Hp (Tru64 5.1X) Servers And Workstations; Updating The Tape Driver - HP 157770-001 - DAT Drive 20/40 Tape Configuration Manual

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HP (Tru64 5.1x) servers and workstations

NOTE:
Only SCSI drives and autoloaders are supported on HP Alpha Tru64 systems.

Updating the tape driver

NOTE: DDS-4 and DAT 72 drives are natively supported on HP Alpha Tru64 v5.1B-2 and above.
DAT 160 drives are natively supported on HP Alpha Tru64 V5.1B-3. Steps 1–3 below are only
required for earlier versions of Tru64.
1. Versions of Tru64 before v5.1B-2 only (v5.1B-3 for DAT 160 drives): Modify the SCSI Tape
Density Table in the
scsi_tape_density[0x48] =
scsi_tape_density[0x47] =
scsi_tape_density[0x26] =
2. Versions of Tru64 before v5.1B-2 only (v5.1B-3 for DAT 160 drives): Add the following entry to
your
/etc/ddr.dbase
DAT 160 drives:
SCSIDEVICE
#
# Matches the DAT160 dat drive from HP
#
Type = tape
Name = "HP" "DAT160"
#
#
PARAMETERS:
#
# Vendor Unique mode select parameters for rewind after reset behavior
#
MODESELECT:
/etc/ddr.dbase
file:
TypeSubClass
TagQueueDepth
MaxTransferSize
ReadyTimeSeconds
ModeSelectNumber = 0
SavePage = No
PageFormat = scsi2
BlockDescriptor = yes
TransferLength = 16
Hdr.Tape.BufferMode = 0x1
Data.UBYTE[0] = 0x3D
Data.UBYTE[1] = 0x02
Data.UBYTE[2] = 0x01
Data.UBYTE[3] = 0x00
HP Evolution II DDS/DAT drives: UNIX, Linux and OpenVMS configuration guide
file to include:
"174500_bpi"
"163000_bpi"
"97000_bpi"
= rdat
= 0
= 0x0ffffff
= 180
#Vendor Unique Page Code 0x3D
174500 0 (DAT160)
163000 0 (DAT72)
97000 0
# (16MB - 1)
# seconds
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