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Chapter 3
Installing Tape Drives
After the core system components are installed, tape drives can be installed. For each U501 SCSI PCI card in the system,
the following can be configured:
one stand-alone T800-Series tape or D85X CD-ROM drive (or)
●
two daisy-chained T800-Series tape or D85X CD-ROM drives●
This chapter explains how to install tape drives. It contains the following sections:
Preparing to Install Tape Drives on a Running System●
Installing a Stand-Alone T800-Series Tape Drive ●
Installing Daisy-Chained T800-Series Tape Drives ●
Completing the Installation of Tape Drive on a Running System●
For more information about tape drives, refer to the DNCP Series 400/400-CO (PA-8500): Tape Drive Operation Guide
(R716).
For CD-ROM installation See DNCP Series 400/400-CO (PA-8500) CD-ROM Drive: Installation and Operation Guide
(R720)
3.1. Preparing to Install Tape Drives on a Running System
Perform the following steps to suspend the SCSI bus to which your tape drive will be connected.
1. To find the single-ended SCSI PCI-card external port to which you want to attach
the tape drive, issue the vsbconf
command. This command lists all configured
virtual SCSI buses (VSBs) and their corresponding single-ended SCSI PCI
cards.
vsbconf -L
VSBs for tape drives are always 2 and 3. The VSB number is the same as PCI card
cage number housing the U501 SCSI
card to which the tape drive is attached.
In the following example, the SCSI cards are in slot 7 of card cages 2 (2070) and
3 (3070).
vsbconf -L
Virtual SCSI Buses:
Ctrlr 1 Tray 1 Ctrlr 2 Tray 2 Rt MH Switch
Drain Mst
0 2 0 7 1 2 0 7 1 3 0 7 1 3 0 7 1 Y N 0 0 1
1 2 0 7 2 2 0 7 2 3 0 7 2 3 0 7 2 Y N 0 0 1
2 20 7 0 2 0 7 0 Y Y 0 0 1
3 30 7 0 3 0 7 0 Y Y 0 0 1
SCSI Controllers:
Controller Tray Id Trm TrmPwr Description
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