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OptiPac 7600 User`s Manual

1. Figure 4 1 Front panel LCD and push button controls All system operations are performed by first selecting a function and then entering it for execution The SELECT button enables you to scroll through all the available system functions and select desired choices The ENTER button enables you to execute the chosen function To select a system function press the SELECT button until the desired function appears on the LCD To execute the chosen function or display its options press the ENTER button Ifyou want to abort the current operation press the SELECT and ENTER buttons simultaneously The abort function is allowed only during certain operations Toscrollor step backward in a menu press and hold the SELECT button first and then the ENTER button OptiPac 7600 User s Manual 11 OPTIPAC SYSTEM FUNCTIONS System Overviews System This section contains the menu structures of the commands which can Overviews be accessed from the front panel LCD display and controls for the OptiPac models 7605 Menu Tree The command structure for model 7605 Time Date Unload cartridge drive button disabled Spin down up disk Configurations Change HPIB address Change option Change drive button Change default sector size Change CS80 format Set time Set date Set auto spin up down disk Return to main Utilities Bering model ROM version date Removable disk utilities Show cartridge informatio
2. 68 OptiPac 7600 User s Manual SPECIFICATIONS 2 6 GB Fixed Disk 2 6 GB Fixed Disk PERFORMANCE ENVIRONMENTAL operational non operating Formatted capacity 2 604 52 2 604 52 2 604 52 MB Logical sector size 256 512 1 024 bytes Logical track size 136 68 68 sectors Logical heads 72 72 36 tracks heads Logical cylinders 1 039 1 039 1 039 cylinders Logical drive size 10 173 888 5 086 944 2 543 472 sectors Rotation speed 5400 rpm Average latency 5 5 ms Minimum seek time 3 ms Average seek time 10 ms Maximum seek time 20 ms HP IB burst transfer rate 1 MB sec HP IB average transfer rate 940 KB sec SCSI average transfer rate 4 1 MB sec SCSI maximum transfer rate 5 MB sec asynchronous 10 MB sec synchronous MTBF 500 000 POH Temperature 0 to 50 C 32 to 122 F Temperature gradient 20 C hour 36 F hour Relative humidity 8 to 85 non condensing Vibration 0 5 G 5 to 500Hz sine Shock 10 G 11 ms half sine pulse Altitude 60 3 000 meters 200 10 000 feet Temperature 40 to 65 C 40 to 149 F Relative Humidity 5 to 95 96 Vibration 2 0 G 22 to 400 Hz sine Shock 60 G 11 ms half sine pulse Altitude 60 12 200 meters 200 40 000 feet OptiPac 7600 User s Manual 69 IN SPECIFICATIONS General General Power Line voltage 96 240 Requirements Line frequency 47 63 Current 0 5 Fuse Slow blow 1 6A 250V General Dimensions Interface HP I
3. llle 5 Connecting the OptiPac Drive 000 cece eee 6 3 OPERATING THE DISK DRIVE amp CARTRIDGE 00000055 7 7600 CORTOS area ie a A nnn 7 Loading a Cartridge s sensora ia AEE EEEE E E AEE 8 New Cartridges 000 ccc eee eee eens 8 Unloading a Cartridge 00 c cee 9 Manual Cartridge Removal 00 0 cee ene ees 9 Write Protecting a Cartridge 00 cece eee 10 4 OPTIPAC SYSTEM FUNCTIONS lese 11 System Overviews sseeeeeele ee 12 7605 Menu Tree 0 000 eee ees 12 7652 Menu Tree 00 00 eee ees 13 Main Men ieeizachdetkehnxu3 eae deka RAMS Ei EE 14 Unload Cartridge 1 0 0 eee eee 14 Local Backup wea et dank hee ret eerie 26 14 Local ReStoT ss ose es ad ae erre Re aw aret R n 17 Spin Down Disk 0 00 c cee eee 19 Spin Up Disk ess Ghai Saas ae dece NE Rn s 19 ConfigurationS 0 0c cece eee ees 20 WITHTHE Sree br tnd edet ee deme e e rii e A 20 Display Time And Messages lesse ess 20 Configurations Submenu 000 eee eee 21 Change HP IB Address 00 ccc cence eee 21 Change Option 0 0 0 cece eee eens 21 Change Drive Button 00 cece eee 22 Change Default Sec tor Size 0 0 0 eee eee 22 Change Emulation 00 ccc cence eere 22 Change Fix ed Disk Volume Protect 23 Change CS80 Format 00 cece eee eee eee 23 Set Time eae Oe eee ed ee eee aed 24 Set Da
4. These instructions are for connecting an OptiPac model to an HP IB based computer with the OptiPac HP IB connector Turn off your computer and unplug the power cord from the wall outlet Disconnect any other cables attached to the back panel of your computer that may be in your way Status indicator HP IB connector AC receptacle with fuse holder and spare HP IB cable Power cable Figure 2 1 Connecting the OptiPac to an HP IB computer Turn off your computer and the OptiPac drive Connect one end of the HP IB cable to the HP IB connector on the back of the computer and the other end to the HP IB connector on the back panel of the OptiPac Tighten the thumb screws by hand Connect the power cable to the back of the OptiPac Make sure there is at least one inch of space around the back and two inches around the sides of the drive Plug the OptiPac and the computer into a grounded electrical outlet or a surge protector Be sure that the outlets are grounded The OptiPac should be on the same circuit as your computer Make sure that other equipment or appliances which might generate electrical noise or a power surge such as electric typewriters or heaters are on separate circuits Turn on the OptiPac the computer and any other peripherals OptiPac 7600 User s Manual OPERATING THE DISK DRIVE amp CARTRIDGE 3 7600 Controls Activity Indicator Drive Button Emergency Eject Hole Figure 3 1
5. Local Restore 7 Load cartridge 1 and continue Yes c Go back to step 4 to resume the backup As the backup progresses the record address of the fixed disk will be updated on the LCD Backup disk record n When the cartridge is full you ll see Remove cartridge n Press the drive button and remove the cartridge and label it carefully including the date and cartridge number then press the ENTER button to continue If another cartridge is required you will be prompted to Load cartridge e amp continue Yes Load the next cartridge wait for it to spin up and press the ENTER button to choose Yes and continue the backup a To abort the function at any time press and hold the SELECT and ENTER buttons simultaneously until you see the following message Rbort received Wait b Release the buttons The function will abort and you ll see User abort c Press the Enter button to exit and return to the Main menu Continue in the loop until the backup is complete You will be notified Backup done at 10 30 pm Press the ENTER button to exit the LOCAL BACKUP function and return to the Main menu Use this function to restore the fixed disk in the Bering OptiPac models with fixed disks The entire image of the disk is restored from the cartridge s generated by the LOCAL BACKUP function You can restore the backup set in any order Load one of the cartridges from the set containing the
6. Verify that the outlet actually is grounded that the third prong really is connected to a ground The OptiPac should be on the same circuit as your computer Make sure that other equipment or appliances which might generate electrical noise or a power surge such as electric typewriters or heaters are on separate circuits Do not expose your OptiPac to extreme heat or cold Prolonged exposure to excessive heat direct sunlight or freezing conditions will harm the drive Keep it away from moisture dirt and contaminants such as spilled liquids steam or excessive dust Do not smoke near the OptiPac Do not apply cleaners or lubricants to any part of the drive Avoid exposure to magnetic fields such as those emitted by magnets telephones televisions speakers or large electric motors Never bump the OptiPac when it s running Always set the OptiPac upright on a flat surface Never transport the OptiPac with a cartridge in the drive This could damage the media You don t need to worry about leaving the OptiPac on for a long time it doesn t use much power It s normal for the drive to feel warm but not hot after it s been running for a while If the OptiPac does get hot make sure the fan is running properly the vent at the rear is not blocked and that the unit is placed where air can circulate around it OptiPac 7600 User s Manual 63 CARING FOR THE DISK DRIVE amp CARTRIDGE Cartridge Care Cartridge Care
7. wma KR W N For the Disk Interface card which is normally select code 14 the MSUS will be CS80 1400 0 Before you can install your new OptiPac drive you will need to load your BASIC operating system into memory from the system disks After loading BASIC the operating system can be installed on your OptiPac If you will be sharing your disk with other operating systems such as HP UX or PASCAL you should usually install the other operating system before installing BASIC Refer to Installing Using and Maintaining the BASIC System in your HP manual The following procedure is to load BASIC into memory For further information refer to the section in your BASIC manual You also need to follow this procedure if your system is ROM based Verify that the HP IB address of your OptiPac is set as desired and that the address is different from other disk drives i e HP9121 micro floppy drive Turn off the computer Turn on the disk drives and wait for the self test to complete Insert the BASIC system disk disk 1 into a floppy drive Turn on the computer and hold down the SPACE BAR Allthe bootable operating systems will be listed in the upper right hand corner of the screen e g HP7605 700 0 0 1B SYSTEM B40 2B SYSTEM B50 Choose a system to load by typing the letters to the left of the system For instance type 2B to load BASIC Follow the instructions on the screen You will be instructed to load disk 2
8. You must be in super user root where device file character device file for the OptiPac disk type name for the OptiPac created in the etc disktab For example etc newfs dev rdsk optipac optipac OptiPac 7600 User s Manual 53 Series 800 HP UX 7 0 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS CONFIGURATION Note ADDING THE OPTIPAC TO YOUR HP UX SYSTEM KERNEL CONFIGURATION CONFIGURING YOUR HP SYSTEM Series 800 HP UX 7 0 The Bering OptiPac is supported by HP UX version 7 0 The following is alist of hardware and software required for use with the Bering OptiPac drive HP IB interface configured for high speed mode Use the OptiPac controls to set the configuration options according to the following settings Refer to Chapter 4 for detailed instructions HP IB address 0 7 Default sector size 1024 If you are installing the HP UX system on the OptiPac disk you mest set the emulation to enabled Refer to Change Emulation in Chapter 4 The following procedure describes how to add the OptiPac to your existing HP UX system This assumes that the OptiPac is an add on storage device on a system with HP UX already loaded The HP UX kernel may have to be modified to add a disk to your system The procedure for modifying HP UX is summarized below The use of the HP UX System Administration Manager SAM can be used for this procedure Check and if necessary modify the file etc conf gen S800 so that it contains the desired I
9. press the ENTER button SELECT and ENTER the correct minute setting just as you did the hour SELECT and ENTER the correct setting for seconds SELECT and ENTER the correct AM PM setting You will now be returned to the Set time option This function allows you to change the date With the Set date function displayed press the ENTER button You ll see Set date Wed Feb 10 1999 The actual date displayed will vary The day field will be blinking Press the SELECT button to increment the day Holding the SELECT button will cause the day to increment through twelve hours continuously If you continue to hold down the SELECT button incrementing will speed up To decrement the day press and hold the SELECT button and then press the ENTER button Again decrementing will be continuous and speeds up if you hold the buttons down When the correct day is displayed press the ENTER button The month field will start to blink SELECT and ENTER the correct month setting just as you did the day 24 OptiPac 7600 User s Manual OPTIPAC SYSTEM FUNCTIONS Configurations Submenu Set Auto Spin Down Up Time A CAUTION SELECT and ENTER the correct date setting SELECT and ENTER the correct year setting After you have made this setting you ll be returned to the Set date option This function sets a time for the cartridge drive to spin down and then spin up automatically at preset times or interval
10. Chapter 6 Caring For The Disk Drive amp Cartridge for further information on cartridge care If you can t get the cartridge to eject using any other method or if there has been a power failure use the following as a last resort Use this procedure only when absolutely necessary Use a small screwdriver or large paper clip to manually eject the cartridge Disconnect the power to the drive Insert the eject tool into the small round hole in the front panel of the cartridge drive Press inward until the cartridge is ejected through the front of the drive The cartridge will then pop out of the drive slot Do not reach into the drive to get the cartridge Wait until the cartridge is ejected through the front of the drive before removing it Premature removal of the cartridge could damage the drive OptiPac 7600 User s Manual 9 Write Protecting a Cartridge Note OPERATING THE DISK DRIVE amp CARTRIDGE Write Protecting a Cartridge You may want to write protect one or both sides of a cartridge after removing it from your OptiPac Write protection prevents accidental erasure or overwriting data on the removable cartridge The write protect switch for the side which is facing up is the plastic slide switch in the lower left corner of the cartridge To write protect a side of the cartridge slide the appropriate tab toward the left edge as shown in Figure 3 3 When you can see through the circular hole to the right
