Conference ssdevo::hsj40_product

1199.0. "tapes misconfigured" by PTOSS1::CYPHER () Tue Jan 28 1997 21:19

    My customer phased out TA7x/HSC technology and implemented the
    TSZ07/HSJ40 solution. They needed the tape drives to be on one
    floor, and the SW800 lives on the floor below. I did this with
    the following config:
    
    HSJ-port6
    50 pin high density-to-68 pin wide SE 1 meter cable
    DWZZB-AA
    68 pin differential-to-50 pin low density, 20 2meter cable
    TSZ07 differential i/f
    One meter dual-ended low density interconnect cable
    TSZ07 differential i/f
    Termination
    
    It appears to work well but we intermittently experience both drives 
    reporting 'offline' to OpenVMS and the internal HSJ40 status shows
    both drives as "misconfigured", requiring manual intervention in the
    form of HSJ40 commands to CLEAR UNKNOWN TAPE600.
    
    Since there is now way to connect the short (signal-float) adapter
    cable, where should I turn next?
    
    Dennis

    Because you have left out the shelf conditioning cable you have a 
    strange status reported. If your SCSI cables from HSJ/D/Z ports
    do not go to storageworks shelves (BA350 or BA356) then you must
    install one of these cables somehow. Either that or install a DWZZA
    into a spare device slot and then run your cables from there.
    
    Keith
    

    Thanks for the reply, I will implement one & monitor op's.
    
    Dennis