System Setup and Configuration
3.8 Firmware Commands and Utilities Used in System Configuration
Note
To verify that you have set host to the intended drive, you can enter the
command LOCATE at the PARAMS> prompt. The LOCATE command
causes the drive’s Fault indicator to blink momentarily.
3. Enter
SHOW WRT_PROT
to verify that the WRT_PROT parameter is set to 1.
4. After you have completed setting and examining the WRT_PROT device
parameter, enter the WRITE command at the
PARAMS>
prompt to save the
device parameter. The change is recorded to nonvolatile memory.
5. Enter the EXIT command at the
PARAMS>
prompt to exit the DUP driver
utility for the specified device.
Example 3–13 provides an example of setting a hardware write-protect through
firmware; Example 3–14 provides an example of setting a hardware write-
protect through the OpenVMS operating system.
Example 3–13 Setting Hardware Write-Protection Through Firmware
>>>SET HOST/DUP/DSSI/BUS:0 1 PARAMS
Starting DUP server...
Copyright (c) 1992
Digital Equipment Corporation
PARAMS>SET WRT_PROT 1
PARAMS>WRITE
PARAMS>SHOW WRT_PROT
Parameter
Current
Default
Type
Radix
--------- ----------------
----------------
--------
-----
WRT_PROT
1
0
Boolean
0/1
PARAMS>EXIT
Exiting...
Stopping DUP server...
>>>
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