Overview Of Tape Drives; When To Use This Section - HP NonStop NS-series Operation Manual

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Tape Drives: Monitoring and
Recovery

When to Use This Section

Overview of Tape Drives

Monitoring Tape Drives
Monitoring Tape Drive Status With OSM
Monitoring Tape Drive Status With SCF
Monitoring Tape Drive Status With MEDIACOM
Monitoring the Status of Labeled-Tape Operations
Identifying Tape Drive Problems
Recovery Operations for Tape Drives
Recovery Operations Using the OSM Service Connection
Recovery Operations Using SCF
Related Reading
When to Use This Section
This section provides an overview of operating, monitoring, and recovery operations for
tape drives attached to Integrity NonStop NS-series servers.
Overview of Tape Drives
A new generation of multimode fibre channel (MMF) peripherals is supported on
Integrity NonStop systems. Tape drives with an MMF interface are connected directly
to a fibre port on an FCSA in an IOAME or VIO enclosure. Some high voltage
differential (HVD) SCSI drives are also supported in the NS optical environment. These
drives are connected using an M8201 fibre channel to SCSI router. The M8201
converts the FCSA MMF connection into two SCSI buses. Currently, only optical port 0
is used on the M8201. The SCSI drives are connected using 68-pin to 68-pin HVD
SCSI cables. These cables have a high density connector for the M8201.
Most drives supported on NonStop S-series can be connected to an Integrity NonStop
NS16000 server through an IOMF2 in an IOMF enclosure. The drives can be
interfaced in the same manner that is supported in S-series, either through an SNDA or
a SCSI port on an IOMF2 board. OSM provides different views for drives that are
connected through an FCSA versus an IOMF2. See
page 11-2.
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Monitoring Tape Drives
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