11. IB address unit number 0 and the volume number 0 to 7 to access each of the partitions Press the ENTER button when the Format cartridge function is displayed on the Removable disk utilities submenu The Format cartridge submenu then appears displaying the following message OptiPac 7600 User s Manual 33 Note Erase Cartridge 34 A CAUTION OPTIPAC SYSTEM FUNCTIONS Utilities Submenu Erase entire media No Press the SELECT button to toggle between Yes and No Select Yes and press the ENTER button to continue The following message will appear Set volumes ton You must use your system software to initialize each volume created using the LCD controls even if only one volume is created Press the SELECT button to scroll through the choices for number of volumes 1 8 and press the ENTER button for the desired value The following message will appear showing the number of volumes vols and the sector size bps bytes per sector 1 vol 1024 bps continue No Use the SELECT button to select Yes and press the ENTER button to start the format process The following message will appear Formatting CRRTRIDGE Formatting will take up to 1 hour When the process is complete the following message will appear CRRTRIDGE formatted Press the ENTER button to return to the Removable disk utilities submenu This function will erase the entire cartridge by performing a DOD wipe delete Thi
12. J of part 15 of FCC Rules which are designed to provide reasonable protection against such interference when operated in a commercial environment However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause interference and is up to the user at his own expense to take whatever measures may be required to correct the interference You can test to see whether this equipment does cause interference with radio or television reception by turning the disk drive off and on If it is causing interference try to correct the problem by one or more of the following measures Be sure you re using shielded interconnect cables Reorient the receiving antenna Relocate the drive with respect to the receiver Move the receiver away from the disk drive or vice versa Plug the computer into a different outlet so that the computer and receiver are on different circuits If necessary consult your dealer or an experienced radio television technician for additional suggestions You may also find a booklet prepared by the Federal Communications Commission helpful It is entitled How to Identify and Resolve Radio TV Interference Problems Request Stock No 004 000 00345 4 from the U S Government Printing Washington D C 20402 To prevent fire or shock hazard do not expose the unit to rain or moisture To avoid electrical shock do not open the cabinet Re
13. Manual OVERVIEW Warranty Statement Warranty Statement OptiPac products sold in the U S A and Canada carry a standard one year warranty against defects in materials and workmanship During the warranty period Bering will at its option repair or replace equipment which proves to be defective OptiPac cartridge media is warranted against defects for one year from the date of purchase If the media becomes defective Bering will replace it upon receipt of the defective media from the customer All repairs will be performed at the factory Any other arrangement such as on site service will be at your expense Before any product is returned for repair a Return Materials Authorization number RMA must first be obtained from a Customer Service representative Customer Service Bering Technology Inc 2827 Aiello Drive San Jose CA 95111 408 229 6400 Fax 408 229 6401 EMail help bering com The selection and use of media supplies and consumables is the customer s responsibility Bering reserves the right to exclude from the warranty any damage caused by misuse of the product unauthorized modification shipping damage non Bering approved media interface software or cleaning supplies NO OTHER WARRANTY IS EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE BERING SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTL
14. Manual 7 OPERATING THE DISK DRIVE amp CARTRIDGE Loading a Cartridge Fixed Disk Access Indicator Loading a Cartridge A CAUTION New Cartridges The fixed disk access indicator is on the lower right side of the front panel of the model 7652 When ever the fixed disk in the 7652 is accessed the indicator will flash on and off Loading a data cartridge is very easy There is an A and B side on the 5 25 inch cartridges The reverse side is accessed by ejecting the cartridge and inverting it prior to inserting it in the drive Make sure the OptiPac is turned on before you load a cartridge Remove the cartridge from the plastic storage case Figure 3 2 Loading a cartridge in the 7600 Insert the cartridge into the drive with either the A or B side up the write protect switch toward you and the metal shutter facing the drive As you do so the drive will pull the cartridge inside and seat it in the drive slot The drive motor will then spin the cartridge up to speed in about five seconds as the access light on the front panel flashes Once the drive reaches the proper speed the access light will turn off Never move or transport the OptiPac with a cartridge in the drive operating or not The first time a cartridge is used it must be formatted from the Removable Disk Utilities menu Using an unformatted cartridge can cause loss of data You should indicate the date on the label when a cartridge
15. O configuration for the OptiPac Sometimes the kernel will already be configured for additional disk drives In that case no kernel configuration is needed For example the following I O configuration may be in the S800 file hpibo address 0 discO lu 0 address 0 discO lu 1 address 1 discO lu 2 address 2 discO lu 3 address 3 Where lu 0 can be your system disk Then you can pick lu 1 for your OptiPac and no configuration is required Run the UXGEN utility to regen the HP UX kernel from the new S800 file Reboot the system 54 OptiPac 7600 User s Manual CONFIGURING YOUR HP SYSTEM Series 800 HP UX 7 0 USING SAM TO ADD THE OPTIPAC ADDING THE OPTIPAC TO THE HP UX SYSTEM MANUALLY 1 Invoke the System Administration Manager by typing usr bin sam You will see the SAM main menu Choose the Peripheral Devices option You will see the Peripheral Devices menu Choose the Add a Hard Disk Drive option under the Disks section You will see the menu for Add a Hard Disk Drive Check and modify the entries as follows Disk drive model HP7963B Card slot check with on line help Interface type HP IB Address HP IB address Midbus address check with on line help Choose the field Create a new file system y or n and type Y You will see the following options in a message box Initialize media y or n n Number of sections 1 7 1 Long file names y or n y Modify the fields and press the DONE
16. OptiPac etc mkfs L device file size nsect ntrack 8192 1024 16 10 60 2048 where device file character device file size volume size in sectors nsect volume track size in sectors ntrack volume cylinder size in tracks You can find the values in the Show Disk Information menu or listed as logical values in the specifications section of this manual If you use the values listed in the Specifications appendix you should confirm the values by doing the Show Disk Information option and comparing the logical values If they are different use the values obtained from the front panel LCD Make sure the logical sector size is 1024 OptiPac 7600 User s Manual CONFIGURING YOUR HP SYSTEM Series 300 HP UX CREATING A NEW FILE SYSTEM USING NEWFS NEWFS may be used to create a new file system To use NEWFS you must edit the disk information file etc disktab to include an entry for the OptiPac as follows optipac M MB swap ns nsect nt ntrack nc ncyl SO0 size b0 blksize f0 fragsize se 1024 rm 3600 where n the size of the swap area in multiples of 2 MB nsect sectors per track see show disk information for logical sectors track ntrack tracks per cylinder see show disk information for logical cylinder size ncyl cylinders per drive see show disk information for logical cylinders size nsect times ntrack times ncyl Then create the file system by typing newfs device file disk type
17. Preventive Maintenance Removable cartridges are highly reliable and have a very long service life if you care for them properly Store them properly Remove the cartridge from the drive when you are not using it and store it in its protective case in a cool dry safe location Do not leave the cartridge in the OptiPac after it is powered down This leaves the cartridge shutter open and makes the recording media itself vulnerable to dust Do not turn the computer off to remove the cartridge This will not eject the cartridge If the power is turned off wait at least 60 seconds before removing the cartridge See Unloading a Cartridge in Chapter 3 for more details Keep your cartridges clean and dry and out of harm s way Protect cartridges from dirt spills and smoke Avoid handling the shutter edge of the cartridge since oil and dirt from your hands may be transferred to the disk media or to the inside of the drive Do not open the cartridge access shutter Minute particles such as smoke pollen or dust can contaminate the disk surface and damage the cartridge Do not disassemble the cartridge Use them at the correct temperature Avoid using cartridges at temperatures above 104 F 40 C or below 41 F 5 C To avoid permanently damaging data the drive cartridge and room should all be about the same temperature within the above operating range when you insert the cartridge into the drive Do not move the drive with a
18. This means Your storage capacity is limited only by the number of cartridges you use Your data is portable and secure Just remove the cartridge from the drive and take it with you or store it in a safe place Your data cartridge is protected in a durable lexan case Your OptiPac cartridge can be used to back up the data on fixed disks if your backup software supports that option Front panel controls provide off line copying of data from the fixed disk to the cartridge or from the cartridge to the fixed disk The OptiPac provides fast reliable storage that s always on hand The installation procedure is almost identical for all models No software or hardware modifications are required All OptiPac 7600 series support the latest HP CS80 disk command sets Use of the OptiPac other than as prescribed in this manual may result in exposure to hazardous invisible laser radiation if the case is open during operation Avoid direct exposure to laser radiation Do not operate the OptiPac while the cover is removed OptiPac 7600 User s Manual 1 INTRODUCTION Magneto Optical Technology Compatibility Magneto Optical Technology The OptiPac 7600 drives can read and write to 5 2 GB 4 8 GB and 4 1 GB MO cartridges as well as the 2 6GB 2 3 GB cartridges The OptiPac 7600 can read but not write to 1 3 1 2 GB and 650 600 MB cartridges The 650MB cartridges have a capacity of 325 MB side the 1 3 GB cartridges have a capacity of 6
19. address 0 7 Default sector size 256 SYSTEM Device Driver DVM33 REQUIREMENTS Interface Card 12821A HP IB Interface Card Disks managed by DVM33 CS80 disks and disks managed by DVA32 ICD disks cannot be on the same 12821A HP IB card If an additional 128214 is used the DVN33 and TN33 should be used for the CS80 disks or the DVP32 and TC32 should be used for the ICD disks SUBCHANNEL OptiPac disk subsystems are compatible with HP Command Set 80 CONFIGURATION CS80 disk drives Therefore in general the system generation instructions for the CS80 disk can be applied to OptiPac disk drives Use the following assignments available blocks available tracks bpt 62 OptiPac 7600 User s Manual CARING FOR THE DISK DRIVE amp CARTRIDGE General Safeguards A CAUTION This chapter describes how to care for your OptiPac and cartridges It is divided into two sections The General Safeguards section tells you what to look out for The Cartridge Care section explains how to handle removable cartridges The Preventive Maintenance section will explain user maintenance procedures As long as you protect your OptiPac from hazards it will provide you with years of service To protect the OptiPac To avoid overheating place it where the air can circulate around it Be particularly careful to avoid blocking the cooling vent at the rear of the unit Make sure it is plugged into a grounded three hole electrical outlet
20. cartridge loaded Do not drop the cartridge Sudden jolts may damage the media and or cause the loss of data Label each side of the cartridge clearly and make sure the label is securely attached before loading the cartridge Do not mark on labels with a graphite pencil The graphite dust from the pencil may contaminate the disk surface Do not use defective or questionable cartridges on another drive You may spread the problem Bering subsystems will provide extended and reliable service as long as the drives are properly maintained The Bering OptiPac subsystems require no preventive maintenance If you have any questions concerning the proper preventive maintenance procedures please contact Bering Customer Support 64 OptiPac 7600 User s Manual TROUBLESHOOTING amp SERVICE Before You Do Anything Else Error Codes and LCD Messages Fuse Replacement This chapter describes basic trouble shooting procedures It is divided into four sections Before You Do Anything Flse Error Codes and LCD Messages Fuse Replacement and If You re Still Having Problems Often problems you re having can be resolved by verifying that The power cord is securely connected to the OptiPac and a wall outlet The power is switched on and the AC fuse in the back of the drive is not blown None of the pins on the cable connectors are loose broken or shorted All cables are installed correctly At least one side of the car
21. each volume starting with 11 Only one unit will be configured after the disk is initialized with the HFS directory format Use the following steps to initialize the OptiPac disk Insert the HFS disk into the floppy disk drive and type x for execute When the screen displays Execute What File type HFS MKHFS and press ENTER The screen will display Volume ID To initialize the cartridge type 311 The screen will display WARNING the initialization will also destroy 12 no dir 13 no dir This indicates the number of logical units assigned to the disk drive Remove the HFS disk from the floppy drive When the screen displays Change or examine default parameter Y N type N When the screen displays Are you SURE you want to overwrite the disk Y N type Y If the screen displays Interleave factor default to 1 type 1 and press ENTER Reboot PASCAL so that the new HFS volume is configured into the system correctly and use the FILER Vols command to list the volumes It should list h s11 48 OptiPac 7600 User s Manual CONFIGURING YOUR HP SYSTEM Series 200 300 PASCAL 3 2 BOOTING FROM THE DISK After the OptiPac is initialized you can copy all system files onto it Use the following steps to copy all of the files on any floppy disk Insert the ACCESS disk into the floppy disk drive When the command line Command Compiler Editor Filer appears type F for FILER When the FILER line Fi
