Quantum Audio Scalar 50 Manuel D’Utilisation

Quantum Scalar 50 Tape Drive Installation Instructions

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September 2007

Fibre Channel Connectivity Troubleshooting

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If you are still unable to view the Fibre Channel devices, launch the 

SANsurfer SANblade manager and click Connect. Accept the default 

“localhost” entry.
The SANblade manager displays (see 

Figure 22  SANblade 
Manager

The SANblade manager should display all connected Fibre Channel 

devices. If the library and tape drives do NOT display, check the 

cabling and connection status. 

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With native Fibre Channel tape drives, each tape drive is it’s own Fibre 

Channel target with a dedicated WWN and on LUN 0. The host (including 

the laptop using MAGMA box) will pick up the devices and assign local SCSI 

IDs in the order that the SAN devices are discovered. This will in almost 

every case NOT match the order of the devices as they are installed in the 

library. This is not a problem from the customer point of view, as long as 

drive serialization is enabled on the library and serialization is supported by 

the customers ISV application. This will allow the ISV application to put the 

drives in the correct order within the application. 
In some rare cases it may be necessary to re-map the local SCSI ID 

assignments so that the library changer is at SCSI ID 0 and the drive SCSI ID 

assignments follow in order. The important thing to remember is that the 

order of the SCSI IDs on your system will probably not match the order of the 

drives in the library. Make sure to check the SCSI ID that is assigned to the 

WWN of the drive you want to communicate with or you may be 

communicating to the wrong drive