If You Are Using A Non-Graphics Terminal - HP LTO-4 Technical Reference Manual

If you are using a non-graphics terminal

1. At the command line type:
% smit -C tape
The following is displayed:
2.
If no device has been configured at this address before, select "add a tape drive" to set
up the address.
Otherwise, select "change/show characteristics of a tape drive"
A pop-up window is displayed:
3.
Select "ost" or "Other SCSI tape drive" as the tape drive you wish to change.
If no device has been configured at this address before, choose connection addresses as
appropriate.
4. The following details are displayed:
Check the following values and change them if necessary:
• BLOCK Size = 0
• Use EXTENDED file marks = "no"
• RESERVE/RELEASE support = "yes"
• Set maximum delay for the READ/WRITE command = 1200
Click on the "DO" button to apply the changes.
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