Hi,

Here's what happens:

# lsdev -C -c tape -t 3590
#
# lsdev -C -c tape
rmt0  Available 20-60-00-5,0 SCSI 8mm Tape Drive
lmcp0 Available              LAN/TTY Library Management Control Point
#

# lscfg
INSTALLED RESOURCE LIST

The following resources are installed on the machine.
+/- = Added or deleted from Resource List.
*   = Diagnostic support not available.

  Model Architecture: chrp
  Model Implementation: Multiple Processor, PCI bus

+ sysplanar0        00-00             System Planar
+ mem0              00-00             Memory
+ proc0             00-00             Processor
+ L2cache0          00-00             L2 Cache
* pmc0              00-00             Power Management Controller
+ proc1             00-01             Processor
+ proc2             00-02             Processor
+ proc3             00-03             Processor
* pci0              00-f8400000       PCI Bus
* isa0              10-78             ISA Bus
+ fda0              01-D1             Standard I/O Diskette Adapter
+ fd0               01-D1-00-00       Diskette Drive
* siokma0           01-K1             Keyboard/Mouse Adapter

+ sioma0            01-K1-01          Mouse Adapter
+ ppa0              01-R1             Standard I/O Parallel Port Adapter
+ lp0               01-R1-00-00       Other parallel printer
+ sa0               01-S1             Standard I/O Serial Port
+ tty0              01-S1-00-00       Asynchronous Terminal
+ sa1               01-S2             Standard I/O Serial Port
+ tty1              01-S2-00-00       Asynchronous Terminal
* pci1              00-f8500000       PCI Bus
+ scsi7             20-58             Wide/Fast-20 SCSI I/O Controller
+ scsi1             20-60             Wide SCSI I/O Controller
+ cd0               20-60-00-4,0      SCSI Multimedia CD-ROM Drive (650
                                      MB)
+ rmt0              20-60-00-5,0      SCSI 8mm Tape Drive (20000 MB)
+ ssa1              20-68             IBM SSA Enhanced RAID Adapter
                                      (14104500)
* pci2              00-f8600000       PCI Bus
+ fddi2             30-58             SysKonnect PCI FDDI Adapter
                                      (48110040)
+ ssa2              30-70             IBM SSA Enhanced RAID Adapter
                                      (14104500)
* pci3              00-f8700000       PCI Bus
+ scsi5             40-58             Wide SCSI I/O Controller

+ hdisk1            40-58-00-1,0      16 Bit SCSI Disk Drive (4500 MB)
+ ses0              40-58-00-14,0     SCSI Enclosure Services Device
+ ses1              40-58-00-15,0     SCSI Enclosure Services Device
+ scsi8             40-60             Wide/Fast-20 SCSI I/O Controller
* pci4              00-f8c00000       PCI Bus
+ ssa4              50-58             IBM SSA Enhanced RAID Adapter
                                      (14104500)
+ scsi9             50-60             Wide/Fast-20 SCSI I/O Controller
* pci5              00-f8d00000       PCI Bus
+ ssa5              60-58             IBM SSA Enhanced RAID Adapter
                                      (14104500)
+ scsi10            60-60             Wide/Fast-20 SCSI I/O Controller
+ ent0              60-70             IBM 10/100 Mbps Ethernet PCI Adapter
                                      (23100020)
* pci6              00-f8e00000       PCI Bus
+ scsi11            70-58             Wide/Fast-20 SCSI I/O Controller
+ fddi3             70-68             SysKonnect PCI FDDI Adapter
                                      (48110040)
* pci7              00-f8f00000       PCI Bus
+ sa2               80-60             IBM 8-Port EIA-232/RS-422A (PCI)
                                      Adapter
+ tty2              80-60-01-00       Asynchronous Terminal

* hdisk2            30-70-L           SSA Logical Disk Drive
* hdisk3            30-70-L           SSA Logical Disk Drive
* hdisk4            30-70-L           SSA Logical Disk Drive
* hdisk5            30-70-L           SSA Logical Disk Drive
* hdisk6            30-70-L           SSA Logical Disk Drive
* hdisk7            30-70-L           SSA Logical Disk Drive
* hdisk8            30-70-L           SSA Logical Disk Drive
* hdisk9            30-70-L           SSA Logical Disk Drive
+ pdisk0            30-70-P           SSA Physical Disk Drive (9100 MB)
+ pdisk1            30-70-P           SSA Physical Disk Drive (9100 MB)
+ pdisk2            30-70-P           SSA Physical Disk Drive (9100 MB)
+ pdisk3            30-70-P           SSA Physical Disk Drive (9100 MB)
+ pdisk4            30-70-P           SSA Physical Disk Drive (9100 MB)
+ pdisk5            30-70-P           SSA Physical Disk Drive (9100 MB)
+ pdisk6            30-70-P           SSA Physical Disk Drive (9100 MB)

#

There's simply no sign of the drives at all. As far as we can tell, they are
turned on and powered up.

Jim
> ----------
> From:         rbs AT bu DOT edu[SMTP:rbs AT bu DOT edu]
> Sent:         Thursday, May 27, 1999 1:28 PM
> To:   james_purdon AT merck DOT com
> Subject:      3590 driver for IBM S70
>
> Jim - Specifics?  Did you go through SMIT to install the configure
>       the tape driver and drives?  When you do:
> lsdev -C -c tape -t 3590
>
> do you get status showing the drives, like:
>
> rmt1 Available 00-01-01-0,0 IBM 3590 Tape Drive and Medium Changer
> rmt2 Available 00-01-01-1,0 IBM 3590 Tape Drive and Medium Changer
> rmt3 Available 00-02-01-0,0 IBM 3590 Tape Drive and Medium Changer
> rmt4 Available 00-02-01-1,0 IBM 3590 Tape Drive and Medium Changer
>
> What does lscfg show?
>
>     Richard Sims, BU  (3494, 3590 drives)
>