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- Page 1 Enterprise Tape Library 4/1000 ™ Installation Guide for Sun Systems ™ Sun Microsystems Computer Company A Sun Microsystems, Inc. Business 2550 Garcia Avenue Mountain View, CA 94043 USA 415 960-1300 fax 415 969-9131 Part No.: 805-0210-10 Revision A, January 1997...
- Page 2 All SPARC trademarks are used under license and are trademarks or registered trademarks of SPARC International, Inc. in the United States and in other countries. Products bearing SPARC trademarks are based upon an architecture developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
- Page 3 The ETL 4/1000’s native capacity is 1,040 Gbytes with 52 DLTtape IV cartridges at 20 Gbytes each. This booklet explains how to install the ETL 4/1000 with your Sun™ system. Figure 1 Front View of the Enterprise Tape Library 4/1000...
- Page 4 Two 4-meter 68-pin-to-68-pin differential SCSI cables • SCSI jumper cable (.8 m) • Two differential SCSI terminators • U.S. power cable • Bar-code labels • Cleaning cartridge bar-code labels • CD-ROM with diagnostic software Enterprise Tape Library 4/1000 Installation Guide for Sun Systems—January 1997...
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Page 5: Installation Overview
10. Turn on the power to any peripherals and to your Sun system. 11. Verify the configuration of the st.conf file is correct. 12. Reboot your Sun system using the boot -r command. 13. Load the tape library with cartridges. Enterprise Tape Library 4/1000 Installation Guide for Sun Systems—January 1997... -
Page 6: Getting Ready
Delete the # character that begins the line, if it hasn't already been removed. b. Using the editor, continue to scroll until you come to the following line entry: # "EXABYTE EXB8500C", "Exabyte 8500C Helical Scan", "EXB-850X", Enterprise Tape Library 4/1000 Installation Guide for Sun Systems—January 1997... - Page 7 Caution – The tape library and each installed tape drive must have a unique SCSI ID. Type probe-scsi-all at the ok prompt to determine the SCSI IDs that are currently set. Enterprise Tape Library 4/1000 Installation Guide for Sun Systems—January 1997...
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Page 8: Shutting Down The Operating System
/reconfigure command to ensure autoconfiguration when the system is powered on. 1. Become superuser by typing and pressing Return. % su Password: superuser password The root prompt (#) is displayed. Enterprise Tape Library 4/1000 Installation Guide for Sun Systems—January 1997... -
Page 9: Type Touch /Reconfigure
(-g30) before the system begins to shut down. The ok or > prompt is displayed once the operating environment is shut down. 4. At the ok or > prompt, power off the system. Enterprise Tape Library 4/1000 Installation Guide for Sun Systems—January 1997... - Page 10 Caution – Always wait 30 seconds between turning off the power and turning it back on again. This pause prevents possible damage to power supply components. Enterprise Tape Library 4/1000 Installation Guide for Sun Systems—January 1997...
- Page 11 72 feet (24 meters), shown in Figure 3. The internal signal path of your system unit and the external SCSI cables must not exceed this maximum length. If this length is exceeded, the system will not run in a reliable manner. Enterprise Tape Library 4/1000 Installation Guide for Sun Systems—January 1997...
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Page 12: Terminating Scsi Devices
You must attach a regulated SCSI terminator to the SCSI port at the end of the SCSI bus. A terminator holds the bus at a predetermined signal level when the bus is not active and maintains impedance matching. Enterprise Tape Library 4/1000 Installation Guide for Sun Systems—January 1997... -
Page 13: Configuring The Tape Library
Setting the SCSI IDs for the Tape Library and Drives See the Facilities Planning and Installation Guide for information on how to set or change the SCSI IDs for the ETL 4/1000 library and drive. Enterprise Tape Library 4/1000 Installation Guide for Sun Systems—January 1997... - Page 14 %mt -f /dev/rmt/0 status You may need to replace the 0 with 1, 2, and so on, until you find the number that the system has identified for the new device. Enterprise Tape Library 4/1000 Installation Guide for Sun Systems—January 1997...
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Page 15: Rebooting The System
Check the man pages for additional information on software commands. Type man mt to get a listing of numerous helpful commands. Rebooting the System Reboot the system so that it will recognize the new tape library: boot -r Enterprise Tape Library 4/1000 Installation Guide for Sun Systems—January 1997... -
Page 16: Ordering Sun Documents
1-800-944-0661 United Kingdom 0-800-89-88-88 0-800-89-88-87 France 05-90-61-57 05-90-61-58 Belgium 02-720-09-09 02-725-88-50 Luxembourg 32-2-720-09-09 32-2-725-88-50 Germany 01-30-81-61-91 01-30-81-61-92 The Netherlands 06-022-34-45 06-022-34-46 Sweden 020-79-57-26 020-79-57-27 Switzerland 155-19-26 155-19-27 Japan 0120-33-9096 0120-33-9097 Enterprise Tape Library 4/1000 Installation Guide for Sun Systems—January 1997...
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