Re: Tape Drive not Detected

Just to start, you might have fried the LTO4 drive. The 2749 is an HVD
controller not an LVD one. Mixing HVD with LVD never ends well... And wait,
the 2749 does NOT have 2 ports, it's a single port HVD controller...
weird...
You need either a 5702 or 571A controller to drive the LTO4, of course you
have to hang that IOA under an IOP for LTO usage. Read the PCI/PCI-X
placement rules redbook for locations and requirements on building a config
for the 810.

Best Regards,

Roberto


On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 2:42 PM, Brian Piotrowski <
bpiotrowski@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi All,

I'm having an issue with connecting a tape drive to our iSeries box. The
box is a 9406-810 (yes, yes I know it's old, but I need to back it up and
restore it to the new server). The tape drive I have is a 3580-L43 single
tape drive SCSI ID 0. The card I installed in the 810 is a 2749 which has
two ports - SCSI ID 0, SCSI ID 1. I originally removed this card from an
i520 box and installed it in slot C02 on the 810. I connected the LVD
cable from the LTO drive to SCSI PORT ID 1 on the interface card. When I
IPLed the system I would normally expect to see the tape drive there when I
do a WRKDEVD *TAP. However, there are no tape drives present which would
lead me to believe it might be misconfigured or I am missing something.

Anyone have any ideas where I should start? I went into SST and looked
under packaging resources and there are two tape units listed there, but
neither of them are the model that I have (they are listed as 3580-003 and
3580-001 - checking the serial number on both shows neither of them are the
device I am trying to set up).

Looking into the failed and non-reporting logical hardware resources I see
these items:
Description Type-model Status Resource Name
Storage IOA ? 5702-001 Unknown DC04
Storage IOA ? 2749-001 Unknown DC03
Tape Unit ? 3580-003 Unknown TAP03
Tape Unit ? 3580-001 Unknown TAP04

I'm a bit stuck on how to proceed....what are my next steps to try and get
this resolved so I can get the LTO operational?

Thankee-sai!

/b;

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