HP Ultrium Tape Drive Manual de usuario

HP Ultrium tape drivesTechnical reference manualGeneration 3 drivesVolume 5—Unix configuration guide<Bold Header> Part number: Q1538–90925 Volum

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The Purpose of this ManualIntroduction 111IntroductionThe Purpose of this ManualThis manual provides basic information on configuring the drives with

Introduction12described in this manual. For further information about optimizing performance and making full use of the drive’s functions, please cont

HP Servers and Workstations—HP-UX 11.xHP-UX Systems 132HP-UX SystemsHP Servers and Workstations—HP-UX 11.xNOTE: HP-UX 10.x is only supported by Genera

HP-UX Systems14For an HP Ultrium drive, execute the following:% /sbin/ioscan -f | grep "Ultrium"The new lines should look similar to the fol

HP Servers and Workstations—HP-UX 11.xHP-UX Systems 151. % samThis will bring up the graphical user interface for the utility.2. Select the following:

HP-UX Systems16To create device files using mksf:NOTE: This method is not recommended.1. Run insf as follows:% /sbin/insf -C tape2. Create the device

What Next?HP-UX Systems 17• A hardware address specified by instance 5 (-I 5)• No rewind (-n)• Berkeley mode tape positioning on close (-u)• A filenam

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HP Alpha UNIX 5.xHP Alpha UNIX 193 HP Alpha UNIXHP Alpha UNIX 5.xxxx1. Add the following entry to your /dev/ddr.dbase file:SCSIDEVICE Type = tape

<Bold Header> Legal and notice information© Copyright 2004—Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.The information contained in this document i

HP Alpha UNIX20 Data.UBYTE[0] = 0x3D # Vendor Unique Page Code 3D Data.UBYTE[1] = 0x02 Data.UBYTE[2] = 0x01 Data.UBYTE[3]

Determining the SCSI IDIBM (AIX) 214IBM (AIX)Determining the SCSI IDBefore you configure your system to support your Ultrium drive, you need to determ

IBM (AIX)223. Select from the window: “change/show characteristics of a tape drive”4. From the pop-up window, select “ost” or “Other SCSI tape drive”

Determining the SCSI ID (Linux)Linux 235LinuxDetermining the SCSI ID (Linux)Look at the output of dmesg to find out what SCSI channel number is used f

Linux24Latest SCSI controller drivers for Linux will be available from the manufacturer’s web site.In order to communicate with a tape device, the ope

What Next?Linux 25If you want requests to space to end of data to be faster, you should also enable ST_FAST_MTEOM in the same file. After changing thi

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Determining the SCSI IDSun Systems, Solaris 8, 9, 10 276Sun Systems, Solaris 8, 9, 10Determining the SCSI IDBefore you configure your system to suppor

Sun Systems, Solaris 8, 9, 1028Configuring the Device FilesDetermine the device file by typing:% ls -l /dev/rmt/*m | grep "st@X"where X is t

HP-Data ValuesSun Systems, Solaris 8, 9, 10 292. If you are replacing an existing tape device on the same SCSI ID, remove the contents of the /dev/rmt

ContentsContents 3The purpose of this manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Relate

Sun Systems, Solaris 8, 9, 1030Values for the parameters for name are as follows:<bsize> 0 Indicates variable block size.<options> 0xd639

Verifying the Installation of the Drive (UNIX)Verifying the Installation 317 Verifying the InstallationVerifying the Installation of the Drive (UNIX)A

Verifying the Installation32The arguments follow the cvf options in the command line. Their values depend on the operating system; suggested values ar

Verifying the Installation of the Drive (UNIX)Verifying the Installation 333. Change to the temporary directory:% cd /tmp4. Extract the file from the

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Glossary 35GlossaryAT&T mode Berkeley and AT&T functional modes differ in “read-only” close functionality. In AT&T mode, a device close op

Glossary36fibre channel Fibre Channel provides an inexpensive yet expendable means of quickly transferring data between workstations, mainframes, supe

Glossary 37Single-Ended and Low Voltage Differential SCSIThese terms define how the signals are transmitted along the cable.With single-ended (SE) SCS

Glossary38sequential access Sequential access devices store data sequentially in the order in which it is received. Tape devices are the most common s

IndexIndex 39AAIX 21ANSI 5asynchronous data transfer 35AT&T mode 35BBerkeley mode 35BOT 35buffered mode 35Ccompression 35confirming instal

4Contents7 Verifying the InstallationVerifying the Installation of the Drive (UNIX). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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The purpose of this manual 5The purpose of this manualThis is one of six volumes that document HP Ultrium drives. This volume provides background info

6Drives—generalInstallation and configurationOperationCartridgesSCSI Drives FC DrivesConnectors1 HW Integration: ch. 7 1 HW Integration: ch. 4Controll

Related documents 7InterfaceMaintenance and troubleshootingDealing with errorsFeatures 6 HW Integration: ch. 5Managing the use of cartridges 2 SW Inte

8Ultrium featuresGeneral documents and standardization• Small Computer System Interface (SCSI-1), ANSI X3.131-1986. This is the ANSI authorized standa

Related documents 9Copies of General Documents can be obtained from: ANSI11 West 42nd StreetNew York, NY 10036-8002USAISOCP 56CH-1211 Geneva 20Switzer