Re: Quiesced????

[David Gibbs <david@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 09:07 PM 4/7/99 , you wrote:
>We just got a leased S20 in for Y2K testing. We were supposed to get a
>second cable for our 3570, but it wasn't in the box. No big surprise. We're
>debating whether we can unplug the 3570 from the S30. The 3570 manual says,
>"The host (initiator) SCSI port must be quiesced before removing any SCSI
>device". Does this mean that if we vary the tape library off  (it's the
>only device on the SCSI bus) we can safely unplug it without causing a SCSI
>reset, or must we power down the system?

When I had a 3570 available to me (cool tape drive, btw) we were able to 
just vary it off, power it down (the tape drive, not the system), and 
disconnect.

We played around with connecting the drive to a PC to act as a backup 
server... but I quit that job before we got very far.

david

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