Thanx Richard for your reply,
as i said this was old drive, the older guys changed
the configuration of hardware setting in the panel to
SPLIT instead of BASE.
this was trouble.
Hey i found ur link very informative to configure
later part of the settings.

Chithirai selvan.R


--- Richard Sims <rbs AT BU DOT EDU> wrote:

> >i'm  getting error while defining the Magstart tape
> >3570 library it has 2 drive.
> >
> >(i removed the Exabyte library and i try
> configuriing
> >Magstar 3570 library.(  pretty old setup.))
> >
> > i can able to define drives individually, it shows
> >element number 16 and 17. when i try to define the
> >second drive it saying error ur drive or element
> >conflicts with existing drive.
> >
> >this is wht i done
> >
> >define library ABLKLIB libtype=scsi
> >device=/dev/rmt1.smc
> >
> >define drive ABLKLIB tape0 device=/dev/rmt0
> element=16
> >
> >when i defining the next one
> >it gives error
> >
> >define drive ABLKLIB tape1 device=/dev/rmt1
> element=17
> >
> >ANR8419E DEFINE DRIVE: the drive or element
> conflict
> >with existing drive in library.
>
> I'm not a 3570 expert, but I believe you have the
> drives backwards relative to
> SMC designation.  You didn't include your operating
> system type or level or 3570
> subtype in your posting, but The IBM TotalStorage
> Tape Device Drivers
> Installation and User's Guide says:
>   Base configuration is intended for attachment of
> one or two drive libraries on
>   a single SCSI bus. Control of the library is
> accomplished by sending Medium
>   Changer commands to LUN 1 of drive 1 (the drive on
> the left as viewed from the
>   rear of the library).
> The 3570C Hardware Reference manual, "Mapping
> Element Addresses To Physical
> Locations" corroborates that it is Drive 1 (the
> other drive being designated
> Drive 2). The TSM Supported Devices page for 3570
> element numbering
>
(http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=663&uid=swg21053647)
> verifies that Drive 1 should be element 16 and Drive
> 2 element 17.
> If queries in your OS verify your quoted rmt_
> numbers as belonging to the 3570
> (some RS/6000 systems have a built-in tape drive,
> conventionally rmt0) then I
> should think that your rmt0 should be the SMC, not
> rmt1.  (The "Drive 1"
> nomenclature is just relative numbering; don't
> confuse the number with device
> numbering resulting from your operating system's
> device discovery device
> numbering.)
>
> Review the body of documentation on 3570
> configuration for TSM, and verify your
> host device addresses before proceeding.
>
>    Richard Sims
>


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