Installing The Tape Drive; Verifying The St Module Is Loaded - Quantum DAT 160 Reference

Installing the Tape
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Drive
Verifying the st Module
is Loaded
Setting Up Communication with the Tape Drives
Installing a DLT, SDLT, VS, LTO, or DAT Tape Drive Into a Linux Operating System
To install the tape drive, follow these steps:
1 Shut down your workstation or server and remove AC power from the
system.
2 Follow the instructions in your tape drive's product manual to install the
tape drive and set the SCSI ID.
is the tape device driver for Linux. Typically,
st
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a module to support SCSI tape devices. You must verify that
assure that the kernel supports SCSI tape devices.
To verify the
st
1 Execute the following command as superuser:
# modinfo st
If is loaded, the output will look similar to one of the following:
st
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 (RHEL3):
filename:
"SCSI Tape Driver"
author:
license: "GPL"
parm:
parm:
parm:
parm:
• Novell SuSE Linux 9 (SuSE9):
parm:
parm:
parm:
parm:
parm:
license:
description:
author:
depends:
supported:
vermagic:
If the module is not loaded,
st
not found. You need to load the
command. Consult your Linux manuals for instructions.
2 Reboot the server. This allows the
(/dev/st#).
module is loaded, follow these steps:
/lib/modules/2.4.21-4.ELsmp/kernel/drivers/scsi/st.odescription:
"Kai Makisara"
buffer_kbs int, description "Default driver buffer size (KB; 32)"
max_buffers int, description "Maximum number of buffer allocated
at initialisation (4)"
max_sg_segs int, description "Maximum number of scatter/gather
segments to use (32)"
blocking_open int, description "Block in open if not ready an no
O_NONBLOCK (0)"
try_wdio:Try direct write i/o when possible
try_rdio:Try direct read i/o when possible
try_direct_io:Try direct I/O between user buffer and tape drive (1)
max_sg_segs:Maximum number of scatter/gather segments to
use (256)
buffer_kbs:Default driver buffer size for fixed block mode (KB; 32)
GPL
SCSI Tape Driver
Kai Makisara
scsi_mod
yes
2.6.5-7.79-smp SMP 586 REGPARM gcc-3.3
modinfo
module by using the
st
st
6464215-01, Rev B
is loaded into the kernel as
st
is loaded to
st
will report that the module name is
#insmod
driver to attach tape device nodes
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