Table 6. ID settings that provide additional Loop IDs (continued). The table lists the AL_PAs, corresponding LIDs, and definitions of the jumpers on the connector pins. Feature Switch 3 must be set to ON.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pin

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pin

 

 

 

AL_PA

LID

 

 

(see Notes)

 

 

 

AL_PA

LID

 

 

(see Notes)

 

 

 

 

 

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

 

 

 

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3C

5F

G

-

G

G

G

G

G

 

SA

7E

G

G

G

G

G

G

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3A

60

G

G

-

-

-

-

-

 

SA

7F

G

G

G

G

G

G

G

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notes:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.

G means that the pin is jumpered to ground.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.

- means that the pin is not jumpered.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.

SA means soft addressing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Step 4. Change the Link Services of the Drive (optional)

You can optionally change the link services (for example, the speed and type of topology) of your Fibre Channel drive. If you choose not to alter the link services, the drive defaults to a negotiated speed and operation in an FC-AL topology with a direct connection to the server.

In the following procedure, note that:

vPin 5 is disconnected and is not represented in Table 7.

vPin 9 is ground.

To change the type of topology and the speed of the Fibre Channel drive:

__ 1. Determine the type of topology in which you want to operate the Ultrium 2 Tape Drive and refer to Table 7 for its corresponding pin configuration.

__ 2. Determine the speed at which you want the Ultrium 2 Tape Drive to operate and refer to Table 7 for its corresponding pin configuration.

__ 3. Locate the Fibre Channel (FC) configuration/status connector on the drive

(see

in Figure 7 on page 25).

 

 

 

 

 

__ 4. Place jumpers on the pins that you identified in steps 1 and 2.

 

Table 7. Topology and speed settings for the Ultrium 2 Tape Drive

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fibre Channel

 

 

 

 

 

Pin

 

Characteristic

1

 

2

 

3

 

4

 

5 through 8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Speed Selection

 

 

 

 

 

Drive uses VPD values that

-

 

-

 

X

 

X

 

X

can be updated by the LDI

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

or RS-422 (the default

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

value is Negotiated)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2 Gb (200 MB/s)

 

-

 

G

 

X

 

X

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 Gb (100 MB/s)

 

G

 

-

 

X

 

X

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Negotiated (the drive

G

 

G

 

X

 

X

 

X

automatically negotiates to

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the highest common speed)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Topology Selection

 

 

 

 

Drive uses VPD values that

X

 

X

 

-

 

-

 

X

can be updated by the LDI

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

or RS-422 (the default

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

value is the NL_port)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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IBM Partner Pavilion T400F manual Change the Link Services of the Drive optional

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