Manufacturing presets the drive configuration sector with values shown in this appendix after internal testing is complete and before the tape drive is shipped. See:
These preset, initial settings suffice for most sites. However, specific site requirements might dictate some alternative settings.
Hard Physical Address of the drive port
Operator Panel Display: Hard PA N
Preset: N
Option: Yes (Y), No (N)
Soft Physical Address of the drive port
Operator Panel Display: Soft PA LO
Preset: LO
Option: HI, LO
Data transfer speed
Operator Panel Display: Rate Auto
Preset: Auto
Option: Auto, 16Gb, 8 Gb, 4 Gb, 2 Gb, 1 Gb (fixed speed setting depends on the capability of the specific drive model, for example a T10000C drive can be set to 4 Gb, 2 Gb, or 1 Gb).
Maximum data frame
Operator Panel Display: MAXSz 2112
Preset: 2112
Option: 2112, 2048
Port World-wide Name
Operator Panel Display: WWN Normal
Preset: Normal (assigned)
Option: Normal, Custom
Emulation Mode
Operator Panel Display: Emul STD
(see "FICON Configuration Differences")
Preset: STD
Option: FCP interface =Standard, 9840B, 9940B, 3592 while the FICON interface options are VSM or 3592
Note:
Emulation modes 9840B and 9940B are special modes used only at the direction of technical support.Data compression
Operator Panel Display: Cmprss Yes
Preset: Yes
Option: Yes, Off, No
Data Security Erase
Operator Panel Display: Full DSE Y
Preset: Y
Option: Yes (Y), No (N)
Standard Label Protection
Operator Panel Display: SL Prot N
Preset: N
Option: Yes (Y), No (N)
Message language (specific messages)
Operator Panel Display: English
Preset: English
Option: English, Spanish, French, Italian, German
Tape activity display
Operator Panel Display: Tape Bar N
Preset: N
Option: Yes (Y), No (N)
Library Address (hexadecimal)
Operator Panel Display: LIB Adr FF
Preset: FF
Option: Two digit he xi decimal
Drive Node World-wide Name
Operator Panel Display: WWN
Preset: Normal (assigned)
Option: Normal, Custom
Dynamic Host Control
Operator Panel Display: DHCP N
Preset: N
Option: Yes (Y), No (N)
Static IP Address
Operator Panel Display: IPh010.000
and IPl000.001
Preset: 10.000.000.001
Option: aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd
Sub Net Mask
Operator Panel Display: NMh255.255
and NMl255.000
Preset: 255.255.255.000
Option: aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd
Gateway
Operator Panel Display: GWh255.255
and GWl255.255
Preset: 255.255.255.255
Option: aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd
The FICON interface has the following configuration differences:
Emulation Mode: Emul VSM
Preset: VSM
Options: VSM, 3592
Drive Address (device):
Preset: 00
Option: Two-digit hexadecimal
All other configuration settings are the same as shown previously.
Between the Lib Adr xy parameter and the drive node WWN parameter, there are additional parameters for the T10000C/D drive:
SFileAcel (StorageTek File Sync Accelerator)
Preset value is SFileAcelY
.
Options: No (N) or Yes (Y)
TAA (Tape Application Accelerator)
Preset value is TAA N
.
Options: Sync, TMK, All, or No (N)
MaxCap (StorageTek Maximum Capacity)
Preset value is MaxCap OFF
.
Options: OFF or ON
Note:
If the drive interface type is changed, the SFileAcel, TAA, and MaxCap parameters are reset to the factory default (Preset) value.The following registers are set to the conditions shown:
IP Node Name: T10000-<last 9 digits of Serial Number>
SNMP Alerts: All turned OFF
Library Locator: ACS: 0 LSM: 0 Panel: 0 Drive: 0
SNMP Managers: None Specified
Drive Statistics: All zeroed
Permanent Errors: All zeroed, pointers initialized.
Temporary Errors: All zeroed, pointers initialized.