22. function Select Local Backup from the Main menu and press the ENTER button to choose this option You will be asked Erase entire media No 14 OptiPac 7600 User s Manual OPTIPAC SYSTEM FUNCTIONS Main Menu If your fixed disk is formatted with multiple volumes see the FORMRT DISK function you will be asked Backup volume all a Press the SELECT button to scroll through the choices all entire disk 0 volume 1 1 volume 2 etc b Press the ENTER button to continue when your choice is visible Press the SELECT button to choose Yes and press the ENTER button to continue Load cartridge 1 amp continue Yes a If you change your mind and want to quit the BACKUP process use the SELECT button to choose No and press the ENTER button You ll see User abort b Press the ENTER button and you ll be returned to the Time and Date display in the Main menu Load a cartridge which is not write protected into the drive wait for it to spin up and press the ENTER button to continue You ll see Loading CARTRIDGE If you inserted a blank formatted cartridge the backup will begin immediately Otherwise the message you see next will depend on your situation If the cartridge is not formatted or has a different size than the fixed disk you will see Format destination No a Use the SELECT button to choose Yes and press the ENTER button to continue You will see Formatting CARTRIDG
23. illustrates all controls and indicators required for operating the OptiPac 7600 Press the POWER button on the front panel of the OptiPac The LCD will display a self test message and the disk drive model number This operation should take less than a minute If a cartridge is loaded a read test will be performed After the self test is successfully completed the time and date will be displayed on the LCD LCD display Cartridge door and slot 8 j Drive button Power o j switch Control Bo con cmm buttons Activity mc Indicator Emergency eject hole Fixed disk access LED 7652 only Figure 3 1 OptiPac 7600 Series front panel The activity LED remains lit when a cartridge is loaded or unloaded during the power up self test sequence and anytime the drive is being accessed It also remains lit for approximately two seconds when the cartridge is being ejected The drive button is always locked out The cartridge will not eject when this button is depressed because the OptiPac controller has issued the SCSI command Prevent Allow Medium Removal The cartridge must be ejected using the Unload cartridge function in the LCD main menu See Chapter 4 for details In an emergency such as a power outage the cartridge can be manually ejected by inserting an eject tool into this opening Read the complete instructions in the section titled Manual Cartridge Removal OptiPac 7600 User s
24. is formatted Remember to format both sides of the new cartridge Most cartridges are preformatted at the factory and do not require formatting The LCD will indicate when an unformatted cartridge has been inserted into the drive 8 OptiPac 7600 User s Manual OPERATING THE DISK DRIVE amp CARTRIDGE Unloading a Cartridge Unloading a Cartridge A CAUTION Note Manual Cartridge Removal A CAUTION When you re finished using your OptiPac be sure to eject and store the cartridge properly before shutting down your computer Eject the cartridge before you turn off the OptiPac Otherwise the media is vulnerable to contamination which may damage the cartridge or the data on it The OptiPac must be turned on before you can unload a cartridge With the time and date function displayed on the LCD push the SELECT button on the front panel The Unload cartridge function will be displayed Press the ENTER button to execute the command The cartridge will pop out part way Remove the cartridge carefully and place it in the protective plastic storage case immediately The cartridge must be pulled completely out of the drive before it is inserted again If a cartridge is forced back into the drive without pulling it out it damage to the drive may occur Remember to label and date the cartridge for future reference Do not mark on labels with a graphite pencil The graphite dust may contaminate the disk surface Refer to
25. of the tab data cannot be written to that side of the cartridge and existing data cannot be erased from that side by ordinary means To disable write protection slide the tab toward the center of the cartridge so the hole is closed Label area REWRITABLE OPTICAL DISK Read only 5 D A 1 3 Gbytes M m 1024 e position Js WM 7 7 Read write O position a Write protect D Switch m Figure 3 3 Cartridge write protect switch The appearance of cartridges varies between manufacturers but the location of the write protect switch should always be the same 10 OptiPac 7600 User s Manual OPTIPAC SYSTEM FUNCTIONS This chapter describes the OptiPac configuration and operating procedures The OptiPac features a push button operation for performing configuration and operating procedures This procedure is based on a hierarchical structure of system functions displayed on the disk drive s LCD AII procedures can be performed using the two front panel push button controls SELECT and ENTER These instructions should be used in conjunction with your specific HP computer s configuration procedures given in Chapter 5 Configuring Your HP HP IB System SELECT ENTER
26. 50 MB side The 2 6GB cartridge has a capacity of 1 3 GB side All of the Bering OptiPac disk drives are based on magnetic and optical technology Like hard disks a Magneto Optical drive writes data to the cartridge using a strong magnet that changes the magnetic fields at specific locations from 1 s to 0 s and vice versa But because of the polycarbonate surface of the cartridge the magnet is not powerful enough to change the polarity of a bit by itself This is where the optical part of the write process comes in In order for the magnet to change the polarity of a bit the area must be heated to a high temperature by a focused fine point laser Because of the Polycarbonate substrate on the cartridge data stored on Magneto optical cartridges is highly secure for a long period of time The estimated storage life of data stored on this media is greater than twenty years Also the magnetic head does not float next to the surface such as fixed disks This means it is virtually impossible for the head to crash 2 OptiPac 7600 User s Manual INTRODUCTION Conventions in this Manual Conventions in this Manual We ll use the following conventions to make the information in this manual more clear and predictable Keys on the keyboard are indicated by capital letters enclosed in square brackets e g ENTER regardless of whether the characters on your keys are actually capitalized On the other hand buttons on the OptiPac are indicat
27. 64GB Fixed Disko lus aa ene rema 69 Generale ci esce ea req Yer he aye ome Rai edic s 70 RACKMOUNT 4 ilk ox kw chanel PCR Se as 71 Installations kei Res Exo Paw Rex E S 71 INDEX e eA npo iet raf e es ER Ene eret ret e n ec etka 73 viii OptiPac 7600 User s Manual 1 INTRODUCTION Congratulations on purchasing what we think is the finest removable cartridge system on the market Bering OptiPac drives are built for years of reliable service We re sure you ll agree as you begin to work with your drive Features A DANGER The Bering OptiPac 7600 series subsystem is a magneto optical removable cartridge disk drive with an optional 2 6 GB fixed disk compatible with Hewlett Packard technical and business computers such as the HP1000 using the CS80 command set In this manual we refer to the Bering OptiPac disk drive as OptiPac and all HP systems as computer unless otherwise indicated The OptiPac 7600 emulates the HP CS80 command set disk drives making it plug compatible with computer systems supporting the HP IB interface and CS80 protocol These drives support Magneto Optical MO technologies Serving a wide range of storage needs the OptiPac series come in the following configuration 7605 a 5 2 GB Magneto Optical Cartridge drive 7652 a5 2 GB Magneto Optical Cartridge drive with a 2 6GB fixed disk The OptiPac 7600 series subsystems use a 5 25 inch removable cartridge which can store 5 2 GB 2 6 GB side of data
28. B CS80 command set Dimension 5 x 12 8 x 11 12 7 x 32 5 x 27 9 cm Shipping weight 30 Ibs 13 6 Kg Accessories Cartridge MO 5 2 GB 1024bps Cartridge MO 2 6 GB 1024bps HP IB Cable 1 0m 3 3 ft HP IB Cable 2 0m 6 7 ft Rack Mount Kit 19 EIA 70 OptiPac 7600 User s Manual volts Amps ACCS 3067 ACCS 3065 ACCS 7110 ACCS 7115 ACCS 7204 RACK MOUNT Installation A CAUTION If you purchased the rack mount kit ACCS 7204 from Bering these instructions will show the installation procedures It fits in a standard 19 rack cabinet Remove the front feet from the Bering drive by removing two screws in each foot Each foot can be turned around front to rear and reinstalled Mount the Bering drive to the rack mount shelf with four 4 8 32x screws inserted from the bottom through the shelf into the bottom of the drive 8 32x 4 4 places E NE i 8 Figure B 1 Hatching the unit to the rack mount This step may be performed by turning the drive upside down and placing the shelf on the drive while aligning the screw holes The following steps require two people to install the unit in a cabinet The rack requires 5 25 inches of vertical clearance OptiPac 7600 User s Manual 71 RACK MOUNT Installation Insert the shelf with the Bering drive into the cabinet and hold it in place 4 Insert the four 4 10 32x5 16 screws from the front through the holes in the cabinet Screw the 10 32 nut
29. BASIC Language Extension and Drivers BASIC is ready when the following message appears at the bottom of your monitor The BASIC system is now loaded for your use Follow this procedure to format the OptiPac disk Insert the HFS Utilities disk into the default floppy drive Type LOAD DISC UTIL and press RETURN to load the Utility This may take a minute or so to complete Now run the program by pressing RETURN OptiPac 7600 User s Manual 43 CONFIGURING YOUR HP SYSTEM Series 200 300 BASIC 5 0 6 0 6 2 Next press the CONTINUE soft key to start The screen will display a menu from which you can select a function by using the soft keys Use the NEXT and PREVIOUS soft keys to select the Format a disk function from your display and press the SELECT soft key The display should now list a choice of drives from which to select the one to format For example gt OptiPac Flexible 700 0 9122 Flexible 701 0 Use the NEXT and PREVIOUS soft keys to select the OptiPac disk you want formatted and press the SELECT soft key The screen will display the directory format choices LIF directory format HFS directory format Choose the directory format and press SELECT If you are not sure which format you prefer refer to your HP BASIC manual In general use the HFS format for hard disks If the disk is already formatted the following prompt will appear Do you wish to proceed Type yes to conti
30. Bering Technical Support at 408 229 6400 When you call be ready to tell the service representative The model number and serial number of the OptiPac the firmware version of the OptiPac the type of computer you re using the operating system and the software version Any error messages that have appeared A description of the problem s and the steps you ve taken to correct it Any recent changes to your system such as new software installed software upgrades new hardware even a new brands of cartridge Bering Customer Service can be reached by several methods The mailing shipping address and phone numbers are Bering Technology Inc Customer Service Technical Support 2827 Aiello Drive San Jose CA 95111 408 229 6400 Fax 408 229 6401 EMail help bering com Never remove the cover of the OptiPac box This voids the warranty OptiPac 7600 User s Manual SPECIFICATIONS A 5 2 GB Cartridge Drive 5 2 GB MO Cartridge The specifications listed in the table are for a single side of a 5 2 GB cartridge This is based on a cartridge with physical sector size of 1024 bytes The cartridge must be flipped over to use the opposite side See the following page for 2 6 GB cartridge specifications Formatted capacity 2 399 0 2 399 0 2 399 0 MB Logical sector size 256 512 1 024 bytes Logical track size 136 68 34 sectors Logical heads 36 36 36 tracks heads
31. Change HP IB address 21 Change option 21 Display time and messages 20 Enable firmware load 38 Frase cartridge 34 Fixed disk utilities submenu 27 OptiPac 7600 User s Manual 73 Format cartridge 33 Format disk 29 Local backup 14 Local restore 17 Lock cartridge 32 Set auto spin down up time 25 Set date 24 Set time 24 Show cartridge information 32 Show disk information 28 Show statistics 36 Spin down up disk 28 Spin down disk 19 Spin up disk 19 Test LCD display 36 Unload cartridge 14 32 Unlock cartridge 32 Verify cartridge 33 Verify disk 28 Verify media 37 LCD messages 65 Local backup 14 Local restore 17 Lock cartridge 32 M Magneto Optical technology 2 Manual cartridge eject 9 Mass Storage Unit Specifier BASIC 3 0 4 0 40 BASIC 5 0 6 x 42 Menu Tree 7605 12 7652 13 O Operation 7 P PASCAL 3 2 Series 200 300 46 Preventive maintenance 64 R Rack mount installation 71 Removable disk utilities submenu 32 Restore local 17 ROM version 27 RTE A 60 74 OptiPac 7600 User s Manual S SAM 57 SAM System Administration Manager 55 Sector size 22 Set auto spin down up time 25 Set date 24 Set time 24 Show cartridge information 32 Show disk information 28 Show statistics 36 Specifications 2 6 GB Fixed disk 69 5 2 GB cartridge drive 67 General 70 Spin down up disk 28 Spin down disk 19 Spin up disk 19 T Table of Contents vii Technical Support 66 Test LCD display 36 Tests submenu 36 T
