attaching a 7-tape stacker - toasters

10 Sep 1999


      Folks,
Hey, all.  Another question from the peanut gallery:
I recently attached a Sun DLT 4700 (7-tape stacker, one dlt) to a netapp F330.  The netapp
appears to've recognized the dlt.
troi-netapp-fddi> sysconfig -t
Tape drive (9b.4)  Digital DLT4700
    rst0l  -  rewind device,        format is: 42500 bpi 2.6GB
    nrst0l -  no rewind device,     format is: 42500 bpi 2.6GB
...
I'm trying to set up the tape changer as a Veritas NetBackup storage device, which involves
determining what the netapp believes is the robotic device name, controller number, and scsi id of
the attached changer.
The command syntax is set_ndmp_attr -robot <ndmp server> <robotic device name> <robot controller
number> <scsi id of robotic control>  <lun of robotic control>.  The example given is "set_ndmp_attr
-robot toaster spt0 2 3 0".
The manual then goes on to say:
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Note:  The NetApp file server currently provides no method for determining
robotic information.  You will have to reference the vendor manuals, check the
physical configuration (jumpers and so on), and try different combinations
with the set_ndmp_attr command in order to determine the correct
information.  After each try with the set_ndmp_attr command, use tsdtest
and tldtest to check communication with the robot.
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Is this true?  Is spt0 a valid netapp robotic device name?
Dave
troi-netapp-fddi> sysconfig
        NetApp Release 5.2.1: Thu Dec 31 12:11:38 PST 1998
        System ID: 0016782535 (troi-netapp-fddi)
        slot 0: System Board
                Memory Size:        192 MB
        slot 0: SCSI Host Adapter 0
                7 Disks:             28.0GB
                In-Band Enclosure Services
        slot 0: Ethernet Controller e0
                MAC Address:        00:a0:98:00:05:65 (tp-up)
        slot 2: FDDI Network Adapter f2
                MAC Address:        00:00:f8:60:09:c1 (Fiber)
        slot 4: Dual SCSI Host Adapter
                SCSI Host Adapter 4a
                7 Disks:             28.0GB
                In-Band Enclosure Services
                SCSI Host Adapter 4b
                7 Disks:             28.0GB
                In-Band Enclosure Services
        slot 6: NVRAM
                Memory Size:        4 MB
        slot 9: Dual SCSI Host Adapter
                SCSI Host Adapter 9a
                7 Disks:             28.0GB
                In-Band Enclosure Services
                SCSI Host Adapter 9b
                1 Tape:             DLT4700
                In-Band Enclosure Services
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