SCSI sctl or spt - Configuring FC-Bridged DLT7000 Library (STK)

[Alzhy]

I am trying to configure a STK9710 library to an N-Class box (11i). The robot and drives are bridged via MDR's to its own SAN Fabric. What should driver should I use? scsi_spt or scsi_sctl?

[Ashwani Kashyap]

We use sctl with data protector .

[Michael Tully]

The correct driver is 'sctl', although if you intend driving the robot correctly you will also need to add 'schgr' into your system kernel. There are a number of postings on configuring robotic tape libraries. 'tape library configuration' as a search should give a few.

[Massimo Bianchi]

schgr should be put in the kernel for usage and ioscan purpose, while sctl should be used.

HP advised us to use the sctl driver, manually creating the device files, even if with schgr in the kernel they are automatically created at boot time. This is for performance reason.

Massimo