Sun Microsystems SPARCstorage Library User manual

SPARCstorageLibraryInstallationand
User’sGuide
Part No.: 802-2145-11
Revision A, June 1995
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to correct the interference at his own expense.
Shielded Cables
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FCC radio frequency emission limits.
Modifications
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Note – This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of
the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential
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reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference
by one or more of the following measures:
•Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
•Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
•Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.
•Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/television technician for help.

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Shielded Cables
Connections between the workstation and peripherals must be made using shielded cables in order to maintain compliance with
FCC radio frequency emission limits.
Modifications
Modifications to this device, not approved by Sun Microsystems, Inc., may void the authority granted to the user by the FCC to
operate this equipment.
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Contents
Preface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
1. SPARCstorage Library Product Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
Main Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
Internal Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
Front Panel Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
Back Panel Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8
2. Installing the SPARCstorage Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
Before You Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
Determining SCSI Bus Length . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Installation Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
Verifying the Operating System Version. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
Shutting Down Your System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
Powering Off Your System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
Preparing the Tape Library. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
Installing the Tape Cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11

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Write-Protect Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11
Bar Code Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12
Tape Cartridge Placement in the Removable Holder . . . . . 2-13
Removable Cartridge Holder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14
Cartridge in a Fixed Holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16
Connecting the Tape Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-17
Dual SCSI Busses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-17
Direct Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-18
Daisy Chain Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-20
Powering On the Tape Library. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-22
Setting SCSI IDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-24
3. Operating the SPARCstorage Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
Understanding the Operator Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
Using the Operator Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
Using the Control Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
Changing the Control Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
Interrupting the Tape Library’s Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
Resuming the Tape Library’s Operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
Resetting the Tape Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8
Security Options for the Tape Library. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8
Enabling or Disabling Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9
Tape Drive LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11
Testing the Tape Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11

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Testing the Internal Tape Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11
Testing the Cartridge Handling Mechanism . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12
Media Movement Control Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12
Sequential Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13
Random Access Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13
Manual Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14
How to Setup Solstice Backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14
4. SPARCstorage Library Menu Functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Primary Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Interface Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
Control Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
25-Pin, 9-Pin, and 4-Pin Serial Port Modes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
Configuration Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
Set SCSI IDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
Set SCSI Parity Checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
Sequential Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8
Adjust Contrast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9
Back Light. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9
Set Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10
Set Time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10
Set Security. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
Set Serial Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12
Maintenance Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13
Clean Drive Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13

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Demo Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13
Diagnostics Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16
Library Information Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-28
SCSI Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-28
Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-31
System Sensors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-33
Command History. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-35
Inventory Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-37
Drive Info Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-42
5. Maintaining the SPARCstorage Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
Cleaning the Front Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
Cleaning Tape Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
Caring for Tape Cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
6. Hardware Upgrades for the SPARCstorage Library . . . . . . . . 6-1
Adding a Second Tape Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
Removing the Empty Drive Carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
Installing the Second Tape Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4
A. Compliance Statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1
Conformité aux Normes de Sécurité . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2
Sicherheitsbehördliche Vorschriften . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-5
Conformidad Con La Agencia de Seguridad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-8
B. Small Computer Systems Interface Information. . . . . . . . . . . B-1
SCSI Ports and Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1
SCSI Bus Length. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-3

