HP LTO Ultrium 6 tape drives UNIX, Linux and OpenVMS configuration guide
2 HP (HP-UX) servers and workstations
For supported versions of HP-UX, go to http://www.hp.com/go/connect.
Before you install your tape drive, visit the HP web site, www.hp.com, and search to locate IT
Resource Center (you may be required to set up a new login). Download the latest hardware
enablement (HWE) patch bundle for your operating system. This ensures that you will have the
correct device driver for your tape drive.
System Administration Management (SAM) tools have evolved with ongoing HP-UX version releases.
As a result, the procedures for setting up with different HP-UX versions differ. They are described
separately in this chapter.
HP-UX11i v3 and agile addressing
HP-UX11i v3 introduces agile addressing of devices. Agile addressing uses a different format of
the device special file (dsf) to represent the tape drive—known as a persistent dsf. However
HP-UX11i v3 retains support for the legacy dsf format as used in 11i v2.
For more information about HP-UX releases including HP-UX 11i v3 please refer to
www.docs.hp.com.
NOTE: A block size no larger than 256 KB is strongly recommended when working with HP-UX.
See “Using large block sizes” (page 10).
Identifying connected devices
Scan the system to list the existing devices attached. From a shell window (hpterm/xterm), execute
ioscan as follows:
For HP-UX 11i v2 and 11i v3 (legacy format)
Enter the command:
% /sbin/ioscan -f
The output should look similar to the following (which shows an LTO-6 SAS drive):
Class I H/W Path Driver S/W State H/W Type Description
=================================================================================
root 0 root CLAIMED BUS_NEXUS
ioa 0 0 sba CLAIMED BUS_NEXUS System Bus Adapter (4030)
ba 0 0/0 lba CLAIMED BUS_NEXUS Local PCI-X Bus Adapter (122e)
tty 0 0/0/1/0 rmp3f01 CLAIMED INTERFACE PCI class(255,0) (103c1303)
tty 1 0/0/1/1 rmp3f01 CLAIMED INTERFACE PCI SimpleComm (103c1302)
tty 2 0/0/1/2 asio0 CLAIMED INTERFACE PCI Serial (103c1048)
usb 0 0/0/2/0 hcd CLAIMED INTERFACE NEC OHCI Controller
usbcomp 0 0/0/2/0.1 usbcomposite CLAIMED DEVICE USB Composite Device
usbhid 0 0/0/2/0.1.0 hid CLAIMED DEVICE USB HID Kbd(0)
usbhid 1 0/0/2/0.1.1 hid CLAIMED DEVICE USB HID Pointer(1)
usbcomp 1 0/0/2/0.3 usbcomposite CLAIMED DEVICE USB Composite Device
usbhid 2 0/0/2/0.3.0 hid CLAIMED DEVICE USB HID Kbd(2)
usbhid 4 0/0/2/0.3.1 hid CLAIMED DEVICE USB HID Mouse(3)
usb 1 0/0/2/1 hcd CLAIMED INTERFACE NEC OHCI Controller
usb 2 0/0/2/2 ehci CLAIMED INTERFACE NEC EHCI Controller
usbms 0 0/0/2/2.2 ms CLAIMED DEVICE USB Mass Storage [0]
graphics 0 0/0/3/0 gvid_core CLAIMED INTERFACE PCI Display (1002515e)
ba 1 0/1 lba CLAIMED BUS_NEXUS Local PCI-X Bus Adapter (122e)
escsi_ctlr 1 0/1/1/0 sasd CLAIMED INTERFACE HP PCI/PCI-X SAS MPT Adapter
ext_bus 2 0/1/1/0.0.0 sasd_vbus CLAIMED INTERFACE SAS Device Interface
target 1 0/1/1/0.0.0.0 tgt CLAIMED DEVICE
disk 0 0/1/1/0.0.0.0.0 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE HP EH0146FARWD
target 0 0/1/1/0.0.0.1 tgt CLAIMED DEVICE
disk 2 0/1/1/0.0.0.1.0 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE HP EH0146FARWD
target 2 0/1/1/0.0.0.2 tgt CLAIMED DEVICE
disk 1 0/1/1/0.0.0.2.0 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE HP EH0146FARWD
lan 0 0/1/2/0 igelan CLAIMED INTERFACE HP PCI-X 1000Base-T Dual-port Built-in
lan 1 0/1/2/1 igelan CLAIMED INTERFACE HP PCI-X 1000Base-T Dual-port Built-in
ba 2 0/2 gh2p CLAIMED BUS_NEXUS Local Bus Adapter
ba 3 0/2/0/0 PCItoPCI CLAIMED BUS_NEXUS PCItoPCI Bridge
slot 0 0/2/0/0/0 pci_slot CLAIMED SLOT PCI Slot
ext_bus 5 0/2/0/0/0/0 ciss CLAIMED INTERFACE PCIe SAS SmartArray P400 RAID Controller
ba 4 0/3 lba CLAIMED BUS_NEXUS Local PCI-X Bus Adapter (12ee)
slot 1 0/3/1 pci_slot CLAIMED SLOT PCI Slot
ba 5 0/3/1/0 PCItoPCI CLAIMED BUS_NEXUS PCItoPCI Bridge
ext_bus 0 0/3/1/0/4/0 mpt CLAIMED INTERFACE HP AB290-60001 PCI/PCI-X U320 SCSI
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