HP C7401A - SureStore Ultrium 230 Tape Drive Product manual

unix
configuration
guide
hp ultrium drives
technical reference manual
generation 1 SCSI drives
volume 5: unix configuration guide
Part Number: C7369–90901 Volume 5
Edition 5, February 2003

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Version Date Changed Pages
Edition 1 Feb 2001 All
Edition 2 Mar 2002 Reordering. Removal of pass-through functionality. Changes to HP
chapter (update of ioscan output, use of sam to add stape and device
files), Linux chapter (use of sam to add device files), Sun chapter (using
seek and tell), verification chapter (<archive name> changed to <device
file>
Edition 4 Jun 2002 Updated for Generation 2 Ultrium drives. Now only includes supported
and tested platforms. Extra information added to HP-UX, Sun and Linux
chapters.
Edition 5 Feb 2003 Support Silicon Graphics and Tru64 removed. Other minor changes.
Generation 1 version.
This document is frequently revised and updated. To find out if there is a
later version, please ask your HP OEM Representative.

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Related Documents
The following documents provide additional information:
Documents Specific to HP Ultrium Drives
3Software Integration Guide, volume 2 of the HP Ultrium Technical
Reference Manual
3The SCSI Interface, volume 3 of the HP Ultrium Technical Reference
Manual
3Specifications, volume 4 of the HP Ultrium Technical Reference Manual
3HP Ultrium Configuration Guide, volume 5 of the HP Ultrium Technical
Reference Manual
3Background to Ultrium Drives, volume 6 of the HP Ultrium Technical
Reference Manual
3HP Ultrium Technology White Paper, which describes the features and
benefits of HP Ultrium drives
Please contact your HP supplier for copies.
Documentation Map
The following will help you locate information in the 6-volume Technical
Reference Manual:
Drives—general
Installation and Configuration
Connectors 1HW Integration: ch. 5
Controller architecture 6Background: ch. 4
Front Panel LEDs 1HW Integration: ch. 4
Mechanism and hardware 6Background: ch. 3
Specifications 4Specs
Connectors 1HW Integration: ch. 5
Determining the configuration 2SW Integration: ch. 2
In Libraries 1HW Integration: ch. 1

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Operation
Cartridges
Interface
Maintenance and Troubleshooting
In Servers 1HW Integration: ch. 3
Modes of Usage 1HW Integration: ch. 6
Optimizing performance 1HW Integration: ch. 6
2SW Integration: ch. 4
UNIX configuration 5UNIX Config
In Libraries 1HW Integration: ch. 1
In Servers 1HW Integration: ch. 3
Cartridge Memory (LTO-CM) 2SW Integration: ch. 5
6HW Integration: ch. 5
Cartridges 1HW Integration: ch. 7
Features 6HW Integration: ch. 5
Managing the use of cartridges 2SW Integration: ch. 1
Use of cartridges 2SW Integration: ch. 3
SCSI Guide 3SCSI
Commands 3SCSI: ch. 4
Error codes 1HW Integration: ch. 8
Implementation 3SCSI: ch. 1
Interpreting sense data 2SW Integration: ch. 3
Messages 3SCSI: ch. 2
Mode pages—see the MODE SENSE command 3SCSI: ch. 4
Pre-execution checks 3SCSI: ch. 3
Responding to Sense Keys and ASC/Q 2SW Integration: ch. 6
Sense Keys and ASC/Q—see REQUEST SENSE command 3SCSI: ch. 4
Cleaning 2SW Integration: ch. 5
2SW Integration: ch. 7
In Libraries 1HW Integration: ch. 1
In Servers 1HW Integration: ch. 3

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Dealing with Errors
Ultrium Features
General Documents and Standardization
3For a general backgrounder on LTO technology and licensing, go to
http://www.lto-technology.com.
Monitoring drive and tape condition 2SW Integration: ch. 7
Software troubleshooting techniques 2SW Integration: ch. 1
Error Codes 1HW Integration: ch. 8
Handling errors 2SW Integration: ch. 5
How error correction works 6Background: ch. 4
Logs—see the LOG SENSE command 3SCSI: ch. 4
Recovering from write and read errors 2SW Integration: ch. 7
Software response to error correction 2SW Integration: ch. 3
Software response to logs 2SW Integration: ch. 3
TapeAlert log 2SW Integration: ch. 7
Adaptive Tape Speed (ATS) 6Background: ch. 1
Autoload 1HW Integration: ch. 2
Automation Control Interface (ACI) 1HW Integration: ch. 2
6Background: ch. 1
Cartridge Memory (LTO-CM)s 1HW Integration: ch. 2
2SW Integration: ch. 5
6HW Integration: ch. 5
Data Compression, how it works 6Background: ch. 5
Data Compression, managing 2SW Integration: ch. 5
Design principles 6Background: ch. 1
OBDR and CD-ROM emulation 6Background: ch. 1
2SW Integration: ch. 7
Performance optimization 1HW Integration: ch. 6
2SW Integration: ch. 1
Performance, factors affecting 2SW Integration: ch. 4
Software design 2SW Integration: ch. 1
Supporting Ultrium features 2SW Integration: ch. 5
Ultrium Format 6Background: ch. 2

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3Small Computer System Interface (SCSI-1), ANSI X3.131-1986. This is the
ANSI authorized standard for SCSI implementation, available through
ANSI
3Enhanced Small Computer System Interface (SCSI-2), ANSI X3T9.2-1993
Rev. 10L, available through ANSI
3Information Technology — SCSI Parallel Interface-3 (SPI-3), T10 Project
1302D, Working Draft Revision 14
Copies of General Documents can be obtained from:
ANSI 11 West 42nd Street
New York, NY 10036-8002
USA
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Contents 7
Contents Related Documents 3
Documents Specific to HP Ultrium Drives 3
Documentation Map 3
General Documents and Standardization 5
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1Introduction 9
The Purpose of this Manual 9
Ultrium Drives in a Library 9
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2HP-UX Systems 11
HP Servers and Workstations
HP-UX 10.x and 11.x 11
Introduction 11
Determining the SCSI ID 11
Creating the Device Files 13
What Next? 16
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3IBM (AIX) 17
Determining the SCSI ID 17
Configuring the Device Files 17
Device Filenames under AIX 18
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4Linux 21
Determining the SCSI ID (Linux) 21
Configuring on Linux Systems 21
Using the Seek and Tell Features of mt 23
What Next? 23
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5Sun Systems, Solaris (SunOS 5.x) 25
Determining the SCSI ID 25
Configuring the Device Files 26
HP-Data Values 27
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6Verifying the Installation 31
Verifying the Installation of the Drive (UNIX) 31
To verify the installation: 31
Glossary 35
Index 39

Introduction 9
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Introduction
The Purpose of this Manual
This manual provides basic information on configuring the drives with various
operating systems.
Please see the top-level release notes that accompany the drive for expected
functionality and features.
Ultrium drives are supported on the following platforms:
3HP UNIX systems (HP-UX) (Chapter 2)
3IBM (AIX) (Chapter 3)
3Linux (Chapter 4)
3Sun Systems, Solaris 2 (SunOS 5.x) (Chapter 5)
For platforms not mentioned here, please contact HP because there may be
new connectivity details available that arrived after the release notes were
published.
See Chapter 6 for details of how to verify the installation.
Ultrium Drives in a Library
Ultrium drives may also be used in a library. However, instructions about
installing device drivers for automatic robotics are not included in this
manual.

10 Introduction