HP Storage Works DLT VS80 is not detected

[Rick Stevens]

Rusdi wrote:
> Hi...!
> 
> I install DLT VS80 tape drive  on my machine i.e: HP Proliant DL380 G3.
> 
> The machine can detect the tape drive while doing POST ( BIOS). However
> The tape drive can not be detected by the OS.
> How to overcome these problem? 
> 
> These is my  machine configuration
> 
> 1. Machine Model: HP Proliant DL380 G3
> 2. Tape Drive : Hp Storage Works DLT VS80 
> 3. OS    : Redhat ES  3
> 
> Some more informations:
> 1. /etc/modules.conf
>    /etc/modules.conf
> -----------------------
> alias eth0 tg3
> alias eth1 tg3
> alias scsi_hostadapter cciss
> alias usb-controller usb-ohci
> 
> /proc/scsi/scsi 
> ----------------
> Attached devices:
> Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00 
> Vendor: TEAC     Model: DW-224E          Rev: A.1K
>   Type:   CD-ROM                           ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> Untitled 1
> 
> # dmesg | grep -i SCSI
> -------------------------
> SCSI subsystem driver Revision: 1.00
> hda: attached ide-scsi driver.
> scsi0 : SCSI host adapter emulation for IDE ATAPI devices
>   Type:   CD-ROM                             ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
> sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 24x/24x writer cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
> 
> 
> # lsmod
> ---------
> Module                  Size  Used by    Not tainted
> st                     32388   0  (autoclean) (unused)
> soundcore               7044   0  (autoclean)
> lp                      9220   0  (autoclean)
> parport                39072   0  (autoclean) [lp]
> autofs                 13780   0  (autoclean) (unused)
> tg3                    57736   2
> sg                     38060   0  (autoclean)
> sr_mod                 18136   0  (autoclean)
> floppy                 59056   0  (autoclean)
> microcode               5248   0  (autoclean)
> ide-scsi               12368   0
> ide-cd                 35776   0
> cdrom                  34144   0  [sr_mod ide-cd]
> keybdev                 2976   0  (unused)
> mousedev                5688   1
> hid                    22404   0  (unused)
> input                   6208   0  [keybdev mousedev hid]
> usb-ohci               23688   0  (unused)
> usbcore                83168   1  [hid usb-ohci]
> ext3                   95784  10
> bd                    56856  10  [ext3]
> cciss                 46276  11
> sd_mod                 13744   0  (unused)
> 
> scsi_mod              116904   5  [st sg sr_mod ide-scsiccisssd_mod
> 
> 
> mt -f /dev/st0 status
> ------------------------
> /dev/st0 : No Such Device

Do you have a SCSI controller in your machine?  If so, do an "lsmod"
and verify that you have a driver loaded for it.  If not, you'll need
to load it and possibly add an "alias scsi_hostadapter (drivername)" in
your /etc/modules.conf or /etc/modprobe.conf (kernel 2.6.x).

If you do have have a driver loaded, verify that the termination is
correct on the drive and verify what the SCSI ID is on the thing.  We
can help more once we know these things.
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