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Quantum DLT4500 User Manual (360 pages)

Brand: Quantum | Category: Tape drives | Size: 1.96 MB |

English

Table of contents

March 10, 1996

3

81-60043-01

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Table of Contents

7

Chapter 7: Firmware Update

11

List of Figures

18

List of Tables

23

REVISION HISTORY

27

To the Reader:

29

Purpose of This Manual

29

Who Should Use This Manual

29

Structure of This Manual

29

Chapter 1

31

1.4 High-Capacity

32

1.5 Compaction

32

1.6 Durable Media

33

1.7 Compatibility

33

1.9 Embedded Diagnostics

33

Chapter 2

35

2.2.2 Installation Setup

36

2.2.3 Site Setup

36

2.2.4 Site Guidelines

36

Controls

37

2.3 Install the Drive

38

2.4.3 Changing the SCSI ID

39

2.5 Connect the Cables

41

If the DLT4000 is …… Then ……

42

2.6 Test the Installation

43

2.6.2 What to Do after POST

44

If …… Then …… You should ……

45

Chapter 3

47

Remote ID

50

3.2.2 Changing the SCSI ID

51

3.3 Selecting Density

54

3.5.1 Beeper

58

3.5.2 Unload Button

58

Stage What Happens

59

Indicator (Right front panel)

61

Indicator (Left Front Panel)

62

Figure 3-7 Tape Cartridge

64

3.6.2 Data Protection

65

3.7 Loading a Cartridge

66

3.7.1 Tape in Use

68

3.9 Unloading a Cartridge

70

3.10 Preserving Cartridges

72

Chapter 4

73

4.4.3 Setting the SCSI ID

79

4.5 Test the Installation

81

4.6.3 SCSI ID Select Mode

90

4.8 Key Lock

92

4.9 Selecting Density

93

Chapter 5

107

If …… And …… Then ……

108

Topic Section

108

5.3.2 Disable Parity Checking

109

5.3.3 Change the SCSI ID

109

5.4 Mode Select Key

111

5.4.2 Automatic Mode

113

5.4.3 Manual Mode

113

5.4.4 Service Mode

114

5.5 Selecting Density

115

If …… Then ……

117

5.6 Operator Control Panel

118

5.7 Power-On Process

122

Phase What Happens

123

If …… Then POST ……

123

5.8.1 Selecting a Cartridge

124

5.8.2 Loading the Cartridge

124

5.8.3 Unloading the Cartridge

125

5.8.4 Opening the Receiver

126

5.9 Magazine

127

Figure 5-6 Receiver Opened

132

Chapter 6

133

• Magazine contains at

134

• LDR RDY displays

134

6.3 Operation Failure

135

6.4 Avoiding Basic Problems

136

6.7 Power Problems

141

Chapter 7

143

R igh t side

145

L e ft sid e

145

7.3.1 On UN*X Systems

146

Firmware Update (From Tape)

147

Configuration) drive

148

Configuration)

151

Chapter 8

161

8.2.8 Bus Phases

164

. . STATUS phase

165

8.2.11 BUS FREE

166

8.2.12 BUS PARITY ERRORS

166

8 3 SCSI Message System

168

Byte 2 Extended Message Code

170

Byte 1 Length = 3

173

8.4 Tape Drive SCSI Commands

174

Commands

175

8.4.3 ERASE (19h)

176

8.4.4 INQUIRY (12h)

177

• Byte 1:

179

• Byte 2:

179

• Byte 3:

179

• Byte 4:

179

8.4.5 LOAD-UNLOAD (1Bh)

185

8.4.6 LOCATE (2Bh)

187

8.4.7 LOG SELECT (4Ch)

188

PC Type of Parameter Values

189

00b Threshold Values

189

01b Cumulative Values

189

10b Default Threshold Values

189

11b Default Cumulative Values

189

Page Code Page Description

190

02b Write Error Counter Page

190

03b Read Error Counter Page

190

32b Compression ratio page

190

8.4.8 LOG SENSE (4Dh)

194

Parameter

202

Description

202

8.4.9 MODE SELECT (15h)

206

8.4.9.2 MODE SELECT Pages

210

DLT4000 SCSI Interface

212

Write Retry Count

212

DTDC Description

214

RAENP UAAENP EAENP

216

0 PS(0) 0 Page Code

224

1 Additional Page Length

224

, 1=Always compress unless

225

FORCEDENSITY parameter to 1

229

PC Description

232

0 0 Report Current Values

232

1 0 Report Default Values

232

1 1 Report Save Values

232

8. .10 2 MODE SENSE Pages

238

RAENP UAAENP

242

8.4.12 READ (08h)

251

8 4. READ BUFFER ( 3Ch)

254

8.4.14.2 Data Mode

255

8.4.14.3 Descriptor Mode

255

8.4.15 READ POSITION (34h)

257

8- READ POSITION Data Format

258

.4 17 RELEASE UNIT (17h)

261

ASC ASCQ Description

267

Invalid size

268

8.4.19 RESERVE UNIT (16h)

272

8.4.20 REWIND (01h)

274

Dev OfL UnitOFl

275

Pattern Name Data in Hex

278

8.4.22 SPACE (11h)

280

8.4.24 VERIFY (13h)

283

8.4.25 WRITE (0Ah)

284

8.4.26 WRITE BUFFER (3Bh)

286

8.4.26.1 Header and Data Mode

286

8.4.26.2 Write Data

287

8.4.26.3 Download Microcode

287

Opcode Command Section

291

Address Comments

296

8.5.3 MOVE MEDIUM (A5h)

298

Appendix A

305

(modified depth)

306

Table Top

306

(modified depth)

307

Functional Specifications

310

Technical Specifications

313

220V/240V usage

313

Figure A-1 Power Cords

313

A.7.2 Altitude

319

A.9.3 Radiated Emissions

326

(Zuschauerpositionen)

329

Appendix B

333

Dec Hex Description

334

Bit No. Description

335

Appendix C

337

24 87 Invalid size

339

Sense Key Information

342

Appendix D

343

D.2 Bugcheck Packets

344

D.3 PO/ST failure packets

346

D.4 Event Log packets

346

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