Problem with DDS drive

[Davor Bira?]

I have rp4440, and tape drive DDS4 (P/N:C6369A). This DDS drive won't work with rp4440, but it works with older rp5450.
Interesting is that rp4440 works fine with tape drive DDS5 (P/N: Q1524B).
Problem is not in SCSI ID, or terminator.
Any idea?
Help!!!

[Pete Randall]

What do you mean by it doesn't work? Are you getting error messages. Is the device seen by ioscan? Do you have the correct driver loaded in the kernel?


Pete

[Davor Bira?]

No, device isn't seen by ioscan.
And there isn't any error message.
It works fine with DDS5, so i think drivers are OK.

[Slawomir Gora]

Hi,
I think you have to add stape driver to kernel.
(use SAM)

after that run:
insf -e -C tape

[Torsten.]

Where did you connect the drive (which port/card)?

[Hakan Aribas]

Hi,

kcmodule -C "Adding module stape" stape=best

after this command, you have to reboot your server and type the following command:

insf -e -C tape

[Davor Bira?]

Drivers are in place, as I see in SAM.
kcmodule doesn't exist on system.
An I use PCI Slot 1 (core I/O) for tape connection.

[Torsten.]

The most left card?

Depending on the internal disk configuration there is *NO* port or the upper port *ONLY* supported for external devices.

see Installation Guide
http://docs.hp.com/en/A9950-96005-en/A9950-96005-en.pdf

page 76

post an "ioscan -fn" output for finding out if this is simplex or duplex configuration.

[Lawrence Kaufman]

The rp4440 uses a A6829A dual port Ultra160 card for slot 1/Core IO. I have had issues as well trying to get that card to "see" that tape drive. The C5683A is the same DDS4 mech as the C6369A. I think there is a problem with that drive. If you search the past forums, you will see a lot of people with your same problem.

[Davor Bira?]

Here is output of H/W Path for this card.
Torsten, is this enough?

[Davor Bira?]

In attch., which I send, there is connected DDS5, not DDS4.

[Torsten.]

Since your internal disk drives are in simplex configuration mode, you may use the upper port *ONLY* to connect external devices. Never use the lower connector!
Did you connect the DDS4 drive to the upper connector?

[Davor Bira?]

Yes, it was connected to upper connector.
I tried with another DDS4 drive, and it still doesn't work.