8. At the Enter Selection for /dev/rmt1: prompt, select the Inquiry option to receive the Issuing
inquiry… and the following data:
Inquiry Data, Length 127
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F 0123456789ABCDEF
0000 - 0180 0202 3300 0038 4942 4D20 2020 2020 ..3..8IBM
0010 - 3033 3539 3045 3031 3033 3539 3042 3131 03592B1103592B11
0020 - 3344 3201 4353 3030 3030 3030 3030 3031 3D2.CS0000000001
0030 - 3632 2041 C000 0180 04D0 6101 82D0 6101 62 A.....Pa..Pa.
0040 - 80D0 6101 .Pa.. a..Pa..Pa.
0050 - 02D0 Example 0000 .Pa..Pa.........
0060 - 0000 0000 ................
0070 - 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 00 ...............
9. At the Hit any key to continue… prompt, press Enter.
General Commands:
1. Open a Device 5. Inquiry 9. Log Sense Page
2. Close a Device 6. Test Unit Ready 10. Mode Sense Page
10. At the Enter Selection for /dev/rmt1: prompt, select Close a Device.
The system response is Device closed…
Read and Write tests
Load a CE scratch tape in the 3592 tape drive before you start this test.
Attention: This test overwrites any data or tape label on the tape.
1. If the response from the previous test is Hit any key to continue…, press Enter. Otherwise, type
tapeutil
to restart.
Note: Your tapeutil menus might vary from the examples, depending on the level of the Atape.driver
installed in your system. The following examples use Atape.driver at 2.5.1.0.
General Commands:
1. Open a Device 5. Inquiry 9. Log Sense Page
2. Close a Device 6. Test Unit Ready 10. Mode Sense Page
2. At the Enter Selection: prompt, select Open a Device, and press Enter.
3. At the Enter the device special file name: prompt, type
/dev/rmt1
(or your specific device).
4. At the Select mode (1=Read/Write, 2=Read Only, 3=Write Only, 4=Append): prompt. type
1
.
At the Hit any key to continue…. prompt, press Enter.
General Commands:
1. Open a Device 5. Inquiry 9. Log Sense Page
2. Close a Device 6. Test Unit Ready 10. Mode Sense Page
3. Device Info 7. Reserve Device 11. Release Device
4. Tape Drive Service Aids 8. Request Sense Q. Quit Program
Medium Changer Commands:
12. Element Information 16. Move Medium
13. Position To Element 17. Load/Unload Medium
14. Element Inventory 18. Initialize Element Status
15. Prevent Medium Removal 19. Allow Medium Removal
Tape Commands:
20. Query/Set Parameters 30. Read and Write Tests
5. At the Enter Selection for /dev/rmt1: prompt, select the Read and Write Tests option, and press
Enter.
6. At the Select test (1=Read/Write, 2=Read Only, 3=Write Only): prompt, type
1
.
7. At the Hit <Enter> for default 10240 block size or enter new block size:, press Enter.
8. At the Hit <Enter> for default 20 blocks per read/write or enter new blocks: prompt, press Enter.
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