Lucent Technologies PA-8500 manual Sbin/hwmaint start vsb n

Chapter 3

To complete the installation of a tape drive on a running DNCP Series 400/400-CO (PA-8500) system, perform the following steps.

1.Issue the /sbin/hwmaint start command to activate the SCSI bus.

/sbin/hwmaint start vsb n

In the preceding example, n is the virtual SCSI bus location (either 2 or 3) that you suspended before installing the tape drive.

2. Issue the /sbin/hwmaint ls command to verify that the state of the VSB is now onln.

/sbin/hwmaint ls vsb n

Modelx	Description	State	Code Flg		Serial	BdRv PcRv		Slotloc
-	Virtual SCSI	Bus 2 onln	-	---	-	-	-	vsb 2

In the preceding example, n is the virtual SCSI bus location, which is usually either 2 or 3.

3.The system automatically adds the new tape drive. Issue the /sbin/hwmaint ls tape command to verify that the drive is configured as part of the system. The Modelx and Description fields show the type of tape drive. For

example, the following output shows an online T805 tape drive located on virtual SCSI bus 3.

/sbin/hwmaint ls tape

Modelx	Description	State	Code	Flg	Serial	BdRv	PcRv	Slotloc
t805	4mm DAT Tape Drive onln		-	---	-	-	9503	vsb 3 0	0

4.Verify that the tape drive is operating properly by issuing a tape-drive operatingcommand such as cpio to copy a small file to tape, and then copy the same file from the tape to the /tmp directory. The tape-drive operating commands are described in the FTX Commands Reference Manual (R460X).

If the tape drive is not operating properly after performing the previous steps refer to the manuals DNCP Series 400/400-CO(PA-8500): Tape Drive Operation Guide (R716) for troubleshooting information.

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