Hub/Switch Installation Guide

Chapter 2 HPSS Planning

56 September 2002 HPSS Installation Guide

Release 4.5, Revision 2

2.4.2.5 Operator Mounted Drives

An Operator PVR is used tomanage ahomogeneous setof manually mounted drives. Tape mount

requests will be displayed on an SSM screen.

2.4.3 Tape Devices

Thetapedevices/drivessupportedbyHPSSarelistedbelow,along withthesupporteddevicehost

attachment methods for each device.

• IBM 3480, 3490, 3490E, 3590, 3590E and 3590H are supported via SCSI attachment.

• IBM 3580 devices are supported via SCSI attachment.

• StorageTek 9840, 9940,9940B,RedWood(SD-3),andTimberLine(9490)are supportedvias

SCSI attachment. Support for STK RAIT drives is included.

The STK RAIT PVR cannot be supported at this time since STK has not yet made RAIT

generally available.

• Ampex DST-312 and DST-314 devices are supported via SCSI attachment.

• Sony GY-8240 devices are supported via Ultra-Wide Differential SCSI attachment.

For platform and driver information for these drives, see Section 6.9.2: Supported Platform/Driver/

Tape Drive Combinations on page 411

2.4.3.1 Multiple Media Support

HPSS supports multiple types of media for certain drives. Listed in the following table is a

preferencelistforeachmediatypethatcanbemountedonmorethanonedrivetype.WhenthePVL

starts, it determines the drive type that each type of media may be mounted on. It makes these

decisionsby traversingeachmediatype’slistandusing theﬁrstdrivetypefromthe listthat itﬁnds

conﬁgured in the system. So, looking at the table, it can be determined that a single-length 3590E

tape will mount on a double-length 3590E drive if and only if there are no single-length 3590E

drives conﬁgured in the system.

Table 2-1 Cartridge/Drive Afﬁnity Table

Cartridge Type Drive Preference List

AMPEX DST-312 AMPEX DST-312

AMPEX DST-314

AMPEX DST-314 AMPEX DST-314