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Quantum

Application Note

Installing a DLTtape or Super DLTtape

Drive into an AIX System

September 2004 6464181-01

1. Introduction ..........................................................................................3

1.1 Purpose and Scope.............................................................................................3

2. Installation ............................................................................................4

2.1 Before You Begin.................................................................................................4

2.2 Installing the Tape Drive ......................................................................................5

3. Optional Attribute Settings..................................................................8

4. Special Device Files...........................................................................10

5. Tape Cartridge Compatibility.............................................................11

6. Using a DLTtape Mini-Library............................................................12

Summary of content (12 pages)

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Quantum Application Note Installing a DLTtape or Super DLTtape Drive into an AIX System September 2004 6464181-01 1. Introduction ..........................................................................................3 1.1 Purpose and Scope .............................................................................................3 2. Installation ............................................................................................4 2.1 2.2 Before You Begin................................
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Installing a DLTtape or Super DLTtape Drive into an AIX System Revision History Revisions made to this document are listed below in chronological order. 2 Document Release Date Summary of Changes A B February 2, 2004 September 9, 2004 Initial Release on ECO C009135. Changed title to include SDLT. Added SDLT 600. ECO C011191.
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Installing a DLTtape or Super DLTtape Drive into an AIX System 1. Introduction This document provides instructions for integrating a Quantum® DLTtape™ or Super DLTtape™ drive into an IBM® RISC System/6000 running AIX® 3.2, 4, or 5L. 1.1 Purpose and Scope This document pertains to the following products: • Tape drives: DLT 2000, DLT 2000XT, DLT 4000, DLT 7000, DLT 8000, SDLT 220, SDLT 320, and SDLT 600. (The SDLT 220 tape drive was formerly known as the Super DLT1.
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Installing a DLTtape or Super DLTtape Drive into an AIX System Note: Some of these library products are no longer supported by Quantum. Information on such products is included for historical purposes only. This document includes the following sections: • “Installation” on page 4 describes how to install a DLTtape drive in an IBM RS/6000 running AIX 3.2, 4, or 5L. • “Optional Attribute Settings” on page 8 provides information about setting the DLTtape device attributes.
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Installing a DLTtape or Super DLTtape Drive into an AIX System Note: The DLT 2000XT, DLT 2500XT, DLT 2700XT, DLT 4000, DLT 7000, DLT 8000, SDLT 220, SDLT 320, and SDLT 600 tape drives do not have firmware revision restrictions. 2. Make sure that the hardware has the appropriate SCSI interface for the tape drive.
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Installing a DLTtape or Super DLTtape Drive into an AIX System 4. Reconnect the system AC power cable. 5. Power on and restart the AIX system. Restarting the system adds the tape drive you are installing to its customized configuration table as a Defined tape drive. To verify that the tape drive has successfully connected to your operating system, follow these steps: 1. At the command line, type smit and press Enter. 2. Select Devices. 3. Select Tape Drives. 4.
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Installing a DLTtape or Super DLTtape Drive into an AIX System 7. Select List All Defined Tape Drives. The system displays the tape drives connected to SCSI I/O controller(s) as shown below: name rmtl status* Defined location 00-00-0S-50 *. The system may report a status of either description Other SCSI Tape Drive Defined or Available . Where: name status location description 8.
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Installing a DLTtape or Super DLTtape Drive into an AIX System 5. Click OK. The system reports the status of the command. 6. Select List All Supported Tape Drives to verify that the system has changed the device status to Available. For example, the system would display the following: rmtl Available 7. If the status reported is Available, the installation is complete. If the status is not reported as Available, contact Quantum Technical Support for assistance.
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Installing a DLTtape or Super DLTtape Drive into an AIX System Table 2 lists density settings and density value descriptions for DLTtape drives. Table 2. Tape Drive Note: Density Settings, Values, and Descriptions Density Setting Value Description The recommended DLTtape drive device density settings may cause problems with tape drive access when using third party applications. In these cases, set density values to zero (0).
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Installing a DLTtape or Super DLTtape Drive into an AIX System 4. Special Device Files Special device files can be used to select tape drive options. These options include the following: re-tensioning the tape, rewinding the tape, and selecting the appropriate density setting for the operation. These special device files are located in the /dev directory. Table 3 lists the special device files. Note: Re-tensioning is not necessary for cartridges loaded in DLTtape drives. Table 3.
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Installing a DLTtape or Super DLTtape Drive into an AIX System 5. Tape Cartridge Compatibility Table 4 and Table 5 provide information about tape cartridge and tape drive compatibility. Use this matrix when determining which tape cartridges to use in your tape drive. Note: The SDLT 220 and SDLT 320 tape drives can read, but not append data to, DLTtape IV cartridges that were previously written by a DLT 4000, DLT 7000, or DLT 8000 tape drive.
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Installing a DLTtape or Super DLTtape Drive into an AIX System Table 5. Tape Cartridge and Tape Drive Compatibility (Native/Compressed) – SDLT Drive Type Tape Cartridge SDLT 220 SDLT 320 DLTtape™ IV (CompacTape IV™) 20/40 GB 35/70 GB 40/80 GB 20/40 GB 35/70 GB 40/80 GB 110/220 GB 110/220 GB 160/320 GB Super DLTtape I 110/220 GB 160/320 GB Super DLTtape II 300/600 GB DLTtape VS1 80/160 GB SDLT CleaningTape 6.