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HP restricted volume 2 software integrationLTO 4 FC, SCSI and SAS drives HP LTO Ultrium tape drives technical reference manual Legal and notice information 3 Use of tapes Contents1 Designing backup applications 2 Configuration and initialization 4 Factors affecting performance 5 Supporting Ultrium features 7 Exception handling 6 Sense keys and codes HP restricted Drives-general Related documentsDocumentation map Documents specific to HP Ultrium drives Interface Installation and configurationOperation Cartridges Dealing with errors Maintenance and troubleshooting General documents and standardization LTO Ultrium features Large data transfer size 1 Designing backup applicationsNon-immediate commands Optimizing performance Monitoring tape use Cleaning tape headsManaging the use of tapes Information in Cartridge Memory Displaying drive information Design goals for LTO backup applicationsDiagnostic logs TapeAlert Include the capability to download firmware Inquiry string recovery 2 Configuration and initializationOperating system drivers 16 Configuration and initialization ExampleSCSI protocol, regardless of transport or interface type Enabling additional LUN support Support for additional LUNSupporting additional LUNs 18 Configuration and initialization LTO cartridge memory Using Cartridge Memory attributesUsing MODE SENSE 3 Use of tapes Finding the remaining capacity Tape status and capacityInterpreting Log Sense data Command descriptor block Using the SET CAPACITY commandCDB fields New additional sense codes and TapeAlert flags Changes to SCSI commandsWORM media How WORM media works Re-writing media labels Error Usage pageERASE commands rejected SET CAPACITY command Behavior with a missing or inconsistent EOD value Using CM to check tape integrityUnique media identifier Load count Responding to Cartridge Memory dataBarcode support Corrective action RWW retry counts Ensuring the recommended minimum transfer sizes 4 Factors affecting performanceWays of optimizing performance Detecting the drive’s speed Media type identification Using Cartridge Memory instead of tape headersUsing the Performance Log page for diagnosing problems Time-out values Factors affecting performance Recommended support of log pagesHost-related factors makes sense to split heavily used FC cards across separate PCI busses ExampleRecommendation where possible or a reasonably sized RAID system. More disks means Do not interleave write commands with other commands, such as READ Drive-related factors Format-related factors Page 34 Factors affecting performance Further information 5 Supporting Ultrium featuresCartridge Memory LTO-CM Automation interface Automation/Device Interface ADI Modes of usage through ACI Automation Control Interface ACISlave to a library controller ACI commands that affect drive streaming performance ACI command setSCSI pass-through mode Backward compatibility New features in ACI SCSI command Encryption support 42 Supporting Ultrium features Further detailsSupporting the ACI protocol Recommended ACI time-out values Treatment of reserved fields Recommended power-up sequence Recommended load-unload configuration Upgrading the drive firmware Firmware upgrade via tapeRecommended Get Drive Status polling frequency ACI protocol communications retry Handling irregular cartridges Firmware upgrade via the primary host interfaceFirmware upgrade via ACI Library firmware upgrade via tape Unreadable data cartridge Cleaning cartridge HP-configured or UniversalExpired cleaning cartridge HP-configured or Universal Non-HP Ultrium 1 cleaning cartridge Cartridge cannot be loaded Valid firmware upgrade cartridgeData cartridge with unreadable CM Cartridge fails to seat or load Is there separate firmware for drives intended to go into libraries? Frequently asked questionsCleaning Invalid firmware upgrade cartridge Resetting using the ACIRSTL line Backup softwareResetting drives Resetting via the ACI Reset command Buffer size at EW-EOM Accessing Cartridge Memory without threading the tapeControlling data compression Other mode page information 52 Supporting Ultrium features Rewind on resetWrite delay time Partition size Console Message 6 Sense keys and codesSense keys-actions to take Action error to the calling application “3h-MEDIUM ERROR” on page 62 . Also see the Media AccessFor additional sense codes, see “3h-MEDIUM ERROR” on log the error, terminate I/O to the drive, and pass the appropriate Console Message ActionConsole Message Action page reached, unable to fit Additional sense codes-actions to takePhysical End-of-Tape 0h-NO SENSE 2h-NOT READY 1h-RECOVERED ERROR 60 Sense keys and codes The software must issue a LOAD before media accessLUN not accessible, port in The command cannot be executed because the specified mechanism tests are being executed. When the tests are A READ , SPACE , WRITE or WRITE FILEMARKS command 3h-MEDIUM ERROR62 Sense keys and codes and the drive. Based on this, ask the user to clean the Send a console message that an unrecovered error on 64 Sense keys and codes Send a message to the console indicating that there is 66 Sense keys and codes The current command such as READ, SPACE, REWIND 4h-HW ERROR A MODE SELECT parameter list sent to the drive contains 5h-ILLEGAL REQUEST68 Sense keys and codes 32 initiators to register, using PERSISTENT RESERVE OUT 6h-UNIT ATTENTIONpersistent reservation using the PERSISTENT RESERVE OUT allowed to execute. In other words, some commands can Action A SET DEVICE IDENTIFIER command has been successful service action removed all reservations and the persistentA PERSISTENT RESERVE OUT command was executed WRITE BUFFER or MAINTENANCE OUT command 7h-DATA PROTECTION Action 8h-BLANK CHECK READ BUFFER command Bh-ABORTED COMMANDrelated to a missing EOD data set. The most likely cause A WRITE or WRITE FILEMARKS command has encountered Dh-VOLUME OVERFLOW76 Sense keys and codes 4. Allow the user to reset devices Typical escalation procedure1. Retrieve fault information 3. Allow the user to try recovery Supporting TapeAlert Monitoring the condition of the drive and media Type FlagsPage Page Page Page Page Page Page TapeAlert models Designing software to use the TapeAlert log TapeAlert polling usage model Reading the TapeAlert logTapeAlert informational exception usage model Responding to the ‘Clean’ LED One-Button Disaster Recovery OBDRSupporting OBDR Requirements for drivers and logical device managers Providing pass-through mode Glossary see ”read-while-write” Index Page Page HP restricted