6464181-01 Rev B
September 2004
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Installing a DLTtape or Super DLTtape Drive into an AIX System
7.
Select
List All Defined Tape Drives
.
The system displays the tape drives connected to SCSI I/O controller(s) as shown
below:
Where:
8.
If the status is reported as
Available
, the installation is complete.
If the status of your tape drive is not yet listed as
Available
, and is still listed as
Defined
,
your tape drive is not ready for use. Follow these steps to make your tape drive available:
1.
In the
smit
utility, select
Devices.
2.
Select
Tape Drive
.
3.
Select
Configure a Defined Tape Drive
. A list of defined tape drives will be
displayed similar to the following table:
4.
Select the tape drive that 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
Drawer
30
, I/O Bus
58
, Adapter Connector
00
and SCSI ID
6
.
name
status
*
*.
The system may report a status of either
Defined
or
Available
.
location
description
rmtl
Defined
00-00-0S-50
Other SCSI Tape Drive
name
the logical name of the DLTtape drive (rmtl)
status
the tape drive is defined (not ready for use) or available (ready for
use)
location
the SCSI ID of the DLTtape drive (
5
) and the address of the SCSI I/O
controller (
0
after the
5
)
description
a description of the tape drive type (
Other SCSI Tape Drive
)
rmt0
Available
30-58-00-3,0 SCSI DLT Tape Drive
rmt1
Defined
30-58-00-4,0 Other SCSI Tape Drive
rmt2
Defined
30-58-00-6,0 SCSI DLT Tape Drive
rmt3
Available
30-58-00-5,0 Other SCSI Tape Drive
