Sun Microsystems SPARCstorage Library User manual

SPARCstorageLibrary
X-OptionRack-mountedUser’sGuide
Part No.: 802-2345-11
Revision A, June 1995
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Contents
Preface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
1. Operating the SPARCstorage Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
1.1 Understanding the Operator Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
1.1.1 Using the Operator Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
1.2 Using the Control Modes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
1.2.1 Changing the Control Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
1.3 Interrupting the Tape Library’s Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
1.4 Resuming the Tape Library’s Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7
1.5 Resetting the Tape Library. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7
1.6 Security Options for the Tape Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7
1.6.1 Enabling or Disabling Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8
1.7 Tape Drive LEDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9
1.8 Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10
1.8.1 Testing the Tape Library. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10
1.8.2 Testing the Internal Tape Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10

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1.8.3 Testing the Cartridge Handling Mechanism . . . . . . 1-11
1.9 Media Movement Control Methods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12
1.9.1 Sequential Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12
1.9.2 Random Access Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13
1.9.3 Manual Modes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13
1.10 How to Setup Solstice Backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-14
2. SPARCstorage Library Menu Functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
2.1 Primary Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
2.2 Interface Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
2.2.1 Control Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
2.2.2 25-Pin, 9-Pin, and 4-Pin Serial Port Modes . . . . . . . 2-6
2.3 Configuration Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
2.3.1 Set SCSI IDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
2.3.2 Set SCSI Parity Checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
2.3.3 Sequential Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
2.3.4 Adjust Contrast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9
2.3.5 Back Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9
2.3.6 Set Date. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10
2.3.7 Set Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10
2.3.8 Set Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11
2.3.9 Set Serial Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12
2.4 Maintenance Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13
2.4.1 Clean Drive Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13
2.4.2 Demo Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13

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2.4.3 Diagnostics Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15
2.5 Library Information Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-25
2.5.1 SCSI Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-25
2.5.2 Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-28
2.5.3 System Sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-29
2.5.4 Command History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-31
2.5.5 Inventory Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-32
2.5.6 Drive Info Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-37
3. Maintaining the SPARCstorage Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
3.1 Cleaning the Front Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
3.2 Cleaning Tape Drives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
3.3 Caring for Tape Cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
A. Error Codes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1
A.1 Hardware Errors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2
A.2 SCSI Sense Key Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-6
A.2.1 Not Ready—Sense Key 2h . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-7
A.2.2 Hardware Error—Sense Key 4h . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-8
A.2.3 Illegal Request—Sense Key 5h . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-10
A.2.4 Unit Attention—Sense Key 6h. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-12
A.2.5 Aborted Command—Sense Key Bh . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-13
B. General 8mm Tape Drive Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1
Tape Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1
Tape Formats and Capacities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1
Data Format Compatibility with Older Drives: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-2

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Choosing a Data Cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-2
Choosing a cleaning cartridge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-2
Data Capacity with Data Compression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-3
Hardware Data Compression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-3
Software Data Compression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-3
Choosing a Blocking Factor or a Block Size. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-4
Tape Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-4
mt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-4
tar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-5
ufsdump. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-6
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Index-1

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Figures
Figure 1-1 Operator Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
Figure 2-1 Primary Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Figure 2-2 Default Element Addresses for the SPARCstorage Library . . 2-27

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Tables
Table P-1 Related Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii
Table P-2 Typographic Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
Table P-3 Shell Prompts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
Table 1-1 Tape Drive LED Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9
Table 2-1 Element Indexes for the Tape Library Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15
Table 2-2 Digital System Sensor Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-30
Table 2-3 Analog System Sensor Descriptions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-30
Table 2-4 Field Descriptions of Command History. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-31
Table 2-5 Label Error Field Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-33
Table A-1 Hardware Errors by Error Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2
Table A-2 SCSI Sense Key Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-6
Table A-3 Not Ready Sense Key (2h) ASC and ASCQ Values . . . . . . . . . A-7
Table A-4 Hardware Error Sense Key (4h) ASC and ASCQ Values . . . . A-8
Table A-5 Illegal Request Sense Key (5h) ASC and ASCQ Values . . . . . A-10
Table A-6 Unit Attention Sense Key (6h) ASC and ASCQ Values. . . . . . A-12
Table A-7 Aborted Command Sense Key (Bh) ASC and ASCQ Values . A-13

