HP Model 735 hp DDS-3 tape drive user's guide (a1658-90702) - Page 33
Verifying the DDS-3 Tape Drive Operation, Media Interchangeability Restrictions
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Using Your DDS Drive 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. 2-7