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Hp-data values – HP Ultrium tape drives Q1538-90925 User Manual

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HP Ultrium drives technical reference manual, volume 5: UNIX configuration guide

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HP-Data Values

The values for HP_LTO_GEN_n and name, which provide normal LTO mode, have the following

meanings:
The syntax for HP_LTO_GEN_n on Solaris 9 is:

typ e>

=

,

,

< bsize>,

,

o f

de nsities>,

, , < density 2>, , ,
, , ,
, , ,

where:

Parameter

Value

Meaning

1

or 2

Indicates the format of the following parameters.

0x36

or

0x3B

The value for an Ultrium drive in /usr/include/sys/mtio.h. For

Solaris 8, 0x36 indicates a type of MT_ISOTHER. Later versions of

Solaris support the value 0x3B which indicates a type of MT_LTO.

0

Indicates variable block size.

0xd639

or

0x18659

This value is derived from constants provided in
/usr/include/sys/scsi/targets/stdef.h

. The value

determines which operations the driver can perform with the attached

device by using a unique value for each feature and then adding

them together to form the options value. Supported features will vary

with OS revision, and may include the following:

0x001

Device supports variable length records.

0x008

Device can backspace over files (as in the ‘mt bsf’ option).

0x010

Device supports backspace record (as in ‘mt bsr’).

0x020

Device requires a long time-out period for erase functions.

0x040

Device will automatically determine the tape density.

0x0200

Device knows when end of data has been reached.

0x0400

Device driver is unloadable.

0x1000

Time-outs five times longer than normal.

0x4000

Driver buffers write requests and pre-acknowledges success

to application.

0x8000

Variable record size not limited to 64 KB.

0x10000

Device determines which of the two mode pages the device

supports for selecting or deselecting compression.

So 0xd639 indicates variable record length, bsf and bsr enabled,

long timeouts for erase, EOD recognition, Unloadable device driver, 5

x longer timeouts, buffer writes and pre-acknowledge sucess, variable

records not limited to 64 KB, auto-density over-ride and

MODE SELECT

compression.