Release Notes
6-00335-10 Rev A
© September 2007 Quantum Corporation. All rights reserved.
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trademarks of Quantum Corporation. SDLT and Super DLTtape are trademarks of Quantum
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Product:
Scalar
®
DLC 2.7
Operating Systems: Windows 2000 / 2003
Date:
September 2007
Contents
Purpose of This Release
The Scalar DLC 2.7 release includes new features and enhancements that extend its capabilities. These
release notes describe these new features and enhancements, as well as currently known issues and
issues that were resolved for this release of the product. These notes also provide drive and auxiliary
firmware compatibility information. Visit
http://www.quantum.com
for additional information about the Scalar
DLC and previous releases.
New Features and Enhancements
The Scalar DLC 2.7 new features and enhancements include the following:
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Additional Drive Support
The Scalar DLC now supports IBM LTO-4 FC drives. The LTO-4 drive provides industry standard
encryption capabilities and incorporates native encryption. LTO-4 increases capacity and
performance levels from the previous LTO-3 generation.
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Tape Alert Support
A drive issues a tape alert whenever there is a problem in the drive that relates to a tape cartridge.
To determine if the problem belongs to a drive or to a specific tape cartridge, you can use the tape
alert report functionality to cross-reference tape alerts for drives and tape cartridges over a specified
period of time
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Topic
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Purpose of This Release
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New Features and Enhancements
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Compatibility Matrix
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Resolved Issues
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Known Issues
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Documentation
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Contacting GCC
