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6464181-01 Rev B

September 2004

3

Installing a DLTtape or Super DLTtape 

Drive into an AIX System

1.

Introduction

This document provides instructions for integrating a Quantum

®

 DLTtape™ or 

Super DLTtape™ drive into an IBM

®

 RISC System/6000 running AIX

®

 3.2,

 

4, or 5L.

1.1

 Purpose and Scope

This document pertains to the following products:

Tape drives: DLT 2000, DLT 2000XT, DLT 4000, DLT 7000, DLT 8000, SDLT 220, 
SDLT 320, and SDLT 600. (The SDLT 220 tape drive was formerly known as the 
Super DLT1.)

Note:

The instructions in this document do not apply to DLT 7000 and DLT 
8000 series tape drives and all Super DLTtape products, if being used 
on AIX 3.2. In this case, you need to obtain a specific patch from IBM 
in order install the tape drives. The patch will allow you to attach wide 
SCSI devices such as the DLT 7000 and the DLT 8000 to narrow host 
adapters on RS/6000. To obtain the patch (PTF U429285), go to IBM’s 
Tech Support web site: 

http://service.software.ibm.com

.

Mini-libraries: DLT 2500, DLT 2500XT, DLT 2700, DLT 2700XT, DLT 4500,
and DLT 4700.

Summary of Contents for DLTtape DLT 4000

Page 1: ...ed software or system products Quantum Corporation provides this information as a service only and assumes no responsibility for any damages which could result from the use of this information The inf...

Page 2: ...004 6464181 01 Rev B Revision History Revisions made to this document are listed below in chronological order Document Release Date Summary of Changes A February 2 2004 Initial Release on ECO C009135...

Page 3: ...DLT 600 The SDLT 220 tape drive was formerly known as the Super DLT1 Note The instructions in this document do not apply to DLT 7000 and DLT 8000 series tape drives and all Super DLTtape products if b...

Page 4: ...on page 10 provides a list of special device files that can be used to select tape drive options re tensioning rewinding and density settings Tape Cartridge Compatibility on page 11 provides informat...

Page 5: ...as listed in Table 1 These manuals provide detailed hardware installation instructions including switch and jumper settings and information about SCSI bus termination Note To view these manuals onlin...

Page 6: ...g system follow these steps 1 At the command line type smit and press Enter 2 Select Devices 3 Select Tape Drives 4 Select List All Supported Tape Drives 5 The Output window displays a list of tape dr...

Page 7: ...t you are installing from the displayed list You should be able to identify your tape drive by its location code For example in the sample list of tape drives above rmt2 would be the tape drive at Dra...

Page 8: ...ult htm 3 Optional Attribute Settings The following information describes optional DLTtape drive attribute settings These optional settings include attributes such as Fixed vs Variable Blocks Variable...

Page 9: ...B 81633 bpi compressed mode DLT 7000 DENSITY setting 1 132 84h is the vendor unique density code for 35 GB 85937 bpi uncompressed mode DENSITY setting 2 133 85h is the vendor unique density code for 7...

Page 10: ...propriate density setting for the operation These special device files are located in the dev directory Table 3 lists the special device files Note Re tensioning is not necessary for cartridges loaded...

Page 11: ...tten by a DLT 4000 DLT 7000 or DLT 8000 tape drive The SDLT 600 tape drive can read but not append data to Super DLTtape I and DLTtape VS1 cartridges Table 4 Tape Cartridge and Tape Drive Compatibilit...

Page 12: ...ess the mini library in sequential mode only For a detailed description of these access modes refer to the appropriate product manual for your DLTtape mini library Table 5 Tape Cartridge and Tape Driv...

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