HP 748 Series, Owner'S Manual

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Using Mass Storage Devices
Operating the DDS Tape Drive
Verifying the DDS Tape Drive Operation
To verify that your workstation can communicate with the DDS-format tape
drive, enter the following:
/usr/sbin/ioscan -d stape (for HP-UX 10.x)
/etc/ioscan -d stape (for HP-UX 9.x)
After a few moments the ioscan utility returns a message similar to the fol-
lowing:
H/W Path Class Description
============================================
bc
8 bc I/O Adapter
8/16 ba Core I/O Adapter
8/16/5 ext_bus Built-in SCSI
8/16/5.3 target
8/16/5.3.0 tape HP HP35480A
If ioscan does not see your tape drive, it will return the following message:
ioscan: No hardware found
If you receive this message, go to Chapter 10 “Dealing With Problems.”
Using Device Files
Device files are special files that tell your system which system hardware
pathway to use when communicating with a specific device, and what kind
of device it is.
To determine what device files are available for use with your tape drive, use
the following procedure:
1 In a terminal window, enter the following command:
sam Enter