Plasmon LF 8600 User Manual

When enabled, the “Busy” message is displayed at the DOC during a spin up or spin down operation.
Enabling this option will cause the Drive to respond to a Start command (via SCSI or MCLI) with a "BUSY"
message over SCSI.

Perform the following procedure to enable or disable the BUSY option: 

1. Enter the Configuration mode by pressing both the LOAD/MENU and TEST/SELECT 

switches simultaneously.

2. Press the MENU switch until "Set Config" is displayed.

3. Press the SELECT switch to enter the Set Configuration menu.

4. Press the MENU switch until "Busy:" is displayed.

5. Press the SELECT switch to scroll through the states for the load switch (on, off). When the 

desired state is displayed, press MENU to enter the state and move to the next option in the 
Set Configuration menu.

6. Simultaneously press the LOAD/MENU and TEST/SELECT switches to move up to the main 

menu. Simultaneously press the LOAD/MENU and TEST/SELECT switches again to exit 
Configuration mode.

ModSel RA setting determines if the Drive will acknowledge a Mode Select from the host that changes the
state of the Read Ahead. When disabled, the Drive will ignore a MODSEL RA send over SCSI.

Perform the following procedure to enable or disable the ModSel RA option: 

1. Enter the Configuration mode by pressing both the LOAD/MENU and TEST/SELECT 

switches simultaneously.

2. Press the MENU switch until "Set Config" is displayed.

3. Press the SELECT switch to enter the Set Configuration menu.

4. Press the MENU switch until "ModSelRA:" is displayed.

5. Press the SELECT switch to scroll through the states for the load switch (on, off). When the 

desired state is displayed, press MENU to enter the state and move to the next option in the 
Set Configuration menu.

6. Simultaneously press the LOAD/MENU and TEST/SELECT switches to move up to the main 

menu. Simultaneously press the LOAD/MENU and TEST/SELECT switches again to exit 
Configuration mode.