Manual

Installing and Configuring the Tape Drive

5158ACL Tape Drive Installation and User’s Guide—524955-002

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Configuring Other Options

The Configuration menu includes the following:

Set Data Format

Use this setting to:

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Set the data format to Auto Selection. THZ01, THZ02, DLT2000, DLT2000XT,

DLT4000, DLT7000, or DLT 8000

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Enable or disable data compression.

Compression cannot be enabled when either THZ01 or THZ02 format is in use.

This setting applies to the next or the currently, loaded cartridge only. An Unload

command returns to the default. This setting does not display, the format of the

loaded tape. To the Show Status menu for this purpose. The Default is Auto

Selection for both density and compression.

Set SCSI

Use this setting to enable or disable the robotics SCSI bus parity checking and

set the SCSI addresses of the drives and the robotics. The defaults are: parity

on; DLT 1 Bus ID = 5; Library Bus ID = 3.

Set Library Mode

Use this setting to set the robotics operating mode to Random or Sequential

DLT1. Random mode provides complete server control of the robotics.

Sequential modes are locally controlled. Sequential DLT1 begins with any

cartridge loaded into DLT1. The tape drive monitors the status of DLT1. When

the cartridge is unloaded by the NonStop server, it loads the next cartridge in

magazine numerical order. This operation continues to cycle until all of the

cartridges have been loaded or until an empty slot is encountered. The default is

Sequential.

When Sequential DLT1 is selected, an additional Sequential mode option

appears that lets you select Normal or Recirculate options. Normal option

operates as described above. In Recirculate mode, instead of stopping after the

NonStop server has unloaded the cartridge in the last slot, the operation

continues by loading the cartridge in slot 1. Recirculation continues until an

empty slot is encountered. The default for Sequential mode is Normal.

Set Identification

Use this setting to specify the response of the tape drive robotics to the SCSI

Inquiry command in the Vendor ID and the Product ID fields. The defaults are:

Vendor ID = TSI; Product ID = 515X.