These removable media options are supported by Net- Ware’s monitor.nlm program.

Follow these steps to set up the removable media:

1.Load monitor.nlm to display the various options.

2.Select Disk Information. All system hard-disk drives appear.

3.Select the removable-media device. Drive status items appear as shown in Table 3-4.

Table 3-4. Drive Status Items

Menu Options

Default Value

 

 

Volume Segments on

(select for list)

Drive1

 

Read After Write Verify1

Hardware Level

Drive Light Status1

Not supported

Driver Operating Status1

Active

Removable Drive Mount

Mounted

Status2

 

Removable Drive Lock

Not Locked

Status2

 

1Valid for both removable and nonremovable types of SCSI drives.

2Valid for removable media only.

Mount Status

Mounting causes a drive to come online as a NetWare storage device. Dismounted drives are inactive and can- not be accessed.

Before you eject your current media, you should first dis- mount it (menu option 5). When the media status is dismounted, you can eject the media. However, NetWare does not allow you to dismount media if it is locked.

To insert your new media, wait for the drive to spin up, and then select the Removable Drive Mount Status option.

Lock Status

If your removable-media device supports the lock/unlock feature, you can lock the media (menu option 6). The media must be in the Not Locked state before you can eject it.

Verify Status

The Read After Write Verify option (menu option 2) is set to Hardware Level by default. This option cannot be specified in the startup.ncf or autoexec.ncf files. How- ever, the default can be set on the command line. See “Using the load Command Line Options” found earlier in this section.

The available options are defined as shown in Table 3-5.

Table 3-5. Read After Write Verify Options

Option Setting

Function

 

 

Disabled

All writes to SCSI disk drives are

 

executed with the SCSI Write

 

command (0Ah or 2Ah).

Hardware Level

All writes to SCSI disk drives are

 

executed with the SCSI Write and

 

Verify command (2Eh) or (if this

 

command is not supported by the

 

drive) with the SCSI Write

 

command (0Ah or 2Ah), followed

 

by the SCSI Verify command

 

(2Fh).

Software Level

Not supported.

 

 

Using NetWare-Tested and -Approved Drives

In order for a drive and host adapter to be fully certified as NetWare “Yes, Tested and Approved,” they must both pass a qualification process that takes place before you see the product. The goals of NetWare testing are to sim- plify installation and provide the highest quality disk subsystem.

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2100/180, 2100/200 specifications

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