User manual QUANTUM 646415801 2

[. . . ] Quantum Application Note Installing an SDLTtape or DLTtape Drive into a Sun Solaris 2. X System (versions 2. 6 and above) November 2003 6464158-01 Table of Contents 1. 12 Copyright © 2003 by Quantum Corporation. Quantum, the Quantum logo, the DLTtape logo and the Super DLTtape logo are trademarks of Quantum Corporation registered in the U. S. A. [. . . ] The operating system includes a driver to communicate efficiently with SCSI devices, such as an SDLTtape or DLTtape drive. 2. 1 Before You Begin Before you install the tape drive, follow these steps: 1. If you have a DLT 2000, DLT 2500, or DLT 2700 product, make sure it uses version V10 (or higher) controller firmware. Note: The DLT 2000XT, DLT 2500XT, DLT 2700XT, DLT 4000, DLT 7000, DLT 8000, SDLT 220, and SDLT 320 tape drives do not have a firmware revision restriction. 2. Make sure that the hardware has the appropriate SCSI interface for the tape drive. If you have a SCSI single-ended (SE) tape drive, you need a SCSI SE interface; if you have a SCSI low-voltage differential (LVD) or high-voltage differential (HVD) tape drive, you need a SCSI LVD or HVD interface. 4 November 2003 6464158-01 Rev A Installing an SDLTtape or DLTtape Drive into a Sun Solaris 2. X System (versions 2. 6 and above) 3. Obtain the appropriate manual for your tape drive as listed in Table 1. These manuals provide detailed hardware installation instructions, including switch and jumper settings and information about SCSI bus termination. Note: To view these manuals online, go to: http://www. quantum. com/AM/ support/DLTtapeDrivesMedia/Manuals/Default. htm. Table 1. Order Numbers for Tape Drive Manuals Order Number 81-109132 81-109374 81-109253-03 81-60043-04 81-60000-06 81-60118-04 81-85002-01 Manual Title DLT 2000/DLT 2700 Product Manual DLT 2500 Owner's Manual DLT 2000XT/DLT 2500XT/DLT 2700XT Product Manual DLT 4000 Product Manual DLT 7000 Product Manual DLT 8000 Product Manual SDLT 220 and SDLT 320 Product Manual 6464158-01 Rev A November 2003 5 Installing an SDLTtape or DLTtape Drive into a Sun Solaris 2. X System (versions 2. 6 and above) 2. 2 Installing the Tape Drive To install the tape drive, follow these steps: 1. 2. Shut down your workstation or server and remove AC power from the system. Follow instructions in your tape drive's product manual to install the tape drive and set the SCSI ID. 2. 3 Installing Required Patches For each Solaris configuration (2. 6 and above) Sun requires/recommends installing specific patches to ensure proper functionality of your tape drive. You can download these patches at http://sunsolve. sun. com/pub-cgi/show. pl?target=patches/patchaccess&nav=patchpage. Notes: · The patches in this section are tiered as pre-requisites. · Because patches are updated, the patches listed in this section do not specify a version number, for example 123456-xx. Be sure to download the latest available patch. IMPORTANT: You may use a recommended Solaris Patch Cluster for all patches marked with a red asterisk (*). Solaris 2. 6 Required Patch sparc x86 105847-xx* 105505-xx* Description SunOS 5. 6: /kernel/drv/st. conf and /kernel/drv/st patch SunOS 5. 6_x86: /kernel/drv/st. conf and /kernel/drv/st patch Solaris 2. 7 Required Patch sparc x86 107460-xx* 107461-xx Description SunOS 5. 7: st driver patch SunOS 5. 7. x86: st driver patch 6 November 2003 6464158-01 Rev A Installing an SDLTtape or DLTtape Drive into a Sun Solaris 2. X System (versions 2. 6 and above) Solaris 2. 8 sparc Description 108725-xx* SunOS 5. 8: st driver patch 108528-xx* SunOS 5. 8: kernel update patch 108987-xx* SunOS 5. 8: patch for patchadd and patchrm 112396-xx* SunOS 5. 8: /usr/bin/fgrep patch 111111-xx* SunOS 5. 8: /usr/bin/nawk patch 111310-xx* SunOS 5. 8: /usr/lib/libdhcpagent. so. 1 patch x86 108726-xx* SunOS 5. 8_x86: st driver patch 108529-xx* SunOS 5. 8_x86: kernel update patch 108988-xx* SunOS 5. 8_x86: patch for patchadd and patchrm 112397-xx* SunOS 5. 8_x86: /usr/bin/fgrep patch 111112-xx* SunOS 5. 8_x86: /usr/bin/nawk patch 111307-xx* SunOS 5. 6_x86: boot. bin, bootconf. exe, bootenv. rc and nbp patch 111311-xx* SunOS 5. 6_x86: /usr/lib/libdhcpagent. so. 1 patch 110610-xx SunOS 5. 8_x86: cdio. h and commands. h USB patch cdio. h commands. h USB new defines SCSI Quantum SDLT Patch Solaris 2. 9 Patch sparc 113277-xx* Description SunOS 5. 9: patch st driver 112233-xx* SunOS 5. 9: kernel patch 112834-xx* SunOS 5. 9: patch scsi x86 114243-xx* st driver patch 6464158-01 Rev A November 2003 7 Installing an SDLTtape or DLTtape Drive into a Sun Solaris 2. X System (versions 2. 6 and above) 2. 4 Verifying the Installation To verify the installation, follow these steps: 1. 4. Load a data cartridge into the tape drive following the instructions in your manual. Enter shutdown -i0 -g0 to shut down the system. The r switch in the boot command recompiles the kernel and creates a special device file for communicating with the tape drive. Note: The device files created for the tape drive are located in the /dev/rmt/ path and are discussed in "Device File Assignments" on page 9. The v switch enables verbose mode display during system bootup. With verbose mode, the system indicates that the tape drive is attached by displaying the Vendor ID and Product ID strings. 5. To verify that you installed the tape drive and that a data cartridge is loaded, enter mt -f /dev/rmt/0 status. mt responds with a display similar to the following: QUANTUM DLT7000 tape drive: sense key(0x6)= Unit Attention residual= 0 file no= 0 block no= 0 retries= 0 Installation is complete. 8 November 2003 6464158-01 Rev A Installing an SDLTtape or DLTtape Drive into a Sun Solaris 2. X System (versions 2. 6 and above) 2. 4. 1 Device File Assignments When you issue a boot -rv command, Solaris recompiles the kernel and creates a special device file used for communicating with the tape drive. This file, located in the /dev/rmt path, has the following form: [0-127][l, m, h, c, u][b][n] Table 2 lists and defines the values within this file. Table 2. Device File Values and Definitions Definition The target tape drive designation as assigned by Solaris during boot -rv (see "Target Tape Drive Designations" on page 10). [. . . ] As a result, you may find it more difficult to locate the device file for the configured tape drive. To minimize this problem, initially delete the tape device files (rm /dev/rmt/*), then either boot the system with a boot -rv or issue the following at the command line prompt: drvconfig -i st; tapes If the DLTtape drive is the only drive on the system, its target assignment should be 0. The Solaris man pages have more information about drvconfig and tapes. 10 November 2003 6464158-01 Rev A Installing an SDLTtape or DLTtape Drive into a Sun Solaris 2. X System (versions 2. 6 and above) 3. Data Cartridge Compatibility Table 3 provides information about data cartridge and tape drive compatibility. [. . . ]