Using Netware-Tested And -Approved Drives; Table 3-4. Drive Status Items; Table 3-5. Read After Write Verify Options - Dell 6100 User Manual

3. Select the removable-media device.
Drive status items appear as shown in Table 3-4.

Table 3-4. Drive Status Items

Menu Options
Volume Segments on
1
Drive
Read After Write Verify
1
Drive Light Status
Driver Operating Status
Removable Drive Mount
2
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 state before you can
eject it. If the media is locked, it cannot be ejected when
you press the eject button.
Default Value
Select for a list
1
Hardware Level
Not supported
1
Active
Mounted
Not Locked
Verify Status
The Read After Write Verify option (menu option 2) is set
to Hardware Level by default. This option cannot be speci-
fied 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" earlier in this section.
The available options are defined as shown in Table 3-5.

Table 3-5. 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 Level All writes to SCSI disk drives are
executed with the SCSI Write and
Verify command (2Eh) or, if this
command is not supported by the
drive, with the SCSI Write com-
mand (0Ah or 2Ah), followed by
the SCSI Verify command (2Fh).
Software Level Not supported.
NOTE: For the full name of an abbreviation or acronym
used in this table, see the Glossary.
Using NetWare-Tested and -Approved
Drives
For a drive and host adapter to be fully certified as Net-
Ware "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 simplify
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
computer 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.
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