32. E When the cartridge has been formatted the LOCAL BACKUP procedure will automatically begin the backup without your intervention OptiPac 7600 User s Manual 15 16 OPTIPAC SYSTEM FUNCTIONS Main Menu If the cartridge already contains a readable backup You will see Overwrite backup Thu Jan 7 1889 No If that is the cartridge on which you want your backup a Usethe SELECT button to choose Yes and press the ENTER button to continue You ll see the messages detailed in step 8 if you choose Yes If you want to use a different cartridge a Use the SELECT button to choose No if need be then press the ENTER button You will see Unloading CARTRIDGE then you ll be prompted to Remove cartridge b Remove the cartridge from the drive and press the ENTER button Now you ll be notified to Load cartridge 1 amp continue Yes C Go back to step 4 If after you back up onto a cartridge or two you accidentally insert a cartridge which contains part of the current backup you will be notified Part of current cartridge set In that case you ll need to eject the cartridge and replace it with the proper one a Press the ENTER button and you ll see Unloading CARTRIDGE Then you ll be prompted Remove cartridge b Remove the cartridge from the drive and press the ENTER button Now you ll be notified to OptiPac 7600 User s Manual OPTIPAC SYSTEM FUNCTIONS Main Menu
33. IOUS key to select the Change DESTINATION device function and press SELECT Then type the correct address of the OptiPac as prompted The major number of the OptiPac disk is 0 Select CONTINUE installation process to proceed Select the correct swap sizes When the Install menu appears on the screen select the BEGIN installation function When you see Do you want to mediainit your disk typeY to format your OptiPac Although the disk may be pre formatted it is a good idea to re format the disk to detect any media defects encountered during shipping The formatting will take from 20 minutes to 1 hour 50 OptiPac 7600 User s Manual CONFIGURING YOUR HP SYSTEM Series 300 HP UX ADDING THE OPTIPAC TO YOUR HP UX SYSTEM DEVICE FILES 10 Finally follow the instructions on the screen to load file sets or partitions onto the OptiPac The following procedure describes how to add the OptiPac to your existing HP UX system This assumes that the OptiPac is an add on storage device on a system with HP UX already loaded and that there is another hard disk The first step for installing your OptiPac drive is to create two device files a block special file and a character special file To do this use the MKNOD command with the following items File name In a directory a character device starts with r whereas a block device does not For example dev dsk OptiPac block dev rdsk OptiPac character Major numbers f
34. Logical cylinders 1 914 1 914 1 194 cylinders Logical drive size 9 370 944 4 685 472 2 342 736 sectors PERFORMANCE Rotation speed 3 600 rpm Average latency 9 1 ms Access time 25 ms Maximum seek time 45 ms MTBF 100 000 Power on Hours ENVIRONMENTAL Temperature 5 to 40 C operational 41 to 104 F Temperature gradient 10 C hour Relative humidity 10 to 90 non condensing Vibration 0 5 Grms Shock 30 G 3 ms half sine Altitude 305 to 4 572 meters 1 000 to 15 000 feet non operating Temperature 30 to 60 C 22 to 140 F Relative Humidity 5 to 90 non condensing Vibration 3 Grms random 1 G 0 peak Shock 89 G 3 ms half sine no damage Altitude 305 to 12 192 meters 1 000 to 40 000 feet OptiPac 7600 User s Manual 67 SPECIFICATIONS 5 2 GB Cartridge Drive LASER DIODE 2 6 GB MO Cartridge Type Semiconductor Laser Wavelength 685nm Continuous Output power 30mW max Classification Class 1 IEC 825 GaAllnP The specifications listed in the table are for a single side of a 2 6 GB cartridge This is based on a cartridge with physical sector size of 1024 bytes The cartridge must be flipped over to use the opposite side Formatted capacity 1 302 2 1 302 2 1 302 2 MB Logical sector size 256 512 1 024 bytes Logical track size 68 34 34 sectors Logical heads 72 72 36 tracks heads Logical cylinders 1 039 1 039 1 039 cylinders Logical drive size 5 086 944 2 543 472 1 271 736 sectors
35. N or SYSBOOT SYSB50 700 RETURN Be sure to press the SPACE BAR if you have multiple systems You should see that the SYSB50 is in the file directory For example lost found WORKSTATIONS SYSB50 OptiPac 7600 User s Manual 45 Series 200 300 PASCAL 3 2 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS CONFIGURATION BOOTING YOUR SYSTEM CONFIGURING YOUR HP SYSTEM Series 200 300 PASCAL 3 2 wma KR W N PASCAL 3 2 supports two different file formats LIF and HFS If HFS is desired follow the procedures in this section If LIF is desired follow the procedures in the PASCAL manual The following is a list of hardware and software required or recommended to interface with the Bering OptiPac subsystem The CS80 driver is required Make sure it is included in the INITLIB module The HFS_DAM driver is needed to support HFS format Make sure it is loaded into INITLIB Disk Interface HP98625A and Dual Channel DMA HP98620B are recommended for a 1 MB sec data transfer rate If the Disk Interface is installed the DISC_INTF driver is required in the INITLIB module Use the OptiPac controls to set the configuration options according to the following settings Refer to Chapter 4 for detailed instructions HP IB address 0 7 Default sector size 1024 Verify that the HP IB address of your OptiPac is set as desired and that the address is different from other disk drives Turn off your computer Turn on your disk drive and wait for th
36. OptiPac 7600 User s Manual Manual No 11 17605 01 Revision 1 Copyright 2001 Bering Technology Inc 2827 Aiello Drive San Jose CA 95111 408 229 6400 OVERVIEW Important Notice Important Notice Important FCC Information Warning AZ CAUTION LASER Copyright 2001 by Bering Technology Inc All rights reserved No part of this document may be reproduced in any way without the express written permission of Bering Technology Inc Printed in the United States of America The information contained in this document is subject to change without notice Every reasonable precaution has been taken in the preparation of this manual to insure its accuracy However Bering Technology Inc assumes no liability resulting from any errors or omissions in this manual or from the use of the information contained herein nor does it make a commitment to update the information contained herein OptiPac is a trademark of Bering Technology Inc HP 9000 Series 300 HP 9000 Series 700 HP 9000 Series 800 Basic HP UX and HP Pascal are trademarks of Hewlett Packard Corp This peripheral device generates and uses radio frequency energy and if it is not installed and used properly that is in strict accordance with this manual it may cause interference to radio and television reception It has been type tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A computing device in accordance with the specifications in subpart
37. PTIPAC SYSTEM FUNCTIONS Configurations Submenu Press the ENTER button to execute this function and you ll see Set option to normal fix disk Press the SELECT button to step through the normal and fix disk functions then press the ENTER button to select one This function enables or disables the Eject Drive button on the cartridge drive s The default setting has the Drive button disabled permitting cartridge removal only by using the Unload cartridge function This allows the OptiPac to communicate with the host system to request permission for cartridge removal Enabling this function allows ejection of the cartridge by pressing the eject button on the front of the drive Press the ENTER button to execute this function The following message will appear disable enable drive button Press the SELECT button to toggle between disable and enable Press the ENTER button to select the desired function The disable function is recommended This function sets the default sector size when the cartridge or fixed disk is formatted by the host computer With the Change default sec size function displayed press the ENTER button to choose this function You ll see this message Set bytes sector to same 256 Sle 1024 Press the SELECT button to scroll through the selections same no change 256 256 butes sector 512 512 bytes sector 1024 1024 bytes sector A sector size of 256 bytes sector is require
38. U s these values can be calculated as follows Tracks used tracks in LuO tracks in Lul Offset Tracks used bpt sb2 Offset 65536 65536 sb1 Offset sb2 65536 65536 65536 sbO Offset sb2 65536 65536 sb1 65536 All devices with multiple LUs using the same controller must have their LU numbers placed into a node list Use the following command NODE lu of subdivision O0 lu of subdivision 1 lu of subdivision 2 lu of subdivision 3 The maximum number of disks to be mounted on the system at one time must be described at this time Add the total number of DVTs constructed for each disk to the number passed to the generator Before the OptiPac disk is put on line it is a good idea to go through the format procedure This will allow any defective tracks to be spared Use the FORMC utility supplied by HP and enter a command similar to the following RU FORMC FO disk lu 1 where FO the format option disk lu the logical unit of the cartridge 1 interleave factor Follow the instructions in the software installation manual to load the program Detailed instructions for FORMC can be found in the Hewlett Packard RTE A Utilities Manual OptiPac 7600 User s Manual 61 CONFIGURING YOUR HP SYSTEM 5 HP 1000 M E F HP 1000 M E F CONFIGURATION Use the OptiPac controls to set the configuration options according to the following settings Refer to Chapter 4 for detailed instructions HP IB
39. Y RELATED TO THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF BERING PRODUCTS For products sold outside the U S A and Canada contact your local Bering distributor representative or dealer for warranty terms Repairs and upgrades carry a limited time warranty Contact a Bering sales representative or Customer Service Representative for details on the warranty period for replaced parts and upgrades OptiPac 7600 User s Manual V OVERVIEW Configuration Settings Configuration Settings Use this table to record the configuration settings of your Bering OptiPac Magneto optical disk drive subsystem Model Time Zone HP IB address gt Option Drive button Default sector size Emulation Fix disk vol protect CS 80 format Auto spin down up Serial Number 2 Normal I Enabled 256 I Enabled I Enabled I Enabled I Enabled Spin down time interval Spin up time vi OptiPac 7600 User s Manual Fixed disk I Disabled 512 111024 I Disabled I Disabled I Disabled Disabled OVERVIEW Table of Contents Table of Contents 1 INTRODUCTION t eq qon da Sie tb aot Tao a RR oed aon 1 F at resz sque femetoaxkbonde aad Bee Xe em AG EIE 1 Compatibility 22 ec esata Siew Aen Cae are 2 Magneto Optical Technology 000 cece eee eens 2 Conventions in this Manual 00 cece eee eee 3 Unpacking is enu dane BAe ete Da dec ar i e ce n 4 2 INSTALLING THE DISK DRIVE lleeeeeee eee 5 Quick Start Procedure
40. ays the model number of the OptiPac ROM VERSION Displays the firmware version number and release date FIXED DISK UTILITIES Shows disk information verifies formats and erases the disk Refer to the Fixed Disk Utilities Submenu section for detailed information REMOVABLE DISK UTILITIES Shows cartridge information locks and unlocks verifies and formats the cartridge Refer to the Removable Disk Utilities Submenu section for detailed information TESTS Shows statistics tests the LCD and verifies media Refer to the Test Submenu section for detailed information To access and exit these utilities Press the ENTER button when the Utilities function is displayed on the Main menu The Utilities submenu appears and displays the following functions Model number ROM version Fixed disk utilities Removeble disk utilities Tests Return to main Press the SELECT button to scroll through the information or functions When you see Return to main press the ENTER button to return to the Main menu This function shows disk information verifies and formats the fixed disk and spins the disk down or up Press the ENTER button when the Fixed disk utilities function is displayed on the Utilities submenu The Fixed disk utilities submenu then appears displaying the following functions Show DISK information Spin down up disk Verify disk Format disk Erase disk Previous menu OptiPa
41. bmenu then appears displaying the following message Erase entire media NO Press the SELECT button to toggle between YES and NO Select YES and press the ENTER button to continue The following message will appear Set bytes sector to same Press the SELECT button to scroll through the options same 256 512 1024 choose one and press the ENTER button for the desired value We recommend that you choose 1024 bytes per sector Refer to Chapter 5 to determine the supported sector size for your system When you ve made your choice you ll see OptiPac 7600 User s Manual 29 Note Erase Disk 30 A CAUTION OPTIPAC SYSTEM FUNCTIONS Utilities Submenu Set interleave to 1 Use the SELECT button to select button to scroll through the options l 10 choose on and press the ENTER button to start the format process The following message will appear Set volumes ton You must use your system software to initialize each volume created with the LCD controls even if only one volume was created Use the SELECT button to scroll through the choices for number of volumes 1 8 and press the ENTER button to choose the desired value You ll see a display showing the number of volumes vols and the sector size bps bytes per sector 1 vols 256 bps continue No If you choose No the FORMAT option will quit and you ll be returned to the Removable disk utilities menu Use the SELECT button to selec
42. c 7600 User s Manual 27 Show DISK Information Spin Down Up Disk A CAUTION Verify Disk OPTIPAC SYSTEM FUNCTIONS Utilities Submenu Press the SELECT button to scroll through the information or functions You can return to the Utilities menu by pressing the ENTER button when you see Previous menu This function displays the following about the fixed disk Number of volumes on disk if more than 1 Volume capacity in KB Volume size in cylinders Volume cylinder size in tracks Volume track size in sectors Volume size in sectors Logical sector size Physical sector size Interleave Date disk last formatted Date disk last written Date disk last accessed only if disk is formatted Press the ENTER button to scroll through each field This function will spin the fixed disk drive down or up Using this function will help prevent wear on a drive which is constantly powered on There is an Auto spin down function available in the Configurations menu Press the ENTER button to execute this function If the drive is already spun down you will see the following message Spin up disk Press the ENTER button to spin the drive up The drive will spin up at the first sign of activity on the HP IB bus or when the LCD front panel controls access the drive If the computer system attempts to access the OptiPac while it is spun down the drive will automatically spin up but the computer system may time out bef
