Using Netware-Tested And -Approved Drives; Table 3-5. Drive Status Items; Table 3-6. Read After Write Verify Options - Dell 4100 User Manual

3. Select the removable-media device. Drive status
items appear as shown in Table 3-5.

Table 3-5. Drive Status Items

Menu Options
VOLUME SEGMENTS ON
1
DRIVE
READ AFTER WRITE
1
VERIFY
DRIVE LIGHT STATUS
DRIVER OPERATING
1
STATUS
REMOVABLE DRIVE
2
MOUNT STATUS
REMOVABLE DRIVE LOCK
2
STATUS
1
Valid for both removable and nonremovable types
of SCSI drives.
2
Valid for removable media only.
Mount Status
Mounting causes a drive to come online as a NetWare
storage device. Dismounted drives are inactive and can-
not be accessed.
Before you eject your current media, you should first dis-
mount it (menu option 5). When the media status is
dismounted, you can eject the media. However, NetWare
does not allow you to dismount media if it is locked.
To insert your new media, wait for the drive to spin up,
and then select the
REMOVABLE DRIVE MOUNT STATUS
option.
Lock Status
If your removable-media device supports the lock/unlock
feature, you can lock the media (menu option 6). The
media must be in the
NOT LOCKED
eject it. If the media is
LOCKED
when you press the eject button.
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Default Value
(select for list)
HARDWARE LEVEL
1 Not supported.
ACTIVE
MOUNTED
NOT LOCKED
state before you can
, it cannot be ejected
Verify Status
The
READ AFTER WRITE VERIFY
is set to
HARDWARE LEVEL
be specified in the startup.ncf or autoexec.ncf files.
However, the default can be set on the command line. See
"Using the load Command Line Options" found earlier in
this section.
The available options are defined as shown in Table 3-6.

Table 3-6. Read After Write Verify Options

Option Setting Function
DISABLED All writes to SCSI disk drives are
executed with the SCSI Write
command (0Ah or 2Ah).
HARDWARE All writes to SCSI disk drives are
LEVEL
executed with the SCSI Write and
Verify command (2Eh) or (if this
command is not supported by the
drive) with the SCSI Write
command (0Ah or 2Ah), followed
by the SCSI Verify command
(2Fh).
SOFTWARE Not supported.
LEVEL
Using NetWare-Tested and -Approved
Drives
In order for a drive and host adapter to be fully certified
as NetWare "Yes, Tested and Approved," they must both
pass a qualification process that takes place before you
see the product. The goals of NetWare testing are to sim-
plify installation and provide the highest quality disk
subsystem.
Adaptec 78xx Family host adapters and their drivers are
fully NetWare-tested and -approved. This means that you
can purchase a NetWare drive (certified as "Yes, Tested
and Approved") from a vendor, connect it to your com-
puter system or host adapter, partition it, and create a
volume without any compatibility concerns.
Adaptec's aic7870.dsk driver module is flexible enough
to allow you to connect NetWare-tested and -approved
SCSI drives as well as standard SCSI drives to a single
host adapter. The driver registers each hard-disk drive
accordingly.
option (menu option 2)
by default. This option cannot