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Order Number: EK–STWCT–UG. E01 C–1
C
Product Notes for Sun
™
This appendix describes how to include cartridge tape drive SWXTE in a SUN SPARC system running
Solaris 2.3 (or later) and SunOS 4.1.x. The information covers the installation of the SWXTE tape drive
hardware and configuring the system to communicate with the drive.
C.1 Modifications Required for SunOS 4.1.x
C.1.1 Installation Procedure
NOTES
1. The SWXTE designation in the following procedure is the
StorageWorks product name for "Exabyte EXB-8505".
2. In order to support the addition of this device, drive
information must be supplied in the
/sys/scsi/targets/st_conf.c file. For additional
information, read the man pages for "st".
Perform the following steps to modify the system to communicate with the SWXTE
tape drive:
• From the command line, type:
cd /sys/scsi/targets
• Edit the "st_conf.c" file and carefully add the following structure before the
entry for "/* Exabyte 8mm 5GB cartridge */":
/* DEC EXB-8505 8mm /w Compression Cartridge tape drive */
{
"DEC EXB-8505 8mm Helical Scan /w Compression", 16 , "EXABYTE EXB-8505",
ST_TYPE_EXB8500, 1024,
(ST_BSF | ST_VARIABLE | ST_BSR | ST_LONG_ERASE),
5000, 5000,
{ 0x14, 0x90, 0x15, 0x8C },
{ 0, 0, 0, 0 }
},
• Verify that the above entry is added to the st_conf.c file correctly.
where: