Appendix C Product Notes for Sun™

C.2 Modifications Required for Solaris™ 2.3 (or later)

C.2.1 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 /kernel/drv/st.conf file as global properties that apply to each of the targets, or as properties that are applicable to one target only. The "st driver" looks for the property called "tape-config-list". For additional information, read the man page “st”. We recommend here the use of the global properties approach.

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

∙From the command line, type:

cd /kernel/drv

∙Edit the “st.conf” file by adding the following before the first occurrence of “name=":

#entry for 8505 tape drive

tape-config-list = "EXABYTE EXB-8505", "DEC EXB-8505 8mm Helical Scan /w Compression”, “swxte-data”;

swxte-data = 1,0x35,1024,0x1639,4,0x14,0x90,0x15,0x8C,3;

where:

In the “tape-config-list” string:

–The first string ( EXABYTE EXB-8505) is the string returned by the SWXTE on a SCSI inquiry command.

–The second string ( DEC EXB-8505 8mm Helical Scan /w compression) is the nick name for the SWXTE drive. This string will be displayed on the console during boot.

–The third string is defined as follows:

In the “swxte-data”string:

–The first parameter ( 1) is the revision level of the software and is set to 1 (limitation on Sun operating systems).

–The second parameter ( 0x35) is the tape type, specifying 8mm tape drive. This is defined in /usr/include/sys/mtio.h.

Order Number: EK–STWCT–UG. E01

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