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Application Note
Installing an SDLT or DLTtape
Tape Drive into an HP-UX System
November 2002
6464118-01
1. Introduction ..........................................................................................3
1.1
Purpose and Scope .............................................................................................3
2. Installation ............................................................................................4
2.1
Before You Begin................................................................................................. 4
2.2
Installing the Tape Drive ......................................................................................5
2.3
Enabling Hardware Compression on the SDLT 320 Tape Drive.......................... 6
2.4
Installing a Patch to the Operating System ......................................................... 7
3. Tape Cartridge Compatibility...............................................................9
4. Using a DLTtape Mini-Library............................................................10