4-4
Menu Operations
500300 Rev. U
LCD DISPLAY
(PARAMETER)
SELECTABLE VALUES
(DEFAULTS IN BOLD)
COMMENTS
1, 2
INITIAL DEN:
(6250), 3200, 1600, 800
3
Power-on density
AUTO ONLINE:
NO, (YES)
Drive automatically goes online after loading
LOL ENABLE:
NO, (YES)
Enables loading from interface (ILOL)
COMMAND DISP:
NO, (YES)
Displays last command from interface
2
EOT STOP:
NO, (YES)
Forces tape to stop 13 feet past EOT
REPORT CERS:
ALL, 2TK, (NONE)
Correctable error reporting to host (341X only)
HER ON BLANK:
YES, (NO)
Reports IHER when blank tape detected
EMULATION:
(QUALSTAR), CIPHER
Defines IDBY for invalid commands.
READ ONLY:
(NO), YES
Disables write and erase functions
FMK GAPS:
(NORMAL), SHORT
Short = 0.6-inch (0.3-inch in GCR)
DRIVE ADDRESS:
(0) - 7
Defines drive address (not the same as SCSI ID)
FEN:
(REQUIRED), IGNORE
Allows operation without IFEN
FEN ABORT:
NO, (YES)
Allows IFEN to reset formatter
DENSITY CMD:
NO, (YES)
Accepts density commands from the host
ECHO 3200ID:
NO, (YES)
Reports IDENT for 3200 CPI tapes
WRT IBG:
(NORMAL), LONG, EX-LONG
Extended write gap selection
WRT PARITY:
EXT, (INT)
Internal or External write parity generation
DENSITY:
MANUAL, LOAD, (READ), DUAL,
INITIAL
Sets the density mode of operation
NO-ID DEN:
BLANK, (800), 3200
Determines density when no ID burst is
detected
SEISMIC:
(NO),YES
CRCC and LRCC checking is suppressed (YES)
HEAD CLEAN:
OFF, 6, 12, (25), 50, 100
Equivalent # of 2400-foot reels since head last
cleaned
PE GAIN:
(AUTO), FIXED
Determines PE read gain operation (341X
only)
GCR SPEED:
SLOW, (NORM), BOTH
Sets GCR tape speed on 3416/3418 models
1
Moving W1 on the Write Executive PCBA from ON to OFF allows Drive Configuration parameters to be viewed but prevents them from
being changed.
2
Refer to the text for important information concerning these parameters on SCSI drives.
3
Selection of an unsupported density may result in unpredictable operation.
Table 4-2 Drive Configuration Menu
The first item in the Drive Configuration menu is the INITIAL DENSITY. The
display should appear as follows, with the name of the menu in the first line,
followed by the parameter and its current value.
DRIVE CONFIG.
INITIAL DEN:1600
Pressing the ENTER switch changes the display as follows:
