Lucent Technologies PA-8500 Manual De Usuario

 To complete the installation of a tape drive on a running  DNCP Series 400/400-CO (PA-8500) system, perform the
following steps.

1. Issue the /sbin/hwmaint start command to activate the SCSI bus.

In the preceding example, n is the virtual SCSI bus location (either 2 or 3) that you

 

suspended before installing the tape

drive.

2. Issue the /sbin/hwmaint ls command to verify that the state of the VSB is now

 

onln

.

Modelx  Description       State Code Flg  Serial BdRv PcRv Slotloc

-      Virtual SCSI Bus 2 onln  -    ---  -      -     -   vsb 2

In the preceding example, n is the virtual SCSI bus location, which is usually either

 

2 or 3.

3. The system automatically adds the new tape drive. Issue the /sbin/hwmaint ls tape command to verify that the
drive is configured as part of the system. The

 

Modelx 

and Description fields show the type of tape drive. For

example, the

 

following output shows an online T805 tape drive located on virtual SCSI bus 3.

Modelx  Description        State Code Flg  Serial BdRv  PcRv  Slotloc

t805    4mm DAT Tape Drive onln  -    ---  -      -     9503  vsb 3 0 0

4. Verify that the tape drive is operating properly by issuing a tape-drive operatingcommand such as cpio to copy a small
file to tape, and then copy the same file

 

from the tape to the /tmp directory. The tape-drive operating commands are

described in the FTX Commands Reference Manual (R460X).

If the tape drive is not operating properly after performing the previous steps refer to

 

the manuals DNCP Series

400/400-CO (PA-8500): Tape Drive Operation Guide  (R716) for troubleshooting information.

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