Installation guide

Operating RZ- and RF-Series Disk Drives

Example 5–1 Setting Hardware Write-Protection Through

Firmware

>>> set host -dup dua0.0.0.0.0 -task params

Starting DUP server...

PARAMS> SET WRT_PROT 1

PARAMS> WRITE

PARAMS> SHOW WRT_PROT

Parameter Current Default Type Radix

--------- ---------------- ---------------- -------- -----

WRT_PROT 1 0 Boolean 0/1

PARAMS> EXIT

Exiting...

Stopping DUP server...

>>>

To remove the console mode write-protection, repeat the above

procedure, but set the WRT_PROT value to 0.

You can verify that the device is write-protected while running

OpenVMS AXP. Enter the DCL command

show device di

write-protected drive will show a device status of ‘‘

Mounted

wrtlck

’’. If you enter the OpenVMS AXP command

show

device/full

, a write-protected drive will be listed as ‘‘

software

write-locked

’’.

Note

You cannot remove console mode write-protection using

the OpenVMS AXP MOUNT utility.

Operating Mass Storage Devices 5–11