AIX 4.1.5 + IX69941 devices.scsi.tape.rte 4.1.5.3
AIX 4.2.x.x + IX69950 devices.scsi.tape.rte 4.2.1.1
AIX 4.3
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| _________________ | DESCRIPTION FRU VPD P/N
| FFC 678 |_________________| | Tape Drive 59H3879 59H2809
| 1 2 3 4 |
| == == == === | Cartridge:
|__Microcode________________________| Data DDS3 125m...... 59H3465 qty-1
Test 15m............ 59H3466
Cleaning............ 21F8763
4 = Unload Button Power Supply 7206-110. 59H3760
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| Indicator Lights |
|_______________________________________|___________________________________
| Ready | Read/Write | Disturbance | |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Status |
|__________|______________|_____________|___________________________________|
| Flashing | Off | Off | POST or diag cartridge running |
|__________|______________|_____________|___________________________________|
| Off | Off | Off | POST ended and no cartridge. |
|__________|______________|_____________|___________________________________|
| On | Off | Off/On | Cartridge inserted - tape ready |
|__________|______________|_____________|___________________________________|
| On | Flashing | Off/On | Tape in motion or cleaning. |
|__________|______________|_____________|___________________________________|
| Off | Off | Flashing | Internal fault/ Hi humidity |
|__________|______________|_____________|___________________________________|
| Off/On | Off/Flashing | On | Cleaning required/ |
| | | | Poor quality tape |
|__________|______________|_____________|___________________________________|
Media Type Device Compatibility SMIT Density Setting
DDS1 Read Only N/A
DDS|||| READ/ WRITE 2GB Mode Only 19
DDS2 READ/ WRITE 4GB Mode Only 36
DDS3 READ/ WRITE 12GB Mode Only 37
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| SCSI | Jumper | Jumper | Jumper |
| Addr | 5-6 | 3-4 | 1-2 |
|______|________|________|________|
| 0 | Off | Off | Off | ------------------
| 1 | Off | Off | On | | 5 3 1 |
| 2 | Off | On | Off | | o o o o X X o |
| 3 | Off | On | On | | o o o o o X X o |
| 4 | On | Off | Off | | 6 4 2 |
| 5 | On | Off | On | ------------------
| 6 | On | On | Off |
|______|________|________|________|
Suggestion from Andre for better time performance:
With 'tar', use 262144 as the blocksize and use the flag -N512.
However, if you are using other command like 'backup' use the -b512.
Microcode info: See Retain HSF171833 fro serial range GS02SF9-GS0DFHS 743B 7500
Updated Apr 11 2002 by Bruno Croft
