M8505 Tabletop Tape Drive Installation and User's Guide

Installing and Configuring the Tape Drive for the

NonStop S-Series Server

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Configuration

The tape drive’s worldwide portname will be needed when configuring the device to the

NonStop S-series server. To obtain the worldwide portname, look on the rear of the

tape drive. The worldwide portname is listed on a sticker at the rear of the device.

1. In SCF, issue this command:

SCF> ADD TAPE $tape, SENDTO STORAGE, LOCATION (group, module,

slot), SAC sac-id, PORTNAME 64-bit-portname, LUN lun-id

Example:

SCF> ADD TAPE $TAPE1, SENDTO STORAGE, LOCATION (110,2,3), SAC

1, PORTNAME 50060B00002E0934, LUN 0

2. To start the tape drive on the server, issue this command in SCF:

SCF> START TAPE $tape

Example:

SCF> START TAPE $TAPE1

For complete details about the ADD and START commands, including command

syntax, see the SCF Reference Manual for the Storage Subsystem.

Note. The LUN (logical unit number) for all Fibre Channel tape storage devices directly

attached to the IOAM enclosure is 0.