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Index

A

AIX 21

ANSI 5

asynchronous data transfer 35

AT&T mode 35

B

Berkeley mode 35 BOT 35 buffered mode 35

C

compression 35 confirming installation 31

D

data transfer 35 device files

AIX 22 HP-UX 14 IBM (AIX) 21

Sun workstations 28 direct access 38 documents, related 5

F

fast SCSI 37 fibre channel 36 filemarks 36 filenames under AIX 22

H

HP Alpha 19 HP-UX systems 13

determining SCSI-ID 13 device files 14

I

IBM (AIX) 21 determining SCSI ID 21 device files 21

immediate mode 36 infinite flush 36 installation, verifying 31

L

Linux 23

determining SCSI ID 23 LUN 36

LVD SCSI 37

M

mode AT&T 35 Berkeley 35 immediate 36

N

narrow SCSI 37

P

PC-based UNIX - Linux 23

S

SCSI 5, 36

SCSI ID, determining HP-UX 13

IBM (AIX) 21 Linux 23

Sun workstations 27 sequential access 38 single-ended SCSI 37 Sun workstations

data values 29 determining SCSI ID 27 device files 28

synchronous data transfer 35

systems HP-UX 13 Linux 23

U

ultra SCSI 37

V

verifying installation 31

W

wide data transfer 35 wide SCSI 37

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HP Ultrium Tape Drive manual Index, Aix

Contents

Generation 3 drives Version Date Changes Contents Verifying the Installation Documentation map Purpose of this manualRelated documents Documents specific to HP Ultrium drives Drives-general Interface General documents and standardization How error correction works Irvine, CA Tel 800 854 7179 or 714 261Page Introduction Backup ApplicationsIntroduction Ultrium Drives in a Library HP-UX AIX HP-UX Systems HP-UX SystemsHP Servers and Workstations-HP-UX Introduction Determining the Scsi ID Creating the Device Files For an HP Ultrium drive, execute the followingSelect the following Where When you have exited sam, run ioscan to see the tape drive Run insf as follows To create a device file with the following characteristics For compressed mode default What Next?Hardware path can be found from previous ioscan output HP-UX Systems Add the following entry to your /dev/ddr.dbase file HP Alpha UnixHP Alpha Unix HP Alpha Unix What Next? Configuring the Device Files Determining the Scsi IDThis will produce output that looks similar to Device Filenames under AIX Linux Configuring on Linux SystemsLinux Determining the Scsi ID Linux This should find a number of lines. One should look like Where /dev/stp is the device file Using the Seek and Tell Features of mt Linux This produces a list similar to Sun Systems, Solaris 8, 9Sun Systems, Solaris 8, 9 This will produce output similar to the following Ls -l /dev/rmt/*m grep st@X Determine the device file by typing Do a reconfigure boot When the system is down, rebootHP-Data Values Values for the parameters for name are as follows Specifies the Scsi ID target of the deviceSpecifies the LUN for the device Verifying the Installation Verifying the InstallationVerifying the Installation of the Drive Unix To verify the installation Read the file back from tape File The name of the file to archive, prefixed with ‘./’ Compare the original with the restored version Change to the temporary directoryExtract the file from the tape Verifying the Installation Glossary Glossary Point-to-point connection between itself and the fabric Response to a filemark commandFibre Channel switching technology Features required by that standard Glossary Glossary Index IndexAIX Index