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Table B-1 Tape Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1
Table B-2 Tape Compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-2
Table B-3 mt Responses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-5

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Preface
The SPARCstorage Library X-Option Rack-mounted User’s Guide describes how to
use and maintain the SPARCstorage™ Library.
When You Need Help with UNIX Commands
This manual does not include specific software commands or procedures.
Instead, software tasks are named and you can refer to the operating system
documentation that was shipped with your system when you need help with
commands or procedures such as:
•Shutting down the system
•Booting the system
•Configuring devices
•Other software procedures
Depending on the operating system you are using, you can find descriptions of
commands and procedures in the following documents:
•Solaris 2.x Handbook for SMCC Peripherals
•On-line AnswerBook® documentation that comes with the Solaris®
operating environment
•Other software documentation you received with your system.

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How This Book Is Organized
Chapter 1, “Using the SPARCstorage Library,” is an overview of the tape
library’s user interface.
Chapter 2, “SPARCstorage Library Menu Functions,” describes the tape
library’s menu functions.
Chapter 3, “Maintaining the SPARCstorage Library,” describes how to
maintain the tape library.
Appendix A, “Error Codes,” lists the tape library’s error codes.
Related Books
Table P-1 Related Documentation
Manual Part Number
SPARCstorage Library X-Option Rack-mounted Installation Manual 802-2344-xx
SPARCstorage Library Service Manual 802-2143-xx

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What Typographic Changes Mean
The following table describes the typographic changes used in this book.
Shell Prompts in Command Examples
The following table shows the default system prompt and superuser prompt
for the C shell, Bourne shell, and Korn shell.
Table P-2 Typographic Conventions
Typeface or
Symbol Meaning Example
AaBbCc123 The names of commands,
files, and directories;
on-screen computer output
Edit your .login file.
Use ls -a to list all files.
machine_name% You have mail.
AaBbCc123 What you type, contrasted
with on-screen computer
output
machine_name% su
Password:
AaBbCc123 Command-line placeholder:
replace with a real name or
value
To delete a file, type rm filename.
AaBbCc123 Book titles, new words or
terms, or words to be
emphasized
Read Chapter 6 in User’s Guide.
These are called class options.
You must be root to do this.
Table P-3 Shell Prompts
Shell Prompt
C shell prompt machine_name%
C shell superuser prompt machine_name#
Bourne shell and Korn shell
prompt $
Bourne shell and Korn shell
superuser prompt #

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1-1
OperatingtheSPARCstorage
Library 1
This chapter describes how to use your SPARCstorage Library. The basic
operations of the tape library include:
•Understanding the Operator Panel
•Using the Control Modes
•Stopping/Restarting the Tape Library’s operation
•Resetting the Tape Library
•Security Options for the Tape Library
•Testing the Drives and the Tape Library
•Media Movement Control Methods
•Sequential
•Random Access Mode
•Manual Modes
•How to Setup Solstice Backup
1.1 Understanding the Operator Panel
The tape library's Operator Panel includes a four-line LCD screen and a
keypad. You can tilt the LCD for better visibility.

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The Main Screen
By default, when you turn on the power, the tape library’s Main Screen
displays:
•First line - name of the product (programmable)
•Second line - firmware version and current time
•Third and fourth lines - status of tape library’s operation
If you want to change the default display, use the MODE SELECT command
and modify the LCD Display Mode page. For more information on changing
the default display, see Chapter 4.
Figure 1-1 Operator Panel
Help
Escape
Enter
Reset
Keypad
LCD main screen
(tilted)
buttons

Operating the SPARCstorage Library 1-3
1
Keypad Buttons on the Operator Panel
1.1.1 Using the Operator Panel
The Operator Panel enables you to do the following:
•Monitor CHM functions, including cartridge movement and placement
while the tape library is operating in SCSI mode
•Access a menu of operations for performing such tasks as setting the CHM
control mode and performing setup operations
•Enable or disable LCD password security
•Set SCSI IDs for the tape library and the two tape drives
•View error messages for the tape library
•Reset the tape library
Monitoring CHM Functions
The two bottom lines on the Main Screen of the LCD show an operational
status of the tape library. These status messages describe the CHM's
movements and placement procedures.
Accessing Menu Options
The Main Menu of the LCD includes 12 menu options.
To access the Main Menu:
♦Press Escape repeatedly from any other menu until this screen appears.
To see the other menu options:
♦Scroll down by pressing ↓and scroll up by pressing ↑.
↑Scrolls up
↓Scrolls down
→Scrolls right
←Scrolls left
Help Goes to the Help screen
Escape No action
Enter Selects the item next to the arrow
Reset Goes to the reset screen