43. can be confused with the key on your keyboard therefore we will use type in its place Titles of books booklets or disks e g Bering OptiPac 7600 User s Manual Symbolic of variable words characters or numerals That is something must be in the variable s place but the exact contents vary with different situations and cannot be specified without knowing a particular situation Variable is not synonymous with optional Frequently the letter s n for numerals or x for words or characters are used to hold the place of the variable e g the program will respond that there are n widgets OptiPac 7600 User s Manual 3 INTRODUCTION 1 Unpacking Unpacking Carefully unpack your OptiPac near the spot where you want to set it up noting the packing method as you go Save the packing materials they ll come in handy if you ever want to ship the unit Besides this manual you ll find The OptiPac e Aremovable data cartridge e A power cable e A warranty card If any item is missing please call your dealer or call Bering Customer Service at 408 229 6400 4 OptiPac 7600 User s Manual INSTALLING THE DISK DRIVE 2 Quick Start Procedure This chapter describes the installation procedure for the OptiPac and is divided into two sections The Quick Start Procedure section enables experienced users to begin operation right away The Connecting the OptiPac Drive section helps new users connect the dis
44. d for some systems HP UX users may use 1024 bytes sector See appendix A or Show Disk Cartridge Information in the Utilities Submenu for capacities Press the ENTER button to choose the desired value This function enables or disables HP disk emulation for the Bering fixed disk When enabled the Bering OptiPac fixed disk will emulate a HP fixed disk The default setting is disabled 22 OptiPac 7600 User s Manual OPTIPAC SYSTEM FUNCTIONS Configurations Submenu Change Fix ed Disk Volume Protect Change CS80 Format A CAUTION With the Change emulation function displayed press the ENTER button to choose this function The following message will appear disable enable HPxxxxx emulation Press the SELECT button to toggle between disable and enable Press the ENTER button to choose the desired setting The disable function is recommended This function is only available on Bering OptiPac subsystems containing fixed disks This function is used to toggle write protection on or off for each individual volume on the fixed disk With the Change fix ed disk volume protect function displayed press the ENTER button to choose this function You ll see the following message Write protect volume ne No Choose Yes or No and press the ENTER button to protect or unprotect each volume on the fixed disk as you step through them one by one When you ve stepped through each volume on the fixed disk you ll retu
45. d settings If you have a OptiPac configured as HP IB the operation and configuration is identical to the models listed in Table 5 1 Unit numbers are used for subsystems with multiple drives The following table lists those unit numbers for the OptiPac drive with HP IB enabled Model Drive Unit 7605 Cartridge disk 0 7652 Fixed disk 0 Cartridge disk 1 Table 5 1 Drive Unit numbers If the cartridge was formatted from the front panel LCD controls you must still perform an initialization from your system software OptiPac 7600 User s Manual 39 CONFIGURING YOUR HP SYSTEM Series 200 BASIC 3 0 4 0 Series 200 BASIC 3 0 4 0 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS CONFIGURATION MASS STORAGE UNIT SPECIFIER Note The following is a list of hardware and software required or recommended to interface with the Bering OptiPac subsystem The following binary programs are required CS80 HP IB Disk Interface HP98625A and Dual Channel DMA HP98620B are recommended to utilize the 1 MB sec transfer rate If the Disk Interface is installed the binary program FHP IB is also required Use the OptiPac controls to set the configuration options according to the following settings Refer to Chapter 4 for detailed instructions HP IB address 0 7 Default sector size 1024 The Mass Storage Unit Specifier MSUS is what the computer uses to identify your disk drive For example the MSUS of the OptiPac migh
46. desired backup image OptiPac 7600 User s Manual 17 18 OPTIPAC SYSTEM FUNCTIONS Main Menu With the LOCRL RESTORE function displayed press the ENTER button to choose the RESTORE function You will see one of the following messages Restore to Wed Jan 20 1999 No This message shows the date of the total fixed disk backup on the cartridge you inserted Restore vol n Wed Jan 20 1999 No This message shows the date of the fixed disk volume backup on the cartridge you inserted If you choose No and press the ENTER button you will return to the Main menu Press the SELECT button to choose Yes and press the ENTER button to continue If the fixed disk is not formatted or has a different sector size than the backup image You will see Format destination No a Usethe SELECT button to choose Yes and press the ENTER button to format the fixed disk You ll be notified Formatting DISK Formatting the fixed disk will take up to an hour If you choose not to format the fixed disk by selecting No and pressing the ENTER button you will instead see User abort a Press the ENTER button to exit If both formats match the restoration process will begin As a standard restoration progresses the record address of the fixed disk is updated with the following message Restore disk record n When the data from a cartridge has been restored to the fixed disk you will see OptiPac 7600 User
47. e HP UX system on the Bering cartridge disk you mest set the emulation to enabled Refer to Change Emulation in Chapter 4 The following procedure describes how to add the OptiPac to your existing HP UX system This assumes that the OptiPac is an add on storage device on a system with HP UX already loaded Use SAM the System Administration Manager tool available in release 8 0 to configure the appropriate driver into the kernel The drive must be connected and powered on Type SAM to run the program Select Kernel Configuration from the main menu In the Kernel Configuration menu select View Modify I O Configuration In the View Modify I O Configuration menu select Disk Drivers You will see a menu similar to the following Disk Drivers Select the disk drivers to add or remove from the configuration and press Perform Task Driver In Configuration y or n HP FL Fiberlink disc2 n HP IB disk driver discl SCSI disc3 Lo dul move mex fae TRIS de SCSI CD ROM autochanger autox0 BBK If the HP IB driver disc1 indicates n change it to y Otherwise exit from this menu OptiPac 7600 User s Manual 57 CONFIGURING YOUR HP SYSTEM Series 800 HP UX 8 0 9 0 CREATING DEVICE SPECIAL FILES Note INITIALIZING THE OPTIPAC As you exit from SAM you will be instructed to regenerate the kernel to preserve the changes you have made only if you actually made changes You should at this po
48. e Main menu by repeatedly pressing the SELECT button To execute the selected function or to enter the sub menu press the ENTER button The following options are available from the Main menu Unload cartridge Spin down up disk Configurations Utilities Display time and messages Use this function to unload the cartridge when the drive button is disabled default setting Use the SELECT button to choose the function you want to initiate from the Main menu Unload cartridge Press the ENTER button If the drive button is disabled in the Configurations menu a request is sent to the host system for permission to remove the cartridge If the system grants the request or if there is no response for one second the cartridge will spin down This is required for some operating systems and also prevents an accidental unload during cartridge use If the cartridge is in use by the operating system the following message will appear Cartridge in use UNLOAD IT No Press the SELECT button to select Yes if need be when Yes is selected press the ENTER button to spin down the cartridge This function is available only on the Bering OptiPacs with fixed disks Use it to back up the fixed disk in those units The entire image of the fixed disk is copied onto as many cartridges as are required For tutorial purposes the following steps assume that you do not have a cartridge in the drive when you initiate the LOCAL BACKUP
49. e self test to complete Insert the Pascal BOOT disk in the floppy disk drive Turn on your computer Your computer will automatically load the operating system and prompt PLEASE PUT SYSVOL IN UNIT 3 AND PRESS THE X KEY Remove the BOOT disk insert the SYSVOL disk in the floppy drive and type X to continue When the screen displays NEW SYSTEM DATE type the date and press ENTER When the screen displays NEW SYSTEM CLOCK TIME type the time and press ENTER Now your screen will display the command line to indicate that it is ready for a command Command Compiler Editor Filer Initialize Librarian Run eXecute Version 46 OptiPac 7600 User s Manual CONFIGURING YOUR HP SYSTEM Series 200 300 PASCAL 3 2 INITLIB CONFIGURATION 13 14 15 16 17 18 To include the DISC INTF and the HFS_DAM into INITLIB the Librarian must be used Insert the ACCESS disk into the floppy drive and type L to load the Librarian Make sure the BOOT disk is online type I to select the input file and then type BOOT INITLIB Make sure the period is typed Type O to select the output file then type BOOT NEWLIB Now you should see the first module in the INITLIB listed M input Module KERNEL Type T to copy the module listed and the next module will be shown e g SYSDEUS Repeat step 4 to copy modules until HP IB appears on the screen Type I to change the input file to ACCESS DISC INTF then type T t
50. ed by underlined capital letters alone followed by the word button e g ENTER button A monospaced type font like this is used to convey text you should see on your screen e g you ll see Welcome on your monitor The same monospaced font in contrast either bold or regular to the surrounding text like this is used to present the exact characters Or keys you are to type or press e g type UTIL and press ENTER to continue However these keystrokes will not be typographically differentiated if they are conditional or theoretical That is if you have the option of making one of several entries or we are speaking of hypothetical situations e g If you type Y and press ENTER the disk will be reformatted but if you type N and press ENTER you will exit the program A bold font like this indicates text you should see on the LCD The bold font will otherwise follow the conventions herein Commands program utility and file names are capitalized in body text to distinguish them from the rest of the text However when in a command line they will be represented in lower case letters unless upper case capital letters are actually required e g in body text create a LIF volume using the LIFINIT command to be typed lifinit dev rdsk B7600 Italics in any type face like this have a limited number of possible meanings Words as words letters as letters or numerals as numerals e g the word enter
51. fer servicing to qualified personnel only The OptiPac product is classified as a CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT A CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT label is located on the top cover of the internal drive mechanism OptiPac 7600 User s Manual iii OVERVIEW Printing History Printing History If the Revision level of the manual does not change from one printing to the next this indicates that the newer printing is a maintenance upgrade i e typographic errors page references etc New revision levels of the manual indicate a new rewrite of the manual This may include new installation instructions for a particular operating system or a new ROM version of the OptiPac subsystem If the new revision is because of a difference in the operating procedures for the system the ROM version associated with the manual Rev letter will be listed in the ROM Ver column You can determine the ROM version of your OptiPac by using the front panel LCD controls See chapter 4 for details If you have upgraded your OptiPac to a later version than the last onelisted in the following table you should contact Bering Customer Service to determine the proper revision of the OptiPac 7600 User s Manual required for your OptiPac subsystem Date Date this manual was printed Rev Revision level of this manual ROM Ver Applicable subsystem ROM level Date Rev Rom Ver Changes to manual April 2001 A B A Initial release iv OptiPac 7600 User s
52. gh the following procedures before you load BASIC Type su and press RETURN to log in as a superuser Type ed and press RETURN to change to the root directory Type chmod 777 and press RETURN to write enable the root directory Type shutdown h and press RETURN to shutdown the system Wait for the prompt halted then power down the system Use the OptiPac controls to set the configuration options according to the following settings Refer to Chapter 4 for detailed instructions HP IB address 0 7 Default sector size 1024 The computer uses the Mass Storage Unit Specifier MSUS to identify your disk drives For example the MSUS of an OptiPac might appear as follows CS80 700 0 0 The MSUS is composed of four parts separated by commas Device type CS80 Device selector 700 Unit number 0 default 0 Volume number 0 default 0 The device type is optional with the BASIC operating system You may type your MSUS as 700 1 4 leaving out the device type The device selector is the address of your OptiPac The first digit is the select code of your HP IB interface For the internal HP IB it is usually 7 The last two digits are the HP IB address of the OptiPac set by the front panel control buttons The range of addresses is from 00 to 07 42 OptiPac 7600 User s Manual CONFIGURING YOUR HP SYSTEM Series 200 300 BASIC 5 0 6 0 6 2 BOOTING YOUR SYSTEM LOADING BASIC Note DISK INITIALIZATION
53. ime setting 24 U Unit numbers 39 Unload cartridge 14 32 Unload left cartridge 14 Unload right cartridge 14 Unlock cartridge 32 Unpacking 4 Utilities Submenu 27 V Verify cartridge 33 Verify disk 28 Verify media 37 Volume protect 23 W Warranty statement v Write protection 10
