chassis).

Check the legend below to confirm which SAS HBA is installed in your SymplyLTO chassis:

H644 - downloadsH1288 - downloadsH1244GT - downloads

3 - Downloads

It is necessary to install a number software packages to add SymplyLTO support to your computer:

  • Hardware support drivers
  • IBM LTFS software


Hardware support drivers

H644

ProductLink

SAS Firmware

Windows (10, Server '19, '16 and '12)
macOS (11 and above)macOS (10.13 and above)

 

H1288

ProductLink

SAS Firmware

Windows (10, Server '19 and '16)
macOS (11 and above)macOS (10.15 and above)


H1244GT

ProductLink

SAS Firmware

Windows (10, Server '19 and '16)
macOS (11 and above)

macOS (10.15 and above)


LTFS software

ProductLink
IBM SDE (LTFS)macOS
Windows
macFUSEmacOS

4 - Install Symply ATTO driver

Before powering on the system, ensure that none of the ventilation holes are blocked, that there are no obstructions around the system blocking air-flow, and that the environment is within the specified operating conditions and that acclimatization time has been allowed.

  1. Plugin the power cable, the supplied Thunderbolt cable and power on the SymplyPRO LTO Desktop
  2. Get the Windows SymplyPRO LTO Desktop installers from the [downloads page]
  3. Install the driver following the on-screen instructions provided by the installer
  4. Open the Thunderbolt Control Center and enable SymplyPRO LTO as a connected device
  5. Open the Device Manager
  6. Under the Other devices category you will see IBM ULTRIUM-XXX SCSI Sequential Device
    1. Right-click and select Update Driver
    2. Click Browse my computer for drivers
    3. Click Let me pick from a list of available drivers on my computer
    4. Select LTO Tape drive and click Next
    5. The Windows LTO driver will install

 


For Windows Server 2016 and 2019 you will need to download and install the IBM LTO Tape driver for the relevant version of Windows Server. These can be downloaded from the Symply support website. Follow the instructions in the installer.


5 - Windows Server: Install IBM LTO Tape driver

For Windows Server 2016, 2019 & 2022 you will need to download and install the IBM LTO Tape driver for the relevant version of Windows Server.

Follow the instructions in the installer.


If you have any questions please submit a [support ticket]