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To select an option:
♦Press Enter.
Enabling and Disabling LCD Password Security
Using the LCD password security feature, you can prevent a user from
inadvertently changing settings or interrupting library operations. When
security is enabled, you cannot:
•Change the control mode
•Change SCSI IDs
•Change the SCSI parity checking
•Perform LCD diagnostics
•Use the LCD options for cleaning the CTSs
•Open the front door
If a user attempts to perform any of these operations while security is enabled,
the LCD displays a message stating that security is active.
Security remains in effect even after you reset the tape library, or power the
tape library off and back on. You can disable security by entering your
password in the Security submenu.
Viewing Errors
If an error occurs, the tape library displays an error message on the bottom two
lines of the LCD. The upper line includes the error number, and the lower line
gives a brief description. Refer to Appendix C for error code descriptions.
1.2 Using the Control Modes
The tape library's cartridge handling mechanism (CHM) can operate in the
control modes listed below. To switch between these modes, use the Operator
Panel.
•SCSI Interface mode
•Sequential 1 mode and Sequential 2 mode
•Dual Sequential mode
•LCD Interface mode
•25-Pin or 9-Pin Serial Port mode (not supported)

Operating the SPARCstorage Library 1-5
1
1.2.0.1 SCSI Interface Mode
With the SCSI Interface mode, CHM motion is controlled by a SCSI driver that
allows the CHM to retrieve and replace cartridges as specified by the host
through the SCSI-2 command set.
Note – When you switch the tape library from SCSI Interface mode to another
mode, CHM operations are temporarily halted. However, tape drive operations
can still continue.
1.2.0.2 Sequential 1 Mode and Sequential 2 Mode
When the tape library is operating in the Sequential 1 mode, the CHM picks
cartridges from the removable cartridge holder sequentially and places them in
Drive 1 for processing. When the tape library is operating in the Sequential 2
mode, the CHM places cartridges in Drive 2 for processing.
1.2.0.3 Dual Sequential Mode
For tape libraries with two tape drives, dual sequential allows you to use the
top five tape cartridges in the removable cartridge holder in Drive 1 and the
bottom five tape cartridges in Drive 2.
1.2.0.4 LCD Interface Mode
When the tape library is operating in LCD Interface mode, the user can instruct
it to perform CHM motion commands, such as picking and placing cartridges,
and performing diagnostics, from the Operator Panel without communicating
across a SCSI bus.
You do not have to operate the tape library in LCD Interface mode to use most
of the features available through the LCD. For example, you can use the LCD
to check system statistics when it is operating in any of the control modes.
Note – LCD Interface mode is required only when you want to control the
motions of the CHM through the Operator Panel.

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1.2.1 Changing the Control Mode
1. If you have not already done so, power on the tape library.
2. Press Escape on the Operator Panel to display the Main Menu.
3. Select the Interface Menu.
4. From the Interface Menu, press Enter to select the Control Mode Menu.
An asterisk next to a selection indicates the current active mode.
5. Using ↓and ↑on the Operator Panel, scroll through the choices until the
arrow is next to the mode you want.
Scroll down to view the other options.
6. Press Enter to select the mode.
7. When the system status message at the bottom of the display indicates
that the change is complete, press Escape to return to the Control Mode
Menu.
1.3 Interrupting the Tape Library’s Operation
You can temporarily stop the tape library’s operation without turning off
power and without disturbing the cartridge processing order to:
•Remove and replace individual cartridges
•Remove and replace the cartridge holder
To stop the tape library’s operation:
1. Turn the key in the door lock to unlock it.
When the CHM finishes the current operation and moves to the park
position, the door's interlock mechanism will release the door.
2. Open the front door.
When you stop the tape library’s operation:
•The CHM moves to the park position and stops.
•Current to all of the motors is turned off.
•A Not Ready status is returned to the host.
3. Remove or replace a cartridge or the removable cartridge holder.
See Chapter 2.