Table of Contents Configuring Drives with Specific Systems ......Apple Macintosh Applications ..........DEC Workstations .............. HP Workstations ..............IBM RS/6000 Workstations ..........PC-Based Unix ..............Mips System ............... Silicon Graphics ..............Sun Workstations ............... Introductions to Configuration Switches ......
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Configuration and Initialization Initializing and Configuring the Drive Note...
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Configuration and Initialization Determining Device Type and Configuration Page Abbreviation Code Mode Parameter Header Header Descriptor Mode Block Descriptor Disconnect-Reconnect Mode Page Disc-Rec Page Data Compression Characteristics Mode Page DC Char Page Device Configuration Mode Page Dev Config Page Medium Partitions Mode Page Partitions Page Note Value...
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Configuration and Initialization Determining Device Type and Configuration Value Location Byte Bit Description Header (default) Header Descriptor (default) >0 Descriptor HP C1534/36A: 38h (5.6s) Disc-Rec default Other drives: 14h (2.0s) Page Disc-Rec 80h (64 Kb) Page Dev Config default Page...
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Drive Byte “HP” 8-15 “HP35470A” DDS-1, non-DC 16-31 “C1534A” DDS-1, non-DC “HP35480A” DDS-1, DC “C1536A” DDS-1, DC “C1533A” DDS-2, DC DDS-2, DC, autoloader “C1553A” “C1537A” DDS-3, DC “C1557A” DDS-3, DC, autoloader Bytes Data Example 5–29 "Firmware Rev = xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" "Firmware Rev = 1.86 "...
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Configuration and Initialization Determining Revision Levels...
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Configuring and Verifying the Installation Configuring a Drive Figure 2.1 Internal Autoloaders: Option Switches...
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Configuring and Verifying the Installation Verifying the Installation of the Drive (UNIX) Figure 2.2 SCSI ID Autoloader Option Switch Setting External Standalone Autoloaders: Option Switches Note −...
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Configuring and Verifying the Installation Verifying the Installation of the Drive (UNIX) % cd / % tar cvf <archive name> <file> <archive name> /dev/rmt/0m <file> ./stand/vmunix Note % cd /tmp % tar xvf <archive name> <archive name % cmp <original file> /tmp/<retrieved file> <original file>...
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% tar xvf /dev/rmt/0m % cmp /stand/vmunix /tmp/stand/vmunix <archive name> <file> System File Name Description Archive Name Notes HP-UX 9. x and earlier /dev/rmt/ X m X hp-ux HP-UX 10. x /dev/rmt/ X m X stand/vmunix DEC OSF vmunix /dev/rmt/ X m X...
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Configuring and Verifying the Installation Verifying the Installation of the Drive (UNIX)
Configuring Drives with Specific Systems HP Workstations Value Comments System HP C1533A/39A HP C1534A/36A HP C1537A HP C1553A HP C1557A HP-UX 9.01 HP-UX 8.07 HP-UX 9.07 HP-UX 9.01 800 D, E Series HP-UX 10.01 HP-UX 10.01 HP-UX 10.01 HP-UX 10.01 800 G.
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Configuring Drives with Specific Systems HP Workstations Operating System HP Workstation Major Number HP-UX 9. x Series 700 121, 54* Series 800 HP-UX 10. x Series 700 Series 800 mknod mksf mksf mknod mksf...
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Configuring Drives with Specific Systems HP Workstations Data Density: Medium Very High Data Compression: Uncompressed Compressed DDS-1 60m DDS-1 90m DDS-2 120m DDS-3 125m Compression HP C1533A/39A DDS-1 DDS-1 DDS-2 ejected supported HP C1534A DDS-1 DDS-1 ejected ejected not supported...
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Configuring Drives with Specific Systems HP Workstations 121— 0x BBBTLD 4 S 0 0–6 mknod /dev/rmt/3hcn c 121 0x20130F 212— mksf mknod...
