August 1995
EXPERT
1
User’s Guide
EXPERT 7
Exabyte Performance Evaluation Regression Tester
Page 1: ...August 1995 EXPERT 1 User s Guide EXPERT 7 Exabyte Performance Evaluation Regression Tester...
Page 2: ...this publication without obligation to notify any person or organization of such revision EXPERT the Exabyte Performance Evaluation Regression Tester is provided to Exabyte customers under special ag...
Page 3: ...5 Starting EXPERT 10 1 6 Exiting EXPERT 12 2 General Program Operation 13 2 1 Using the Test Control Screen 14 2 2 Target Selection Menu 15 2 3 Test Control Menu 16 2 4 Device Status Window 17 2 5 Ma...
Page 4: ...runs on IBM PC compatible computers with a SCSI host bus adapter HBA card installed The HBA card allows EXPERT and the target devices to communicate across the SCSI bus You can use EXPERT to test up...
Page 5: ...EXPERT 5 Installation and Startup This chapter provides the following information Required equipment for installing and using EXPERT Instructions for installing EXPERT Instructions for starting and ex...
Page 6: ...ropriate ASPI driver Other fully ASPI compliant HBAs may work but have not been tested ASC 88 86 Note Starting with EXPERT version 7 0 support for Adaptec s SDS line of adapters has been dropped A sin...
Page 7: ...ist Files area EXPERT is located in the DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS 22 file area 2 Follow the instructions on the BBS and your file transfer software to download the file EXPERTxx EXEto your computer Note The xx...
Page 8: ...oppy disk drive and copy its contents to your hard disk For example if your floppy disk drive is drive A enter the following COPY A 4 If you are using an ASPI compliant HBA make sure the appropriate A...
Page 9: ...the SCSI connectors on both the HBA and all target devices Make sure that both ends of the SCSI bus have SCSI bus terminators installed All other devices on the SCSI bus should have their SCSI bus ter...
Page 10: ...ne options described below EXPERT or EXPERT OPTION1 OPTION2 OPTIONx or EXPERT OPTION1 OPTION2 OPTIONx 3 When the EXPERT logo screen is displayed read the warning notes carefully Then press 17 5 Comman...
Page 11: ...le NRLOG Generate log files for each device separately using the serial number for file names LPTLOG Enable real time logging to a printer attached to printer port LPT1 Miscellaneous options SOUND Ena...
Page 12: ...about using EXPERT screens and menus refer to Chapter 2 For information about testing refer to Chapter 3 1 6 Exiting EXPERT To exit EXPERT from anywhere in the program press 6 repeatedly until the Exi...
Page 13: ...August 1995 EXPERT 13 General Program Operation This chapter provides general information about screen features screen colors menus and windows and online documentation...
Page 14: ...ndow Shows detailed information about the currently selected target For more information see section 2 4 Device Status Window This window is also used by the Toolbox during SCSI command execution and...
Page 15: ...rsor bar in the Target Selection Menu to the target you want to control As you move the cursor bar the Device Status Window is updated to reflect the status of the currently highlighted device Note If...
Page 16: ...rget press 17 5 The Test Control Menu appears at the top of the screen Use the left and right arrow keys to move the highlighted bar to the test you want to select Press 17 5 to execute the highlighte...
Page 17: ...the device has no serial number support you are prompted to fill in the number when you start the first test You do not need to re enter the serial number on subsequent tests For tape drives The amoun...
Page 18: ...ed SCSI ID of each tape drive installed Note Some libraries do not automatically report the SCSI ID of the installed tape drives The SCSI ID fields are left blank for these libraries When the first te...
Page 19: ...ements when is active Displays the contents of the log file when is pressed Refer to section 2 6 Function Keys for more information about these function keys In any of the above functions if the infor...
Page 20: ...ailable if you are about to start a test that requires special precautions or requirements For example a library test may require cartridges to be placed in a specific order Pressing when it is availa...
Page 21: ...August 1995 EXPERT 21 EXPERT Tests This section describes the tape drive and library tests available in EXPERT...
Page 22: ...Retire a tape if its test results start to get worse or if it has been damaged Keep track of how often you use your test tapes and estimate how long your set of test tapes will last Use the Exabyte He...
Page 23: ...d reads it back to verify proper creation The resulting tape can be used for the INTER test INTER This test verifies that tapes written by another Exabyte tape drive can successfully be read back veri...
Page 24: ...ogically related When EXPERT starts it tries to detect which tape drives are inside each library and marks them as allocated If the allocation has been removed for instance by running a manual tape dr...
Page 25: ...August 1995 EXPERT 25 Toolbox This chapter describes the Toolbox functions in EXPERT...
Page 26: ...that are currently executing a test The Toolbox contains the following utilities COMMAND This utility allows you to issue SCSI commands to the current target address See section 4 3 SCSI Commands for...
Page 27: ...ust re enter the serial number the first time you start a test after the SCAN utility was used Most Exabyte libraries will not be identified correctly until they have completed their power on self tes...
Page 28: ...the SCSI bus This allows you to closely control operation of each device When you enter this menu a list of SCSI commands appropriate for the current target is displayed An example of the SCSI command...
Page 29: ...impossible for the library to replace the cartridges LCD Editor for libraries with a four line LCD This is an extended function that allows you to enter text to be displayed on the library s LCD Two e...
Page 30: ...command returns information the information is displayed in hexadecimal format To interpret this information refer to the SCSI Reference for the target If Check Condition status is returned the SCSI s...
Page 31: ...ilable if the device does not support firmware uploads across the SCSI bus When you select the Firmware utility a File Selection menu is displayed This menu shows all firmware files available for your...
Page 32: ...keys to move the highlight bar and press 17 5 The selected firmware file is transferred to the target which verifies the firmware file and then reprograms its flash program memory After completing the...
Page 33: ...XPERT from BBS 7 E EGA screens 11 entering the program 10 exiting the program 12 F Firmware utility 26 31 firmware uploading 31 function keys 20 H HBA card ASC adapters 6 10 ASPI compliant 6 8 10 conn...
Page 34: ...devices 9 shell to DOS 20 SHORT test 23 single ended target devices 9 sound enabling for test pass fail 11 starting the program 10 T tape drives See also targets installed in a library 23 test results...
