Order Number: EK–SM1TB–UG. E01
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Product Notes for Hewlett-Packard
This appendix describes how to include the tape drive in an HP 9000 Series 700 system running HP-UX 9.05 or
10.00 and an HP 9000 Series 800 running HP-UX 9.04 or 10.00. The information covers configuration of the
host system to communicate with the tape drive.
E.1
General Information
If the necessary drivers are not already built into your existing kernel, you will need to
rebuild your kernel.
When using the dump utility, you must supply the correct density code and tape length size
for dump to use in its calculations. Refer to Section E.6 for details. We recommend a value
of 126 for the blocking factor parameter.
For this device to be recognized and operational on the S800 servers, it personality was
changed to that of an EXABYTE 8505. Ensure you have the SWHTL part number, not the
SWXTL one.
E.2
Modifications Required
E.2.1 Installation Procedure
NOTES
The “EXABYTE EXB-8505” designation in the following procedure
is the StorageWorks internal name of the SWHTL Part number.
The "DEC TZ87" designation in the following procedure is the
StorageWorks internal name for the SWXTL part number.
E.2.1.1 Installation of Tape Drive
Install the tape drive into the StorageWorks enclosure and power-on the workstation. Ensure
that the address of the tape drive does not conflict with the address of any other device on
that SCSI bus.
E.2.1.2 System Modification
Enter the System Administration Manager (SAM) as superuser. From the first-level menu,
choose Peripheral Devices. From the second-level menu, choose Tape Drives. The
system’s hardware will be scanned, and the “available tape drives” window will identify the
tape drive as a SCSI Tape Drive (HP-UX 9.05, 9.04) or as a “EXB-8505 5 GB 8mm Tape
Drive” (HP-UX 10.00) for the SWHTL, and as a “DEC TZ87” (HP-UX 10.00) for the
SWXTL with the appropriate hardware path. Highlight that selection and then pull down the
