Product Notes for Sun
D-3
Compaq Confidential – Need to Know Required
Writer: Everett Godaire Project: TL891 MiniLibrary System User's Guide Comments:
Part Number: ER-TL891-UA.A01 File Name: k-appd Product Notes for Sun Last Saved On: 3/1/99 2:18 PM
Modifications Required for Solaris 2.4 (or later)
Installation Procedure
NOTE:
In order to support the addition of this device, drive information must be supplied
in the
/kernel/drv/st.conf file as global properties that apply to each of the targets, or as
properties that are applicable to one target only. The "st driver" looks for the property
called "tape-config-list". For additional information, read the man page
“st”
. We rec-
ommend here the use of the global properties approach.
System Modification
Perform the following steps to modify the system to communicate with the
tape drive:
1.
From the command line, type:
cd /kernel/drv
2.
Edit the “st.conf” file by adding the following before the first
occurrence of “name=":
# entry for TZ89 tape drive
tape-config-list = "DEC TZ89",
"DEC 70GB Cart. DLT Streaming /w Compression”,
“TZ89-data”;
TZ89-data = 1,0x36,0,0x1639,4,0x82,0x83,0x84,0x85,3;
Where:
In the “tape-config-list” parameter:
■
The first parameter (
DEC TZ89
) is the parameter returned by the
TZ89 DLT Cartridge SBB Tape Drive on a SCSI inquiry command.
(There should be five spaces between “
DEC
” and “
TZ89
” elements.)
■
The second parameter (
DEC 70GB Cart. DLT Streaming /w
compression
) is a nickname for the drive.
■
The third parameter is defined as follows:
In the “TZ89-data” string:
–
The first parameter (1) is the revision level of the software and is set
to 1.
–
The second parameter (
0x36
) is the tape type, specifying “other”
tape drive. (This is defined in
/usr/include/sys/mtio.h.)