Installing a DLTtape or Super DLTtape Drive into an AIX System
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Using a DLTtape Mini-Library
The IBM AIX operating system does not support DLTtape media library device
commands. Therefore, you cannot use a DLT 2500, DLT 2500XT, DLT 2700,
DLT 2700XT, DLT 4500, or DLT 4700 in random access mode. You can access
the mini-library in sequential mode only.
For a detailed description of these access modes, refer to the appropriate product manual
for your DLTtape mini-library.
Table 5.
Tape Cartridge and Tape Drive Compatibility (Native/Compressed) – SDLT
Drive Type
Tape Cartridge
SDLT
220
SDLT
320
SDLT
600
DLTtape™ IV
(CompacTape
IV™)
20/40 GB
35/70 GB
40/80 GB
20/40 GB
35/70 GB
40/80 GB
Super DLTtape I
110/220 GB
110/220 GB
160/320 GB
110/220 GB
160/320 GB
Super DLTtape II
300/600 GB
DLTtape VS1
80/160 GB
SDLT
CleaningTape
20 uses
20 uses
20 uses
