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Product Notes for Sun™

This appendix describes how to include cartridge tape drive SWXTE in a SUN SPARC system running Solaris 2.3 (or later) and SunOS 4.1.x. The information covers the installation of the SWXTE tape drive hardware and configuring the system to communicate with the drive.

C.1 Modifications Required for SunOS 4.1.x

C.1.1 Installation Procedure

NOTES

1.The SWXTE designation in the following procedure is the StorageWorks product name for "Exabyte EXB-8505".

2.In order to support the addition of this device, drive

information must be supplied in the

/sys/scsi/targets/st_conf.c file. For additional information, read the man pages for "st".

ŒPerform the following steps to modify the system to communicate with the SWXTE tape drive:

∙From the command line, type:

cd /sys/scsi/targets

∙Edit the "st_conf.c" file and carefully add the following structure before the entry for "/* Exabyte 8mm 5GB cartridge */":

/* DEC EXB-8505 8mm /w Compression Cartridge tape drive */

{

"DEC EXB-8505 8mm Helical Scan /w Compression", 16 , "EXABYTE EXB-8505", ST_TYPE_EXB8500, 1024,

(ST_BSF ST_VARIABLE ST_BSR ST_LONG_ERASE), 5000, 5000,

{0x14, 0x90, 0x15, 0x8C },

{0, 0, 0, 0 }

},

∙Verify that the above entry is added to the st_conf.c file correctly.

where:

Order Number: EK–STWCT–UG. E01

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