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2. Push the data cassette about three quarters of an inch into the drive. The drive
automatically pulls the data cassette the rest of the way in. When the Tape LED on
the left front of the drive stops flashing, the drive has loaded the data cassette.
3. To remove the data cassette, press and release the eject button on the front of the
drive, as shown in Figure 2–3. The Tape LED on the drive flashes on and off. Ten to
twenty seconds later
, the data cassette slides partway out of the drive. Remove the
cassette from the drive.
Verifying the DDS-3 Tape Drive Operation
To verify that your workstation can communicate with the DDS-3 tape drive, type the
following:
/usr/sbin/ioscan -d stape
Return
After a few moments the ioscan utility returns a message similar to the following:
H/W Path Class Description
============================================
bc
8 bc I/O Adapter
8/12 ba Core I/O Adapter
8/12/5 ext_bus Built-in SCSI
8/12/5.3 target
8/12/5.3.0 tape HP HPC1537A
If your DDS-3 drive is not listed, go to Chapter 3, “Troubleshooting and Removal/
Replacement Procedures.”
For information on using device files or archiving data to or from the DDS-3 drive, see
the owner’s guide that came with your workstation.
Media Interchangeability Restrictions
If you interchange media between DDS-format tape drives, note that data cassettes with
compressed data can only be read by tape drives that have data compression capabilities.