Configuring An Autoloader - HP 157770-001 - DAT Drive 20/40 Tape Configuration Manual

3. Select
tape
tape device (radio button) requiring device files from the resulting list. If device files are not
already present this will be indicated under the Properties header (see
Selecting a tape device to create its device files (Agile View)
Figure 5
4. From the right-hand panel on the HP-UX Peripheral Device Tool page, click on Reinstall Device
Files. At the next page, click the Reinstall button. When the browser returns to the HP-UX
Peripheral Device Tool page, click the Refresh button one or more times until the list of device
files appears under the Properties header.

Configuring an autoloader

1. Reboot the system with the autoloader attached.
2. Run
ioscan -funC autoch
If there are no device files listed, proceed as follows:
3. Create
/dev/rac
4. Run
ioscan -funC
5. Execute:
ls -al /dev/rmt/<device_file>
This will return an output similar to:
2 bin bin 205 0x0450c0
This example tells you that the card number is 4 and the target number 5.
6. Run
mknod
mknod /dev/rac/c<X>t<Y>d<Z> c 203 0x0<X><Y><Z>00
where:
is the card number
<X>
is the target number
<Y>
is the LUN
<Z>
1. Depending on how SMH was last used the HP-UX Peripheral Device Tool page will display either the Agile View or the
Legacy View as referenced in the Introduction to this chapter (page 9). To switch between these views use the Toggle
Global Device View link on the right hand side of the HP-UX Peripheral Device Tool page. In this chapter, the Agile View
is assumed. The process is similar for the Legacy View.
from the Class drop down box on the HP-UX Peripheral Device Tool page. Select the
to find the device files for the autoloader.
if it does not exist.
tape to find the tape device file.
to create the device files:
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