Quantum SDLT 600, 1200 Series DAT Autochanger Installation Guide

Quantum

Application Note

Installing a DLTtape or Super DLTtape

Drive into an AIX Sy stem

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1. Introduction ..........................................................................................3

1.1 Purpose and Scope.............................................................................................3

2. Installation ............................................................................................4

2.1 Before You Begin................................................................................................. 4

2.2 Installing the Tape Drive ......................................................................................5

3. Optional Attribute Settings..................................................................8

4. S pecial De vice Files.................................. .........................................10

5. Tape Cartridge Compatibility.............................................................11

6. Using a DLTtape Mini-Library............................................................12

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Installing a DLTtape o r S uper DL Ttape Dr ive into an AIX Syst em

Revision History

Revisions made to this document are listed below in chronological order.

Document Release Date Summary of Changes

A February 2, 2004 Initial Release on ECO C009135. B September 9, 2004 Changed title to include SDLT.

Added SDLT 600. ECO C011191.

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Installing a DLTtape or Super DLTtape

Drive into an AIX System

1. Introduction

This document provides instructions for integrating a Quantum® DLTtape™ or Super DLTtape™ drive into an IBM® RISC System/6000 running AIX® 3.2, 4, or 5L.

1.1 Purpose and Scope

This document pertains to the following products:

• Tape drives: DLT 2000, DLT 2000XT, DLT 4000, DLT 7000, DLT 8000, SDLT 220,

SDLT 320, and SDLT 600. (The SDLT 220 tape drive was formerly known as the Super DLT1.)

Note: The instructions in this document do not apply to DLT 7000 and DLT

8000 series tape drives and all Super DLTtape products, if being used on AIX 3.2. In this case, you need to obtain a specific patch from IBM in order install the tape drives. The patch will allow you to attach wide SCSI devices such as the DLT 7000 and the DLT 8000 to narrow host adapters on RS/6000. T o obt ain the patch (PTF U429285), go to IBM’s Tech Support web site: http://service.software.ibm.com.

• Mini-libraries: DLT 2500, DLT 2500XT, DLT 2700, DLT 2700XT, DLT 4500,

and DLT 4700.

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Note: Some of these library products are no longer supported by Quantum.

Information on such products is included for historical purposes only.

This document includes the following sections:

• “Installation” on page 4 describes how to install a DLTtape drive in an IBM RS/6000

running AIX 3.2, 4, or 5L.

• “Optional Attribute Settings” on page 8 provides information about setting the

DLTtape device attributes.

• “Special Device Files” on page 10 provides a list of special device files that can be

used to select tape drive options (re-tensioning, rewinding, and density settings).

• “Tape Cartridge Compatibility” on page 11 provides information about SDLT and

DLTtape cartridge and tape drive compatibility.

• “Using a DLTtape Mini-Library” on page 12 provides information about using a

DLTtape mini-library.

2. Installation

This section describes how to install the tape drive and how to configure the AIX operating system to recognize and communicate with the tape drive.

2.1 Before You Begin

Before you install the tape drive, follow these steps:

1. If you have a DLT 2000, DLT 2500, or DLT 2700 product, make sure it uses version

V10 (or high e r) controller firmw a re .

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