aicxxx a nd tape drive

[Tinni]

Hi 
       Our servers are Redhat 9.0 with kernel version 
Linux kedar.ghen.net 2.4.20-8smp #1 SMP Thu Mar 13 17:45:54 EST 2003 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
We have recently bought the PowerValult 112 tape drives from Dell. We have to
install it for the tape backup..
In the server already 'aic7xxx' module is installed.. So i need to know how i will
configure the tape drive.. 
Here is the 'lsmod' report ::
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Module                  Size  Used by    Not tainted
st                     31920   0  (unused)
autofs                 13684   0  (autoclean) (unused)
tg3                    52904   1
ide-cd                 35772   0  (autoclean)
cdrom                  34176   0  (autoclean) [ide-cd]
keybdev                 2976   0  (unused)
mousedev                5656   0  (unused)
hid                    22308   0  (unused)
input                   6208   0  [keybdev mousedev hid]
usb-ohci               22216   0  (unused)
usbcore                82592   1  [hid usb-ohci]
ext3                   73376   6
jbd                    56336   6  [ext3]
megaraid               30796   7
aic7xxx               142548   0
sd_mod                 13452  14
scsi_mod              110488   4  [st megaraid aic7xxx sd_mod]
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Should i need to mount the drive and reboot the server? Also i need to know
how i will add the tape drive with  the server boot list..
I was trying with my home linux box which is also redhat 9.0.
 the aic7xxx module was not instlled.
i installed the module with the , rpm, now it is installed. While i
am checking the /etc/modules.conf i am getting the entry 
*alias scsi_hostadapter1 aic7xxx*  .. But I am not getting any entry while
i am checking with "lsmod" here is the "lsmod" report of my home server..
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st                     31660   0  (autoclean) (unused)
parport_pc             19076   1  (autoclean)
lp                      8996   0  (autoclean)
parport                37056   1  (autoclean) [parport_pc lp]
autofs                 13268   0  (autoclean) (unused)
8139too                18120   0
mii                     3976   0  [8139too]
sis900                 16844   1
ipt_REJECT              3992   6  (autoclean)
iptable_filter          2412   1  (autoclean)
ip_tables              15096   2  [ipt_REJECT iptable_filter]
keybdev                 2976   0  (unused)
mousedev                5556   1
hid                    22244   0  (unused)
input                   5856   0  [keybdev mousedev hid]
ehci-hcd               20072   0  (unused)
usb-ohci               21704   0  (unused)
usbcore                79040   1  [hid ehci-hcd usb-ohci]
ext3                   70784   2
jbd                    51924   2  [ext3]
sd_mod                 13452   0  (unused)
scsi_mod              107512   2  [st sd_mod]
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Our production servers file systems are all with /dev/sd[1 - n] and my 
home server's file system is /dev/hd[1 - n].. 
I want to check the aic7xxx module for tape drive both at my home box 
as well at the production servers..

Help is really appreciated.
 
Thanks in advance
-Tinni
 

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