54. in this phase Use the following command IFT 1D 37 SC sc where sc the octal select code of the interface card A Device Table DVT must be constructed for each logical unit LU on the disk in this phase Use the following command DVT dir DD 33 M7935 0 LU 1u TO 1000 DP 1 address 0 DP 3 sb2 sbl sb0 DP 6 tracks bpt 0 where dir directory containing RTE A relocatables lu logical unit address HP IB address of the OptiPac sb2 sb1 sbO 3 word starting block address of that lu tracks number of RTE tracks in that lu bpt number of blocks in each RTE track 48 The total number of available blocks for the drive can be calculated as follows where Logical cylinders Logical cylinder size Track size and Sector size can be found from the Show Disk Information on the front panel LCD display Make sure the Track size entry corresponds to the Sector size of your drive Now you can calculate the total number of available RTE tracks Total RTE tracks Blocks bpt where bpt can be the same as the Track size the RTE default of 48 or 60 OptiPac 7600 User s Manual CONFIGURING YOUR HP SYSTEM HP 1000 A LIST ENTRIES MEMORY ALLOCATION PHASE DISK LIST ALLOCATION FORMATTING THE OPTIPAC any desire value Now you can divide the disk with Total RTE tracks into multiple Lu s Each Lu may have a different number of tracks For the first Lu the values for sb2 sb1 and sbO are 0 For the subsequent L
55. indefinitely unless an error is found Usually the process must be aborted by the user Press the ENTER button when the Verify media function is displayed on the Tests submenu The Verify media submenu will appear with this message Verify media until abort No Press the SELECT button to toggle between Yes and No For multiple verify passes select Yes and press the ENTER button Otherwise select No for a single verify pass and press the ENTER button to start For subsystems with multiple drives you ll be asked whether you want to Test all drives No If you choose Yes the verification will begin immediately If you choose No you will need to select the drive s you do want tested The record address is updated on the display as the verification progresses The following message will appear Verify CARTRIDGE record n If a bad sector is found this function will terminate with the LCD showing the error If you chose a single verification pass you will be prompted when the process is complete at that time jump to step 3 If you chose multiple verification passes in step 2 you must stop the process yourself a Toabortthe function at any time press both the SELECT and ENTER buttons simultaneously and hold them until you see Rbort received wait b Release the buttons The function will abort at the appropriate time and you will see User abort It may take some time to stop the process and the disp
56. int regenerate the kernel You should now check the device files for your system Do this by using the ioscan f command to get more detailed information about your hardware This command will display binding information the LU number associated with each of your devices the hardware status and driver status for each device Type ioscan f at the system prompt You will see a display similar to the following Class LU H W Path Driver Tape drive 1 4 0 3 cio ca0 hpibO0 tapel disk 4 4 0 1 cio ca0 hpib0 discli In addition the H W and S W status will be listed The LU listed in the table is the reference for each device The disk line shows a drive attached to the HP IB interface with a HP IB address set to one the last digit in the H W path 4 0 1 Set the HP IB address of the OptiPac to a number which is not on the list of disk drives i e 3 Connect the OptiPac to the system if it is not already connected and power it on Run ioscan f again The list of devices should now show the OptiPac with the HP IB address you assigned to it Create the device special files for the OptiPac by typing the two following commands cd dev insf Run ioscan f again to determine the LU number assigned to the OptiPac The LU number is the number you should use to access the OptiPac Use the MEDIAINIT command to format the media Use the following command to format the disk mediainit dev diag dsk cnndO0 nn LU numbe
57. k drive before going on to the next chapter for additional operating instructions This section describes the quick start procedure to set up the OptiPac for use on an HP 1000 system Most of the parameters are already set at the factory There may be some adjustments necessary before the OptiPac can operate in your particular environment Refer to Chapter 4 for detailed instructions The default parameter settings are as follows Date Time Pacific time HP IB address 0 Option normal Emulation disabled Default sector size 1024 CS80 format enabled Drive button disabled Turn off your computer and connect the OptiPac If necessary refer to the next section in this chapter Turn on the OptiPac and wait for the self test to end When the test ends without incident the time and date should be displayed on the front panel LCD and the clock should be running Check the time and date Adjust the clock if required Check the HP IB address in the configuration function Make sure all devices on the HP IB have a unique address Load a cartridge Format the cartridge from the Removable Utilities menu This step is not necessary if the cartridge was previously formatted Format the fixed disk from the Fixed Disk Utilities menu Turn on your computer Begin using the OptiPac OptiPac 7600 User s Manual 5 Connecting the OptiPac Drive 6 A CAUTION A CAUTION INSTALLING THE DISK DRIVE Connecting the OptiPac Drive
58. k volume protect fixed disk only Change CS80 format Set time Set date Set auto spin down up time Press the SELECT button to scroll through the functions To return to the Main menu press the ENTER button when you see Return to main This function sets the HP IB address of the OptiPac The values range from 0 to 7 When selecting the HP IB address make sure each device on the same HP IB chain has a unique address Press the ENTER button to execute this function The following message will appear HP IB address 0 Press the SELECT button to scroll through all the choices then press the ENTER button to select the correct address The OptiPac will reset to the new value This function selects one of two special options normal the drive will report the exact configuration of the cartridge to the host system For example configuration is a removable cartridge with 512 bytes sector fix ed disk the cartridge drive will report similar configuration information to the host system as in the normal mode except as a fixed disk This is for systems that can t handle a removable disk For example the HP9000 PASCAL and BASIC systems can t boot from a removable cartridge with an HFS directory By setting the option to Fixed Disk the OS will see the drive as a fixed disk rather than a removable disk OptiPac 7600 User s Manual 21 Change Drive Button Change Default Sec tor Size Change Emulation O
59. lay may resume showing the records being verified while it finds a stopping place c Press the ENTER button to exit Upon successful completion you will be notified OptiPac 7600 User s Manual 37 OPTIPAC SYSTEM FUNCTIONS Utilities Submenu n complete verifies done 3 Press the ENTER button to return to the Tests submenu Enable Firmware This function allows you to upgrade the firmware on the controller Load board from a cartridge The new firmware version will be read from a cartridge and loaded into FLASH memory on the controller board Full instructions for the upgrade will be included with the upgrade cartridge Contact Bering Technical Support for more information on this feature 38 OptiPac 7600 User s Manual CONFIGURING YOUR HP SYSTEM v Unit Number This chapter describes how to configure different HP IB based HP computer systems for the OptiPac drive It is divided into the following sections HP 9000 Series 200 BASIC 3 0 4 0 Series 200 300 BASIC 5 0 6 0 6 2 Series 200 300 PASCAL 3 2 Series 300 HP UX Series 800 HP UX HP 1000 Each section describes how to boot the operating system prepare the drive install the operating system and application software on the cartridge and how to boot from the OptiPac drive It is assumed that a built in or external flexible disk drive is connected to the computer Other combinations of disk drives and peripherals may require modifications of the procedures an
60. ler Change Get appears remove the ACCESS disk and insert the BOOT disk in the floppy disk drive Make a new directory on the OptiPac disk by typing M When Make file or directory F D appears on the screen type D When Make what directory appears type hfs11 WORKSTATIONS and type Y in response to the warning Repeat steps 4 through 6 to make another directory but type hf s11 WORKSTATIONS SYSTEM in response to the request for a directory name When the directories have been created type F for FILECOPY When the screen asks Filecopy what file type 3 and press ENTER This tells the FILECOPY utility to copy all files from the floppy disk When the screen queries Filecopy to what type hfs11 WORKSTATIONS SYSTEM and press ENTER This tells the FILECOPY utility to copy all of the files to the volume 11 SYSTEM directory using the same file names When the copying is complete the FILER line Filer Change Get again appears on the screen Use the FILECOPY command again to copy the system file from 3 SYSTEM Pto hfs11 SYSTEM P Load the HFS disk into the floppy drive and type Q to exit the FILER and then type X to execute the OSINSTALL utility When the OSINSTALL Check Install command line appears type I to install When Volume file to install appears type the name of the system file hfs11 SYSTEM P Type Q to quit The command line again appears on the screen Now yo
61. m 30 to 120 min You can make the number go down by holding SELECT and then pressing ENTER Press ENTER when the desired interval is displayed OptiPac 7600 User s Manual 25 26 OPTIPAC SYSTEM FUNCTIONS Configurations Submenu If you selected exact time you will see the following display Spin down at 10 00 AM The actual time displayed may be different The hour field will be blinking SELECT and ENTER the spin down hour SELECT and ENTER the spin down minute time SELECT and ENTER the spin down AM PM setting You will now see the following message Spin up at 10 00 AM Follow the same procedure as the spin down time to set the spin up time After doing so you ll be returned to the Disable Enable auto spin down function When you return to the main menu time display you will see the following 10 23 40 AM AUTO Fri Jan 15 1999 The AUTO displayed in the LCD indicates that auto spin up or auto spin down is enabled or both are enabled The auto spin down and spin up will occur at the same time every day until you disable the both the auto spin down and auto spin up functions OptiPac 7600 User s Manual OPTIPAC SYSTEM FUNCTIONS Utilities Submenu Utilities Submenu FIXED DISK UTILITIES SUBMENU This function shows cartridge information locks and unlocks verifies and formats the cartridge copies cartridge data and performs test functions via these options MODEL NUMBER Displ
62. mation locks and unlocks verifies and formats the cartridge Press the ENTER button when the Removeble disk utilities function is displayed on the Utilities submenu The Removable disk utilities submenu then appears displaying the following functions Show CARTRIDGE information Unload cartridge if drive button disabled Lock Unlock cartridge if drive button enabled Verify cartridge Format cartridge Erase cartridge Previous menu Press the SELECT button to scroll through the information or functions You can return to the Utilities menu by pressing the ENTER button when you see Previous menu This function displays the following about the cartridge Number of volumes on cartridge Volume capacity in KB Volume size in cylinders Volume cylinder size in tracks Volume track size in sectors Volume size in sectors Logical sector size Physical sector size Date cartridge last formatted Date cartridge last written Date cartridge last accessed Not displayed for unformatted cartridges or cartridges formatted to be HP compatible Press the ENTER button to scroll through each field This function is available only if the Drive button is disabled in the Configurations menu It is the same as Unload cartridge in the Main menu This function is available only if the Drive button is enabled in the Configurations menu It is used to lock the cartridge in the drive to prevent accidental ejection during cartridge u
63. n Unload or Lock unlock cartridge Verify cartridge Format cartridge Erase cartridge Previous menu Tests Show statistics Test LCD display Verify media Enable firmware load Previous menu Return to main Display time and messages 12 OptiPac 7600 User s Manual OPTIPAC SYSTEM FUNCTIONS System Overviews 7652 Menu Tree The command structure for model 7652 Time Date Unload cartridge drive button disabled Local backup Local restore Spin down up disk Configurations Change HPIB address Change option Change drive button Change default sector size Change emulation Change fixed disk volume protect Change CS80 format Set time Set date Set auto spin up down disk Return to main Utilities Bering model ROM version date Fixed disk utilities Show disk information Spin down up disk Verify disk Format disk Erase disk Previous menu Removable disk utilities Show cartridge information Unload or Lock unlock cartridge Verify cartridge Format cartridge Erase cartridge Previous menu TTT Show statistics Test LCD display Verify media Enable firmware load Previous menu Return to main Display time and messages OptiPac 7600 User s Manual 13 Main Menu Unload Cartridge Local Backup Note OPTIPAC SYSTEM FUNCTIONS Main Menu The default display on the front panel LCD is the time date When the SELECT button is pressed the first choice of the Main menu will be displayed You can scroll th
