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Device: Time tps Tx_Fr/s Rx_Fr/s KB_T/s KB_Rx/s LIPs
NOSs Errs DumpF LinkF SyncF SignF ProtE TrxE CRCE
Emulex-LP8000-1 21:10:37 7209.3 6227.0 982.26 998.91 10611 1
n/a 0 n/a 0 8 0 0 1 0
qlogic-qla2300-0 21:10:37 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0
n/a 1 n/a 1 0 30 0 28 0
Emulex-LP8000-1 21:10:48 1813.3 1101.0 712.24 1067.3 1082.7 0
n/a 0 n/a 0 0 0 0 0 0
qlogic-qla2300-0 21:10:48 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0
n/a 0 n/a 0 0 0 0 0 0
Emulex-LP8000-1 21:10:57 923.03 803.98 119.05 6.6533 1160.9 0
n/a 0 n/a 0 0 0 0 0 0
qlogic-qla2300-0 21:10:57 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0
n/a 0 n/a 0 0 0 0 0 0
Emulex-LP8000-1 21:11:07 511.34 340.93 170.41 9.6208 184.74 0
n/a 0 n/a 0 0 0 0 0 0
...
Notes:
· Unfortunately not all models of HBAs monitor and/or report all statistical data information defined by the SNIA
specification. In general, many models of Q-Logic HBAs do not maintain statistical totals for words and frames
transmitted and received. The Emulex and JNI HBAs usually report all but a few fields. SMARTMonUX will display
n/a or leave fields blank, rather than report zeros for information that is not available.
· If your HBA does not report some statistical data fields, you should check the HBA BIOS and/or firmware revision to
see if they are current. If not, update the drivers. We discovered that Emulex LP8000s would report throughput
information once the firmware was upgraded. You can use the -fchbainfo option to see the firmware revision of
your HBAs.
· If your HBA does not report the throughput fields, and you do not specify the -x option to view extended
information, then SMARTMonUX will suppress displaying of data for that particular HBA after the first poll.
1.41 Tape Drive Testing and Optimization
SANtools software is uniquely qualified to empower you to diagnose and treat tape performance and reliability issues
you probably didn't even know you have. This section shows a subset if information taken from a tandberg tape drive
using our software and covers some things that administrators should consider when maintaining tapes. The
information below is taken from other pages in the documentation, and summarized below for your convenience.
Firmware Updates
You should always check to insure you have current firmware. Enter smartmon-ux -I+ to report details about your
tape subsystem that will make it easy for you to determine what firmware you are running (and often how old it is).
For this particular model of tape, we are also able to report that the firmware was written on 07/02/2003, and the tape
drive was manufactured back in 2001. It has never had a factory adjustment.
Vendor Identification: TANDBERG
Product Identification: SLR7
Firmware Revision: 0595
Drive manufacturing MM.DD.YY: 06.12.01
Main microcode creation MM.DD.YY: 07.02.03
DSP microcode creation MM.DD.YY: 07.02.03
Last drive adjustment MM.DD.YY: ........
If your firmware is old, and you are lucky, then your manufacturer has a program that you can run to upgrade the
firmware. 99% of the time, the program is written exclusively for Windows. Our tandberg was attached to our in-
house Sun, and Tandberg does not distribute a program that lets you upgrade firmware under anything but 32-bit
windows. The firmware that this tape is now running, version 595, was upgraded on our sun by entering smartmon-
ux -flash S07d0595.bin. (Release 1.42 removed the artificial constraint that limited firmware flashing to SCSI/
SAS/FC disk drives and SES enclosures. You can now flash any peripheral that uses the SCSI protocol. Keep in
mind, however, that manufacturers sometimes add a "wrapper" to firmware files that requires you to flash using the
manufacturer's utility. You should always contact your manufacturer before flashing firmware upgrades. We will be
happy to work with them to qualify our software for firmware updates .. especially if the manufacturer can not help you
with non-windows hosts.
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