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Installing a DLTtape or Super DLTtape Drive into an AIX System
8 September 2004 6464181-01 Rev B
5. Click OK. The system reports the status of the command.
6. Select List All Supported Tape Drives to verify that the system has changed the
device status to Available. For example, the system would display the following:
rmtl Available
7. If the status reported is Available, the installation is complete.
If the status is not reported as Available, contact Quantum Technical Support for
assistance. For specific contact information, visit the Contact Support page on our
website at: http://www.quantum.com/am/service_support/contact/default.htm.
3. Optional Attribute Settings
The following information describes optional DLTtape drive attribute settings. These
optional settings include attributes such as Fixed vs. Variable Blocks, Variable
Length Block Size
, Device Buffer Usage and Density Settings. To examine
and/or modify these attributes, follow these steps:
1. Under Devices, Tape drive selection in smit, select Change/Show
Characteristics of a Tape Drive
. The system displays a table of defined tape
drives.
2. Select the tape drive via its logical address and location. The system displays the
attributes assigned to the tape drive. The tape drive attributes may be changed from
the those listed in Table 2 on page 9.
Note: Recommended settings are in bold.
• BLOCK size (0 = variable length): 0
• BLOCK SIZE for variable length support: 0
• Use DEVICE BUFFERS during writes: yes