64. nd prompt BASIC READY Remove the BASIC system disk from the floppy drive Insert the BASIC 3 0 4 0 Drivers disk into the floppy disk drive If you are connecting the disk to the built in HP IB type LOAD BIN HPIB and press RETURN If you are connecting the disk to the Disk Interface HP98625A type LOAD BIN FHPIB and press RETURN When you see the prompt BASIC HPIB 3 0 or BASIC FHPIB 4 0 type LOAD BIN CS80 and press RETURN Now the system is ready to use with BASIC 3 0 4 0 The interleave factor affects the performance of your computer An interleave of 1 is recommended for the best performance Initialize the disk using a command similar to the following INITIALIZE 700 0 1 The first four characters represent the MSUS 700 0 The last character represents the interleave 1 OptiPac 7600 User s Manual 41 Series 200 300 BASIC 5 0 6 0 6 2 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS CONFIGURATION MASS STORAGE UNIT SPECIFIER Note CONFIGURING YOUR HP SYSTEM Series 200 300 BASIC 5 0 6 0 6 2 The following is a list of hardware and software required or recommended for use with the Bering OptiPac subsystem The following binary programs are required CS80 HP IB Disk Interface HP98625A and Dual Channel DMA HP98620B are recommended for a 1 MB sec data transfer rate If the Disk Interface is installed the FHP IB binary program is required If you want to run BASIC with HP UX you will need to go throu
65. nue The format procedure will take from 20 minutes to 1 hour When the format procedure is complete Done will appear at the bottom of the screen 44 OptiPac 7600 User s Manual CONFIGURING YOUR HP SYSTEM Series 200 300 BASIC 5 0 6 0 6 2 BOOTING FROM THE DISK Note After the cartridge is formatted you ll need to install the system and binaries to boot directly from the OptiPac The next procedure is necessary for booting directly from your OptiPac If you are already using HP UX you need to be sure the root is write enabled Refer to the HP UX manual for information about running BASIC and HP UX together If the HFS utility is no longer in memory insert the HFS Utilities disk into the floppy drive type LOAD DISC UTIL press RETURN and then press RUN If it is already loaded into main memory press the Main Menu soft key Insert disk 2 BASIC Language Extensions and Drivers into the disk drive Select Store the system and binaries from product discs from the Main menu Select the OptiPac as the destination device and select the source drive from which you want to copy the system and binary files The source will be the floppy drive which contains the BASIC Language Extensions and Drivers disk Press CONTINUE to start storing Now you should be able to boot from the OptiPac by turning off your computer and turning it back on again or by executing one of the following commands SYSBOOT RETUR
66. o transfer the DISC INTF module Type I to return to the original INITLIB When you see BOOT INITLIB press the SPACE BAR to skip the modules that are already transferred until you see HP IB at the input module line Continue typing T to transfer modules until you see LIF DAM Remove the ACCESS disk from the floppy drive and load the HFS disk type I to change the input file to HFS HFS DAM and then type T to transfer the HFS_DAM module to NEWLIB Type I and get the original INITLIB again BOOT INITLIB Press the SPACE BAR to skip the modules until LIF DAM is shown then continue typing T to copy the rest of the modules Type K to keep the new NEWLIB then type Q to exit Now type F to enter the FILER and change the file names Type C to change a file name When Change what file appears type BOOT INITLIB When Change to what appears type OLDLIB Then repeat the Change command to change BOOT NEWLIB to INITLIB Type the period too OptiPac 7600 User s Manual 47 CONFIGURING YOUR HP SYSTEM Series 200 300 PASCAL 3 2 LOGICAL UNITS DISK INITIALIZATION 19 Reboot the system to use the new INITLIB During the boot process the TABLE utility in the operating system finds all of the available disk drives and assigns one or more logical unit numbers to each unit Since the OptiPac disk is larger than 10MB it will partition the disk into multiple volumes of 1MB each and assign a unit number to
67. or the OptiPac the major number will be 0 for block devices and 4 for the character device files Minor numbers the address dependent minor number is the same for both block and character entries Each minor number consists of a select code set on the interface card an HP IB address set on OptiPac a unit number and a volume number set at 0 For example mknod dev dsk megapac b 0 0x0e0100 unit 0 HP IB address 1 select code 14 major number block device mknod dev rdsk megapac c 4 0x0e0100 L major number character device OptiPac 7600 User s Manual 51 INITIALIZING YOUR OPTIPAC LIF VOLUME CREATING A NEW FILE SYSTEM 52 A CAUTION CONFIGURING YOUR HP SYSTEM Series 300 HP UX The following initialization procedure prepares your OptiPac for use by setting up a directory checking the media for defects and assigning an interleave factor Be sure you have created a character device file for your OptiPac Begin the initialization process by typing the MEDIAINIT command using the character special device files similar to the following mediainit dev rdsk optipac Now you are ready to create a file system on the disk If you plan to use your OptiPac to transfer files between other operating systems such as BASIC or PASCAL you need to create a LIF volume using the LIFINIT command as follows lifinit dev rdsk optipacO0 Use the following command to create a new file system for each drive of the
68. ore the drive is ready causing a system error This function scans every sector on the fixed disk for defects If a bad sector is found this function will terminate with the LCD showing the error Press the ENTER button to start As the verification progresses the record address is updated The following message will appear 28 OptiPac 7600 User s Manual OPTIPAC SYSTEM FUNCTIONS Utilities Submenu Format Disk A CAUTION Verifu DISK record n To abort the function at any time press and hold both the SELECT and ENTER buttons simultaneously until the following message appears Rbort received Wait Release the buttons The function will abort at the appropriate time and you ll see User abort Press the ENTER button to exit When you ve exited the function the following message will appear n complete verifies done Press the ENTER button to return to the Fixed disk utilities submenu This function is used to format the fixed disk if the FORMAT utility is not available in your host system or if you want to partition the disk into multiple volumes After the disk is formatted into multiple partitions you must use the HP IB address unit number 0 and the volume number 0 to 7 to access each of the partitions The Format Disk function will erase all data on the fixed disk Press the ENTER button when the Format disk function is displayed on the Fixed disk utilities submenu The Format disk su
69. owing commands to format the disk mediainit dev rdsk optipac or mediainit dev rdsk optipac F c nn LU number Use the following command to create a new file system for the cartridge disk in the OptiPac etc mkfs 1 device file size nsect ntrack 8192 1024 16 10 60 2048 Where device file character device file size volume size in sectors nsect volume track size in sectors ntrack volume cylinder size in tracks These values can be found in Appendix A Specifications of this manual If you use the values listed in the Specifications appendix you should confirm the values by doing the Show Disk Information option and comparing the logical values If they are different use the values obtained from the front panel LCD Make sure the logical sector size is 1024 OptiPac 7600 User s Manual CONFIGURING YOUR HP SYSTEM Series 800 HP UX 8 0 9 0 Series 800 HP UX 8 0 9 0 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS CONFIGURATION Note ADDING THE OPTIPAC TO YOUR HP UX SYSTEM KERNEL CONFIGURATION The Bering OptiPac is supported by HP UX version 8 0 9 0 The following is a list of hardware and software required for use with the Bering OptiPac drive HP IB interface configured for high speed mode Device driver disc Use the OptiPac controls to set the configuration options according to the following settings Refer to Chapter 4 for detailed instructions HP IB address 0 7 Default sector size 1024 If you are installing th
70. r 58 OptiPac 7600 User s Manual CONFIGURING YOUR HP SYSTEM Series 800 HP UX 8 0 9 0 CREATING A NEW FILE SYSTEM A CAUTION Use the following command to create a new file system for the disk in the OptiPac etc mkfs 1 device file size nsect ntrack 8192 1024 16 10 60 2048 Where device file character device file dev rdsk cnnd0s2 size volume size in sectors nsect volume track size in sectors ntrack volume cylinder size in tracks These values can be found in Appendix A Specifications of this manual If you use the values listed in the Specifications appendix you should confirm the values by doing the Show Disk Information option and comparing the logical values If they are different use the values obtained from the front panel LCD Make sure the logical sector size is 1024 OptiPac 7600 User s Manual 59 CONFIGURING YOUR HP SYSTEM HP 1000 A HP 1000A CONFIGURATION SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS SYSTEM RELOCATION PHASE TABLE GENERATION PHASE Use the OptiPac controls to set the configuration options according to the following settings Refer to Chapter 4 for detailed instructions HP IB address 0 7 Default sector size 256 Device Driver DD 33 Interface Card HP IB Interface Card Interface Driver ID 37 The following modules of code must be relocated during this phase 96DD 33 Disk device driver ID 37 HP IB interface driver The Interface Table IFT for drive ID 37 must be constructed
71. re load Press the SELECT button to scroll through the information or functions To return to the Utilities menu press the ENTER button when you see Previous menu This function displays a list of statistical information Press the ENTER button and you ll see Cartridge statistics Press the ENTER button to show each of the following counters Blocks read Blocks written Read errors Write errors Seek errors Other errors Press the ENTER button after viewing Other errors and you ll see Clear statistic counters No Press the SELECT button to choose Yes and then press the ENTER button to exit Since the statistic counters are stored on the cartridge this information will not be available if that cartridge becomes unreadable or is not formatted Normally there are no errors Any soft errors due to dust particles or electrical noise should be recoverable using error correction code This function is used to make sure the LCD is working properly Press the ENTER button to start the test All of the dots on the LCD will be turned on If there are any missing dots except the last character with an call the Bering Service Department for replacement Press the ENTER button again to exit 36 OptiPac 7600 User s Manual OPTIPAC SYSTEM FUNCTIONS Utilities Submenu Verify Media This function is similar to the Verify cartridge function in the Removable disk utilities menu except Verify media processes
72. rive s will then spin down This function will spin the drive s up If the drive is already spinning this function will have no effect OptiPac 7600 User s Manual 19 OPTIPAC SYSTEM FUNCTIONS Main Menu Configurations Utilities Display Time And Messages Press the ENTER button to execute the displayed function The drive s will then spin up This function sets the HP IB address emulation mode changes the drive button function default sector size C 80 format command mode and sets the date and time See the Configurations Submenu section for detailed information This function shows cartridge disk information locks and unlocks verifies and formats the cartridge and performs test functions Refer to the Utilities Submenu section for detailed information This function exits the Main menu and displays the current date time and system messages 20 OptiPac 7600 User s Manual OPTIPAC SYSTEM FUNCTIONS Configurations Submenu Configurations Submenu Change HP IB Address Change Option This function sets the HP IB address changes the emulation changes the drive button function and sets the date and time Press the ENTER button when the Configurations function is displayed on the Main menu The Configurations submenu will offer these functions Change HP IB address Change option Change drive button Change default sector size Change emulation fixed disk only Change fixed dis
73. rn to the Configurations submenu Use this function to disable the CS80 FORMAT command when you want to speed up the initialization process or to prevent accidental execution of the FORMAT utility When the FORMAT command is enabled the INITIALIZE utility or command may overwrite the existing directory with a new one causing the loss of all of your files With the Change CS80 format function displayed Press the ENTER button to initiate this function The following message will appear Disable Enable CS80 format command Press the SELECT button to toggle between disable and enable Press the ENTER button to select the desired function We recommend the enable option OptiPac 7600 User s Manual 23 Set Time Set Date OPTIPAC SYSTEM FUNCTIONS Configurations Submenu Qus RS This function allows you to change the time With the Set time function displayed press the ENTER button You ll see Set time 3 15 27 PM The actual time displayed will vary The hour field will be blinking Press the SELECT button to increment the hour Holding the SELECT button will cause the hour to increment through twelve hours continuously If you continue to hold down the SELECT button incrementing will speed up To decrement the hour press and hold the SELECT button and then press the ENTER button Again decrementing will be continuous and speeds up if you hold the buttons down When the correct hour is displayed
74. s Using this function will help increase the life of the drives Any disk access activity on the HP IB bus to the OptiPac from the computer system will cause the drive s to spin back up before the preset spin up time The Auto spin down period should be at a time when no system disk activity will be performed The default setting is to spin down the drives after 30 minutes of idle time The auto spin up portion is disabled by default meaning the drive s will not spin up until you manually spin them up from the front panel controls or the OptiPac is accessed by the computer The spin up time may take several seconds which may cause your computer system to time out while attempting to access the OptiPac while it is not spinning With the Set auto spin down up time function displayed press the ENTER button to choose this function The following message will appear Disable Enable auto spin down Press the SELECT button to toggle between disable and enable Press the ENTER button to choose the desired setting If you selected Enable auto spin down you will see the following message Spin down base on idle exact time Press SELECT to toggle between idle and exact then press ENTER Idle means after an amount of time with no activity on the drive exact means at an exact time of day If you selected idle time you will see the following display Spin down after idling 30 min Press SELECT to change the number fro