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Configuring Drives with Specific Systems HP Workstations mksf mksf /dev/rmt Note rmsf mksf 5— mksf man mksf 5 54 121 Device File Type Standard Name /dev/rmt/c BBB d TLDN /dev/rmt/ TDPCN /dev/rmt/0m /dev/rmt/0mn...
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Configuring Drives with Specific Systems HP Workstations 0–6 omitted omitted omitted 121 205 Note mksf /dev/rmt/c#t#d#[o] [z] [e] [p] [s[#]] [w] <density> [c[#]] [n] [b] mksf /dev/rmt/c#t#d# [f#] [i#] [n] [b] BEST...
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Configuring Drives with Specific Systems HP Workstations BEST c#t#d# ioscan ioscan intro stape tape1 tape2 density BEST NOMOD C[#] lssf...
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Configuring Drives with Specific Systems HP Workstations /dev/rmt/c1t2d0es512DDS1Cn /dev/rmt/c1t2d3i<#>n <#> lssf stape stape s[#] tape1 tape2 tape1 tape2 Value Comments...
Configuring Drives with Specific Systems IBM RS/6000 Workstations Comments On On Off On On Off Off On backup restore On On On Off On On Off Off On On Off Off On On Off Off smit Other SCSI Device Note smit 4mm2gb smit tape...
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Configuring Drives with Specific Systems PC/PC-LAN Applications (not UNIX) Filename Rewind on Close Retension on Open Compression enabled /dev/rmt n enabled /dev/rmt n .1 enabled /dev/rmt n .2 enabled /dev/rmt n .3 disabled /dev/rmt n .4 disabled /dev/rmt n .5 disabled /dev/rmt n .6 disabled...
Configuring Drives with Specific Systems MIPS Systems /dev/xStp X tape setcomp Command Compression Decompression disabled disabled tape -a 0 setcomp enabled disabled tape -a 1 setcomp disabled enabled tape -a 2 setcomp enabled enabled tape -a 3 setcomp % tape -a 0 setcomp /dev/nrStp2 tape getcomp Note tape...
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/*minimum delay to I/O is 4 minutes, because when a retry is *performed, the drive retries a number of times, and then *rewinds to BOT, repositions, and tries again. */ 40,4*60,4*60,5*60,512,64*512}, {DATTAPE, TPDAT,2,8,"HP","HP35480A",0,... {DATTAPE, TPDAT,2,6,"HP","C1533A",0,... {DATTAPE, TPDAT,2,6,"HP","C1537A",0,... {DATTAPE, TPDAT,2,6,"HP","C1553A",0,... {DATTAPE, TPDAT,2,6,"HP","C1557A",0,...
Configuring Drives with Specific Systems Sun Workstations autoconfig Value Comments On On On On On Off Off On On On On Off On On Off Off On On Off Off On On Off Off Note rst0 nrst0 rst1 nrst1 cpio...
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Sun Workstations Note /user/sys/scsi/targets/stdef.h #define ST_TYPE_EXABYTE 0x28 /* Exabyte */ Use the next #define ST_TYPE_HP1 0x29 /* HP */ unused number /usr/sys/scsi/targets/st_conf.c /* Exabyte 8mm cartridge */ "Exabyte 8mm Helical Scan", 7, "EXABYTE", ST_TYPE_EXABYTE, 1024, (ST_VARIABLE | ST_BSF | ST_BSR | ST_LONG_ERASE |...
Introduction to Configuration Switches Configuration Switches Figure 4.1 Configuration Switches (shown in default positions) On On On Note Default SCO and PC UNIX, and most PC Applications Hewlett-Packard Workstations/Servers Series 700/800 SUN Workstations/Servers IBM RS6000 Workstations/Servers Silicon Graphics Workstations/Servers DEC Workstations/Servers Note Switch 1 Switch 2 Data Compression at Power-On...
Introduction to Configuration Switches Configuring an Autoloader Switches Value HP Series 700 Default setting for the HP C1553A/57A HP Series 800 Default setting for the HP Series 6400 Model 48AL SUN Solaris 2.3, 2.4 & 2.5...
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