9710 (StorageTek) Addendum for NonStop Servers

Addendum tot he StorageTek 9710 for the Tandem Environment
Configuring the 5155/5159 Digital Linear Tape FRU for the Himalaya S-series Servers 7-18
• The following example of the ALTER command changes the
value of the compression attribute for the tape drive (5190,
5155/5159, 5150 or the 5151) $TAPE0 to OFF and then issues
the SCF INFO command to make sure that the change has
taken place:
->ALTER TAPE $TAPE0, COMPRESSION OFF
->INFO TAPE $TAPE0
STORAGE - Info TAPE configuration $TAPE0
SubType *Density *NumOpeners *RecSize *Compression *Adapter
Location
9 6250 6 8192 OFF 1, 1, 50
The following example changes tape drive $tape1 so that its tape
process runs only at a low OIP and then checks to make sure that
the change has taken place:
->ALTER TAPE $TAPE1, HIGHPIN OFF
->INFO TAPE $TAPE1, DETAIL
Storage - Detailed Info TAPE configuration $TAPE1
Adapter Name…………$ZZSTO.#PMF.GRP-1.MOD-1.SLOT-55
*Adapter Location (Group, Module, Slot). (1, 1, 55)
*BackupCpu………………… 1
*Compression…………… ON
*Density…………………… 6250
*DeviceID……………………5
*HighPin…………………… ON
*NumOpeners……………… 2
*PrimaryCpu……………… 0
*Program…………………… $SYSTEM.SYS00.OTPPROCP
*Recsize…………………… 8192
*StartState……………… STARTED
SubType…………………… 9
Type………………………… 4