75. s Manual OPTIPAC SYSTEM FUNCTIONS Main Menu Spin Down Disk Spin Up Disk 6 Remove cartridge nl Remove the cartridge and press the ENTER button to continue If another cartridge is required to continue or complete the restoration you will see Load cartridge nto continue Yes If the restoration is complete you ll see Restore done at 10 30 pm If the backup isn t complete load the next cartridge with the backup set into the OptiPac make sure that Yes is still selected and press the ENTER button to continue the restoration If you want to stop the restoration choose No and press the ENTER button You ll see User abort a Press the ENTER button and you ll be returned to the Main menu If the cartridge you inserted in the OptiPac does not belong to the current backup set you ll be advised Not part of Cartridge set a Press the ENTER button to unload the cartridge b Go back to step 6 If the data on the cartridge is already restored you will see Data already restored a Press the ENTER button to unload the cartridge and go to step 6 Press the ENTER button to complete and exit the LOCAL RESTORE process This function will spin the drive s down Using this function will help prevent wear on a drive which is constantly powered on There is an Auto spin down function available in the Configurations menu Press the ENTER button to execute the displayed function The d
76. s on the screws from the rear of the cabinet and tighten 10 32x5 16 4 places Figure B 2 Installing the rack mount in a chassis 72 OptiPac 7600 User s Manual INDEX A Accessories 70 Activity LED 7 AUTO display 26 Auto spin down up time 25 B Backup local 14 BASIC 3 0 4 0 40 BASIC 5 0 6 x 42 C Cartridge Care 64 Erase 34 Format 33 Loading 8 Lock 32 Manual eject 9 Show information 32 Unload 32 Unloading 9 Unlock 32 Verify 33 Write protecting 10 Change CS80 format 23 Change default sector size 22 Change drive button 22 Change emulation 22 Change fixed disk volume protect 23 Change HP IB address 21 Change option 21 Controls 7 CS80 Format 23 Customer Service 66 D Date setting 24 Disk Format 29 Show information 28 Spin down 28 Verify 28 Display time and messages 20 DOD wipe delete 34 Drive button 7 22 E Eject button 7 Emergency cartridge eject 9 Emergency eject hole 7 Emulation change 22 Erase cartridge 34 F FCC iii Firmware load 38 Fixed disk access indicator 8 Fixed disk utilities submenu 27 Format cartridge 33 Format disk 29 Fuse replacement 65 H HP 1000 A 60 HP 1000 M E F 62 HP IB Address 21 HP UX Series 300 50 HP UX 7 0 54 HP UX 8 0 57 l Initialization BASIC 3 0 4 0 41 L LCD AUTO display 26 Change CS80 format 23 Change default sector size 22 Change drive button 22 Change emulation 22 Change fixed disk volume protect 23
77. s wiping of data is done by first filling the sectors with the hexadecimal characters FF and 00 three times then to write the hexadecimal character F6 once This method prevents any traces of data from being read even with sophisticated techniques The erased cartridge will be unreadable and must be formatted again to be usable Press the ENTER button when the Erase cartridge function is displayed on the Removable disk utilities submenu The Frase cartridge submenu will appear and ask OptiPac 7600 User s Manual OPTIPAC SYSTEM FUNCTIONS Utilities Submenu Erase entire media NO Use the SELECT button to select YES and press the ENTER button to continue The Frase function will make seven erase passes through the cartridge This function may be aborted by pressing the SELECT and ENTER buttons at the same time until Abort received is displayed Upon successful completion the following message will appear CRRTRIDGE erased Press the ENTER button to return to the Rernovable disk utilities submenu OptiPac 7600 User s Manual 35 OPTIPAC SYSTEM FUNCTIONS Utilities Submenu TESTS SUBMENU Show Statistics Test LCD Display This function shows statistics tests the LCD and verifies media Press the ENTER button when the Tests function is displayed on the Utilities submenu The Tests submenu will appear displaying the following functions Show statistics Test LCD displau Verify media Enable firmwa
78. se With the Lock cartridge function displayed press the ENTER button to lock the cartridge in the drive The function will change to 32 OptiPac 7600 User s Manual OPTIPAC SYSTEM FUNCTIONS Utilities Submenu Verify Cartridge Format Cartridge Unlack cartridge To unlock the cartridge press the ENTER button when the Unlock cartridge function is displayed The function will change to Lock cartridge This function scans every sector on the cartridge for defects If a bad sector is found this function will terminate with the LCD showing the error Press the ENTER button to start As the verification progresses the record address is updated The following message will appear Verify CARTRIDGE record n To abort the function at any time press and hold both the SELECT and ENTER buttons simultaneously until the following message appears Rbort received wait Release the buttons The function will abort at the appropriate time and you ll see User abort Press the ENTER button to exit When you ve exited the function the following message will appear n complete verifies done Press the ENTER button to return to the Removable disk utilities submenu This function is used to format the cartridge if the FORMAT utility is not available in your host system or if you want to partition the cartridge into multiple volumes After a cartridge is formatted into multiple partitions you must use the HP
79. soft key to continue Type Y to answer the Initialize media question Now you should see a table with entries for each section Type the directory name for each section selectthe usage h s swap or ignore and select the mount and protection options Press the PERFORM TASK soft key to continue SAM then performs the necessary tasks to automatically configure the OptiPac into your system as a HP disk Use the following procedures to add the OptiPac to your existing HP UX system These steps assume the OptiPac is being added to an HP UX system already loaded on another drive You should also follow the Kernel Configuration section to ensure that a LU number is configured in the etc conf gen S800 file OptiPac 7600 User s Manual 55 DEVICE FILE INITIALIZING THE OPTIPAC CREATING A NEW FILE SYSTEM 56 A CAUTION CONFIGURING YOUR HP SYSTEM Series 800 HP UX 7 0 Use etc mknod to create two device files a block and a character special file See the HP UX System Administration TASK Manual and Configuring HP UX for Peripherals for more detailed instructions For the cartridge disk etc mknod dev dsk optipac b 0 0x00nn02 etc mknod dev rdsk optipac c 4 0x00nn02 nn LU number in etc conf gen S800 Create a special file with the Transparent Mode option and use the MEDIAINIT command to format the media For the cartridge disk in the OptiPac etc mknod dev rdsk optipac c 4 0x80nn02 Then use one of the foll
80. t appear as follows CS80 700 1 0 The MSUS is composed of four parts separated by commas Device type CS80 Device selector 700 Unit number 1 default 0 Volume number 0 default 0 The device type is optional with the BASIC 3 0 4 0 operating system You may type your MSUS as 700 1 4 leaving out the device type The device selector is the address of your OptiPac The first digit is the select code of your HP IB interface For the internal HP IB it is 7 The last two digits are the HP IB address of the OptiPac as set by the front panel control buttons The range of addresses is from 00 to 07 See the table at the beginning of this chapter for the unit number 40 OptiPac 7600 User s Manual CONFIGURING YOUR HP SYSTEM Series 200 BASIC 3 0 4 0 BOOTING YOUR SYSTEM DISK INITIALIZATION ua KR W N The following procedure assumes that Boot ROM 3 0 or later is installed in your computer Otherwise boot your system with the floppy drive Verify that the HP IB address of your OptiPac is set as desired and that the address is different from other disk drives If you are booting from an external floppy drive make the HP IB address of the floppy drive different from the OptiPac Turn off your computer Turn on your disk drives and wait for the self test to complete Insert the BASIC 3 0 4 0 system disk in the floppy disk drive Turn on your computer Your computer will automatically load the operating system a
81. t Yes and press the ENTER button to start the format process The following message will appear Formatting DISK Formatting will take up to 1 hour When the process is complete the following message will appear DISK formatted Press the ENTER button to return to the Fixed disk utilities submenu This function will erase the entire fixed disk by performing a DOD wipe delete This wiping of data is done by first filling the sectors with the hexadecimal characters FF and 00 three times then to write the hexadecimal character F6 once This method prevents any traces of data from being read even with sophisticated techniques The erased fixed disk will be unreadable and must be formatted again to be usable Press the ENTER button when the Erase disk function is displayed on the fixed disk utilities submenu The Erase disk submenu will appear and ask OptiPac 7600 User s Manual OPTIPAC SYSTEM FUNCTIONS Utilities Submenu Erase entire media NO Use the SELECT button to select YES and press the ENTER button to continue Upon successful completion the following message will appear DISK erased Press the ENTER button to return to the Fixed disk utilities submenu OptiPac 7600 User s Manual 3l OPTIPAC SYSTEM FUNCTIONS Utilities Submenu REMOVABLE DISK UTILITIES SUBMENU Show Cartridge Information Unload Cartridge Lock Cartridge Unlock Cartridge This function shows cartridge infor
82. te neren resepe YER eee shed te Sr 24 Set Auto Spin Down Up Time 0000 00s 25 Utilities Submenu 0 cee eens 27 FIXED DISK UTILITIES SUBMENU sese eese 27 REMOVABLE DISK UTILITIES SUBMENU Ls 32 OptiPac 7600 User s Manual vii OVERVIEW Table of Contents TESTS SUBMENU 29g E cae ee wae ites RR ARI RS 36 CONFIGURING YOUR HP SYSTEM lees 39 Unit Number veni eee tImra Ine Bo ae P Rx 39 Series 200 BASIC 3 0 4 0 0 000 cece eee eee eens 40 Series 200 300 BASIC 5 0 6 0 6 2 1 2 2 ccc cence eee 42 Series 200 300 PASCAL 3 2 0 00 cece eee eee 46 Series 300 HP UX cce va eR M ex ee 50 Series 800 HP UX 7 0 lisse nnn 54 Series 800 HP UX 8 0 9 0 000 c cece eens 57 HP TOOU A ier iet RIS Wace te ate eee athe nba 60 HP TOODO ME F ea ek bie A aetna eta te RC eR e Mawes qc 62 CARING FOR THE DISK DRIVE amp CARTRIDGE less 63 General Safeguards 000 cece eee eee 63 Cartridge Care ioc eee awe eem baa eae YO ee 64 Preventive Maintenance 0 02 cee eee eee 64 TROUBLESHOOTING amp SERVICE 00 cc e cent e ee eee 65 Before You Do Anything Else 000 0c eee eee 65 Error Codes and LCD Messages 0000eee ees 65 Fuse Replacement 000 cece cence eens 65 If You re Still Having Problems 0000 eeu 66 SPECIFICATIONS 5 eu Av ee A Re eng Ue aes 67 5 2 GB Cartridge Drive ees cr iera ea ccc ees 67 2
83. tridge has been properly formatted Each peripheral connected to your computer has a unique address Occasionally after installing an OptiPac the system will display a disk initialization error code upon start up It is sometimes possible to solve the problem by following the LCD instructions Sometimes the LCD will display an error code in the form of a number This error code indicates a problem that may be associated with another hardware device other than the OptiPac If this occurs shut down your system and restart it again If the problem still occurs contact Bering Technical Support at 408 229 6400 If the drive fails to power on the AC fuse may be blown The fuse is located in the AC input jack Spare fuse cB we Fuse Figure 7 1 Replacing the AC fuse OptiPac 7600 User s Manual 65 If You re Still Having Problems START UP PROBLEMS WHEN ALL ELSE FAILS 66 A CAUTION TROUBLESHOOTING amp SERVICE If You re Still Having Problems If you are able to start up from the floppy but not the OptiPac the system files on the OptiPac may be damaged If you re unable to start up from an OptiPac try starting up the computer with a floppy disk If you re still unable to start up the problem is with the computer rather than the OptiPac Refer to the troubleshooting section in your computer manual for more information If you still have problems after following the procedures in this chapter call
84. u should be able to boot from the OptiPac by pressing RESET or turning your computer off and back on OptiPac 7600 User s Manual 49 CONFIGURING YOUR HP SYSTEM Series 300 HP UX Series 300 HP UX SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS CONFIGURATION INSTALLING HP UX Note Note The Bering OptiPac is supported by HP UX version 5 0 or later The following is a list of hardware and software required or recommended for use with the Bering OptiPac drive HP 98620B dual channel DMA card for a 1MB sec data transfer rate HP 986254 Disk Interface high speed HP IB Use the OptiPac controls to set the configuration options according to the following settings Refer to Chapter 4 for detailed instructions HP IB address 0 7 Default sector size 1024 The following is a summary of the procedure to install HP UX on your OptiPac For details refer to the HP UX manual Turn on the source and destination drives The source device is either a floppy disk drive or a cartridge tape drive The destination device is the OptiPac Write enable the media containing the HP UX software and insert it into the drive Turn on the computer and system console to boot HP UX When prompted type Y to choose the main installation interface The HP UX INSTALLATION UTILITY MAIN MENU will appear on the screen showing the source and destination devices If the destination device doesn t indicate the address of the OptiPac press the NEXT or PREV

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