I'm trying to use a M1500 tape library that is new to me. Whenever the SCSI bus enumerates (at BIOS load and when Linux is booting) the enumeration will hang until I turn off and back on the tape drive in the library. This is done by pushing buttons on the front of the device so I'm not entirely sure what's going on, but I assume it's just turning the power to the drive off and on.
I'm new to using SCSI, but this seems very odd. Is this a bad drive, am I doing something wrong?
P.S. I may have been unclear about the enumeration bit. After cycling the power, the drive does enumerate. It is not simply skipped.
The following two sets of information are taken from the front panel of the library.
Library Information:
Model: ATL M1500
Code version: Main code 12.0
Boot version: Boot code 3.00
Serial number: xxxx
SCSI board type: LVD
SCSI ID: 1
SCSI vendor ID: M4 DATA
SCSI product ID: MagFile
SCSI product rev: 12.0
MAC address: Not valid
Drive Information:
Drive 1:
Drive type: HP LTO 1
SCSI ID: 2
Serial number: xxxx
Code revision: E32F
Drive 2:
Not Present