SCF Reference Manual for the Storage Subsystem (G06.28+, H06.05+, J06.03+)

13 Configuring and Managing Tape Drives
This chapter describes configuring tape drives. The tape drive processes on the system have the
object type of TAPE. For details about this device, see “The TAPE Object” (page 39)and “TAPE
Object States” (page 39). For commands that can affect this device, see “Storage Subsystem
Commands” (page 190). This chapter describes:
• “Configuring Paths for Tape Devices” (page 179)
• “Fibre Channel Tape Connections” (page 180)
• “Displaying Information” (page 180)
“Displaying Configuration Information” (page 180)◦
◦ “Displaying Status Information” (page 182)
• “Configuring a Tape Drive” (page 185)
“Adding a Tape Drive” (page 185)◦
◦ “Altering Tape Drive Attribute Values” (page 187)
◦ “Deleting a Tape Drive” (page 187)
• “Managing a Tape Drive” (page 188)
“Enabling or Disabling Labeled-Tape Processing” (page 188)◦
◦ “Resetting a Tape Drive” (page 188)
◦ “Starting a Tape Drive” (page 189)
◦ “Stopping a Tape Drive” (page 189)
• “Managing Encrypted Tape Drives” (page 189)
Configuring Paths for Tape Devices
The values you specify when configuring a tape device depend on the type of connection and the
NonStop server model. For example, the valid ranges for group, module, and slot of a tape device
connected to an FCSA on an Integrity NonStop NS-series server differ from those of a tape device
connected to an IOMF CRU on a NonStop S-series server.
NOTE: When a NonStop S-series I/O enclosure is attached to an Integrity NonStop NS-series
system, the enclosure retains the same group number it had on the NonStop S-series system.
However, if the appropriate port for the group number is not available on the Integrity NonStop
NS-series server, you must change the group number of the I/O enclosure. For more information,
see the NonStop NS-Series Hardware Installation Manual.
“Tape Device Path Attributes” (page 179) lists the possible attribute values for the different types of
tape device paths.
Table 11 Tape Device Path Attributes
FCSA ConnectionPMF/IOMF
Connection
SNDA Connection
Integrity NonStop NS-Series
LOCATION
110-1251-891-89Group
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