Re: LTO5 autoconfigured as type 63A0-001

[Roberto José Etcheverry Romero <yggdrasil.raiker@xxxxxxxxx>]

I've seen that behaviour when using oem libraries and drives. It's weird
that an ibm drive would report as oem....
Reporting as oem will be problematic since the blocksize will be set to 32k
only. You won't be able to read tapes written on other sizes...
 On Jun 25, 2015 11:18 AM, "Steve Pavlichek" <spavlichek@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I installed a used TS3100 with a LTO5 FC drive and when it autoconfigured
> it shows a device type of 63A0-001 and not as a 3580-005 as I would expect.
> When we run a SAVLIB with DTACPR(*DEV) and COMPACT(*DEV), the output show
> no compression or compaction which is confirmed by the number of tapes used.
>
> We have tried deleting devd and creating by hand but it continues to
> configure as a 63A0.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> I have all PTFs listed on DeveloperWorks for LTO5 support.
> Library and drive have updated firmware.
>
> 8203-E4A
> v7r1 TR8
> fc5774 HBA directly connected to library
>
> Thanks
> Steve
>
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