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Tape device<br />

AIX Solaris HP-UX<br />

rmt[0-255]<br />

rmt[0-255].1 1<br />

[0-255]st<br />

[0-255]stb 2<br />

[0-255]stc 3<br />

[0-255]stn 4<br />

[0-255]stbn 2,4<br />

[0-255]stcb 2,3<br />

[0-255]stcn 3,4<br />

[0-255]stcbn 2,3,4<br />

[0-255]m<br />

[0-255]mb 2<br />

[0-255]mn 4<br />

[0-255]mnb 2,4<br />

[tTGTdLUN 5 ]BEST<br />

[tTGTdLUN 5 ]BESTb 2<br />

[tTGTdLUN 5 ]BESTn 4<br />

[tTGTdLUN 5 ]BESTnb 2,4<br />

1. Adding (.1) to the device name, means that it is a Rewind on Close device.<br />

Under certain conditions, before rewinding, the device writes filemarks. This option<br />

is used by some application software, such Legato NetWorker — see 6.3.1,<br />

“Software installation (AIX)” on page 238.<br />

2. A (b) stands for Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) compatibility. The BSD<br />

device special file modifies close behavior for non-rewind devices. If the device is<br />

opened for no rewind on close, in non-BSD mode, if the last command before<br />

closing the device was a read, then the tape is positioned after the file mark immediately<br />

following the last block read. If the device is opened for no rewind on<br />

close, in BSD mode, if the last command before closing the device was a read,<br />

the tape is left positioned exactly where it was following the last block read. If the<br />

device is opened for rewind on close, the BSD mode is not relevant.<br />

3. A (c) stands for Compression: the compression device special file determines<br />

whether the tape device will use built-in hardware compression while storing data<br />

on the tape.<br />

4. An (n) stands for No rewind on close: the no rewind on close device special file<br />

does not rewind the tape during a close operation. Otherwise, the tape is rewound<br />

when the device is closed.<br />

5. The TGT is the SCSI target ID, and LUN is the Logical Unit Number associated<br />

<strong>with</strong> the device.<br />

In the following section, we give detailed examples of installing the drivers in AIX,<br />

SUN Solaris and HP-UX environments.<br />

2.2 <strong>LTO</strong> driver installation for AIX<br />

The device driver used for <strong>IBM</strong> pSeries or <strong>RS</strong>/<strong>6000</strong> AIX platforms is called Atape<br />

and it includes both the tape drive and medium changer drivers.<br />

To check if your environment has the correct operating system level, combined<br />

<strong>with</strong> the appropriate server and the supported host bus adapter and Storage<br />

Area Network fabric components, check the <strong>IBM</strong> pSeries, <strong>RS</strong>/<strong>6000</strong> and SP<br />

Servers section of the following link:<br />

http://www.storage.ibm.com/hardsoft/tape/3583/3583opn.html<br />

Chapter 2. Basic <strong>LTO</strong> setup for UNIX systems 31

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