Reviewing Drive Default Settings - IBM DDS Gen 5 User Manual

Reviewing drive default settings

Your internal tape drive comes with various default settings. These settings are
configured using jumpers and switches.
v The jumpers are located on the back of the drive, between the SCSI interface and
v The switches are located on the underside of the drive. If you change a switch
You may need to change these settings to suit your requirements. Review the
default settings shown below to determine whether they suit your requirements or
need to be changed.
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power connectors (refer to the diagram in"General installation instructions" on
page 9).
setting, you must turn the drive off and then on to have the new setting take
effect (see Figure below).
Parameters Default Settings
SCSI ID 6
Parity checking enabled
Terminator powered disabled
Data compression enabled
Power-On Self-Test enabled
diagnostic
Host operating Microsoft Windows
system 98/NT/2000/2003
Server
Vendor ID IBM DDS Gen5
Default settings shown
Front of drive
Switch
1
2
Jumper
Pins/Switches See...
Jumper pins 1–2, 3–4, "SCSI ID settings" on
5–6, 7–8 page 5
Jumper pins 9–10 "Parity checking" on
page 5
Jumper pins 11-12 "Terminating power"
on page 5
Switches 1 and 2 "Data compression"
on page 6
Switch 4 "Power-on self test"
on page 6
Switches 5-8 "Host operating
system" on page 6
Switch 10 "Vendor ID" on
page 7
Default setting
Data compression (DC)
SCSI DC control