I’m going a little crazy looking at pictures etc but I need to be able to connect to all of these connectors. I need to adapt a control system to 1,000’s of these.
These are connectors on a LTO6 tape drive.
The most important connector is iADT 10 pin that I’d like to break out into RJ45
Thank you for any help and have a brilliant day!
Hi Mike,
According to the Technical reference, the connector codes are:
The codes are HP’s internal stock codes that are not publicly cross-referenced. You may need to ask HPE for the mating connector’s OEM code.
According to information provided by Oracle:
HP LTO 5 and 6 drives are the only generations that are shipped with native Ethernet port. The port on the drive end is actually an iADT port, which needs a special converter cable, which comes with each library drive tray, to convert the connector to RJ45 connection.
Which suggests that you can perhaps purchase the converter cable from HPE.
Cheers,
heke
AsamaLab
Wow, thank you so much more for your help!
Hi Mike, did you ever find out what they are. My search for the part number shown in the LTO integration manual lead me here. DigiKey were not very helpfull to you.
Mark
Hello mark4,
Welcome to the DigiKey TechForum! Unfortunately when it comes to identifying part numbers, there tends to be a barrier when the manufacturer does not reference the commercial parts. This is of course so only manufacturer representatives are consulted and ensures all sales stay with them. In this case, it is HP that has all of the information, and it is likely that they will not release any cross-reference information without a legally enforced NDA in place.
When this happens, of course, we try to be as straightforward as possible to save people the time and frustration wasted on endless hours of research only to have to end up in the same place anyway. It is possible that one day the cross-reference information will be released by HP and researching this information will be much easier. Until then, we highly suggest contacting HPE for the OEM codes on the parts. As this is a public forum, if you do have access to the information and have been given permission to make it public, please do not hesitate to share it!
Regards,
Klint