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Terminating SCSI Devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-6
50-pin Ribbon Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-7
C. Error Codes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-1
Hardware Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-2
SCSI Sense Key Errors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-6
D. General 8mm Tape Drive Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-1
Tape Drives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-1
Tape Formats and Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-1
Data Format Compatibility with Older Drives: . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-2
Choosing a Data Cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-2
Choosing a cleaning cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-2
Data Capacity with Data Compression. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-3
Choosing a Blocking Factor or a Block Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-4
Tape Utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-4
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Glossary-1
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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This manual describes how to install and use the tower and table-top versions
of the SPARCstorage™Library.
First read the “Safety Agency Compliance” section at the end of this Preface.
Then refer to the specific chapters to find the information you need.
Who Should Use This Book
This manual is designed to aid nontechnical users to set up the tape library
and connect it to their supported desktop system to use the tape library’s data
storage capabilities. The manual also contains some maintenance information
regarding the use, care, and cleaning of certain components. Finally, it contains
procedures on how to install various components within the tape library. Refer
to the following documents for detailed software information:
•On-line AnswerBook (contains the complete set of documentation supporting
the Solaris™2.x software environment).
•Software documentation that you received with your desktop system.
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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-1 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-2 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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Safety Agency Compliance
Before beginning any procedure, read the instructions and cautions in this
section. They explain how to work safely with the internal components of your
system. The equivalent information, translated into French, German, and
Spanish, can be found in Appendix A.
Safety Precautions
For your protection, observe the following safety precautions when setting up
your equipment:
•Follow all warnings and instructions marked on the equipment.
•Ensure that the voltage and frequency of your power source matches the
voltage and frequency inscribed on the equipment’s electrical rating label.
•Never push objects of any kind through openings in the equipment.
Dangerous voltages may be present. Conductive foreign objects could
produce a short circuit that could cause fire, electric shock, or damage to
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Symbols
The following symbols, which appear in this book, mean:
Caution – Risk of personal injury and equipment damage. Follow the
instructions.
Warning – Hazardous voltages are present. To reduce the risk of electric shock
and danger to personal health, follow the instructions.
ON – The principal on/off switch is in the on position.
Off – The principal on/off switch is in the off position.
Modification to Equipment
Do not make mechanical or electrical modifications to the equipment. Sun
Microsystems, Inc. is not responsible for regulatory compliance of a modified
Sun product.
Placement of a Sun Product
Caution – To ensure reliable operation of your Sun product and to protect it
from overheating, openings in the equipment must not be blocked or covered. A
Sun product should never be placed near a radiator or heat register.
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Power Cord Connection
Warning – Sun products are designed to work with single-phase power systems
having a grounded neutral conductor. To reduce the risk of electrical shock, do
not plug Sun products into any other type of power system. Contact your
facilities manager or a qualified electrician if you are not sure what type of
power is supplied to your building.
Warning – Not all power cords have the same current ratings. Household
extension cords do not have overload protection and are not meant for use with
computer systems. Do not use household extension cords.
Warning – Your Sun product is shipped with a grounding type (3-wire) power
cord. To reduce the risk of electric shock, always plug the cord into a grounded
power outlet.
Panels and Cover
Caution – It is not safe to operate Sun products without the panels and cover in
place. Failure to take this precaution may result in personal injury and system
damage.
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SPARCstorageLibraryProduct
Description 1
This manual covers the table-top and the tower versions of the SPARCstorage
Library; shown in Figure 1-1. In this manual, either version may be referred to
as the tape library. Each type of tape library enclosure contains the following
main components:
•A robotic handler, referred to as the Cartridge Handling Mechanism (CHM)
•One or two 8mm tape drives
•8mm tape cartridges in a removable cartridge holder
•A fixed cartridge holder for a cleaning cartridge or an additional data
cartridge
Assuming an average data compression ratio of 2:1, the tape library can store
up to 154 Gbytes of information on eleven tape cartridges. The tape library has
a four-line, liquid crystal display (LCD), called a display panel, and a keypad
on the front panel called the Operator Panel. By using this panel, you can set
options, check operating statistics, and diagnose errors.
Listed below are the electrical ratings and physical dimensions of the tape
library:
Electrical Ratings
•Consumes 60 - 110 watts (true power)
•100 to 240 VAC at 50-60 Hz
Dimensions
•Height: 558.8 mm (22 inches)
•Width: 240 mm (9.45 inches)

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•Length: 543.6 mm (21.4 inches)
•Weight: 37.2 kg (82 pounds with two drives installed)
Caution – Due to the tape library’s size and weight, you should take special
care when you lift it to avoid injuring yourself.
Figure 1-1 The SPARCstorage Library
Note – The remaining illustrations in this manual show the Tower version.
Internal components of both versions are identical; differences are in
orientation only.
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Tower Version Table-top Version