Order Number: EK-SM1TB-UG. E01
C–1
C
Product Notes for Sun™
This appendix describes how to include the SWXTL cartridge tape drive SBB in a Sun SPARC system
running Solaris™ 2.3 (or later) and SunOS™ 4.1.x. The information covers the installation of the SWXTL
tape drive hardware and configuring the system to communicate with the drive.
C.1
General Information
Densities can only be changed at the beginning of the tape.
Front panel operation will override software control of density and compression settings.
To use software-controlled density selections, the drive must first be placed in
“automatic” mode. To accomplish this, press the D
ENSITY
S
ELECT
button the required
number of times until only the D
ENSITY
O
VERRIDE
light is on.
Compression can be enabled or disabled at any time, with the change taking effect
immediately when writing TZ87 density.
C.2
Modifications Required for SunOS 4.1.x
C.2.1 Installation Procedure
NOTES
1. The SWXTL designation in the following procedure is the
StorageWorks product name for "DEC TZ87".
2. In order to support the addition of this device, the
applicable drive information must be supplied in the
/sys/scsi/targets/st_conf.c
file. For additional
information, read the man pages for "
st
".
C.2.1.1 System Modification
Perform the following steps to modify the system for communication with the SWXTL
tape drive:
1. From the command line, type:
cd /sys/scsi/targets
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