User manual QUANTUM DLT1HPUX7009X

[. . . ] DLTTM TAPE UNIT INSTALLATION HP® 9000 Series 700 System HP-UX® 9. X Installation The system must have the appropriate SCSI interface for DLT drive to attach to, i. e. , a SCSI single-ended DLT drive can be attached only to a SCSI single-ended interface. [. . . ] Refer to the following manual for switch and jumper settings and SCSI bus termination: · DLT1/DLT7 Install and Operations Guide Set the DLT SCSI device address to an unassigned ID. 1. During the power-up, the process allows you to stop the sequence by pressing the ESC key. By doing so, you can verify drive attachment by issuing a search for boot device selection. This will display all attached SCSI devices including the DLT tape drive. Log on as root and change directory to /dev/rmt In the next step, you will create a set of device files that will allow DLT device access. 1. Enter the following commands: mknod 1m c 54 0x201402 mknod 1mn c 54 0x201403 mknod 1c c 54 0x2014c2 mknod 1cn c 54 0x2014c3 The device files created are for an installed DLT device with a SCSI ID of 4 and are shown below along with their corresponding operating characteristics: 1m - drive 1, rewind on close 1mn - d rive 1, no rewind on close 1c - drive 1, compressed, rewind on close 1cn - drive 1, compressed, no rewind on close Associating the device files to a DLT device with a SCSI ID other than 4 requires that the number "4" in the minor number of the mknod command be changed to the new ID. DLT Mini-Library Usage The HP-UX operating system does not support SCSI-2 media changer device commands. [. . . ] Refer to the DLT1/DLT7 Install and Operations Guide for detailed description of these access modes. [. . . ]