HP 8505 8mm Cartridge Tape Drive EK-STWCT-UG. E01 User Manual page 42

Example:
If you were to install a tape drive SBB on the main (core) SCSI bus and in slot location 4 of
the StorageWorks SWXSE-02 expansion enclosure, the following device files would be
produced in /dev/rmt for a Series 700 computer:
c201d4c
c201d4cn
c201d4h
c201d4hn
E.2.1.4 Device Files (Series 800)
The System Administration Manager program automatically creates the appropriate device
files and places them in the /dev/rmt directory.
The following naming convention is used on Series 800 computers for the EXB-8505
Cartridge Tape Subsystem SBB, as shown in the examples listed below:
where:
lu#
n
c
b
Example
If you were to install a tape drive SBB on the main (core) SCSI bus and in slot location 4 of
the StorageWorks SWXSE-02 expansion enclosure, the following device files would be
produced in /dev/rmt, assuming a logical unit number of 8:
8_8mm8200
8_8mm8200b
8_8mm8200c
8_8mm8200cb
E.2.1.5 Testing the Tape Drive
To test the tape drive, back up the "passwd" file to tape using the "tar" command, as follows
(assuming that you installed the drive in accordance with the preceding example):
tar cvf
tar cvf
The system responds with something similar to the following:
a /etc/passwd
Note that depending on the size of the file, a different number of blocks may be reported.
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c201d4l
c201d4ln
c201d4m
c201d4mn
/dev/rmt/lu#_8mm{8200/8500}[n][c][b]
specifies the logical unit number of the tape drive as reported from the
ioscan-f command
indicates no rewind
indicates compressed data
specifies Berkeley behavior
8_8mm8200n
8_8mm8200nb
8_8mm8200nc
8_8mm8200ncb 8_8mm8500cb
/dev/rmt/c201d4h
or
/dev/rmt/8_8mm8500c
2 blocks
Appendix D. Product Notes for Hewlett-Packard
c201d4cb c201d4lb
c201d4cnb c201d4lnb
c201d4hb c201d4mb
c201d4hnb c201d4mnb
8_8mm8500 8_8mm8500n
8_8mm8500b 8_8mm8500nb
8_8mm8500c 8_8mm8500nc
8_8mm8500ncb
/etc/passwd
/etc/passwd
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