C Initial Drive Configuration Settings

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.

Initial Configuration Menu 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

Initial TCP/IP Menu Settings

  • 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

FICON Configuration Differences

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.

T10000C/D Additional Parameters

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.

Other Configuration Settings

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.