IBM T400F manual Supported Device Drivers

Supported Device Drivers

IBM offers device drivers for the Ultrium 2 Tape Drive. Device drivers enable the drive to interact with a variety of servers. To properly install an IBM device driver (if required), refer to the IBM Ultrium Device Drivers Installation and User’s Guide. For applications that use other device drivers, see the application’s documentation to determine which drivers to use.

IBM maintains the latest levels of device drivers and driver documentation for the IBM TotalStorage LTO Ultrium 2 Tape Drive on the Internet. You can access this material from your browser or through the IBM FTP site by performing one of the following procedures. (Note: If you do not have Internet access and you need information about device drivers, contact your Marketing Representative.)

vUsing a browser, type one of the following:

–http://www.ibm.com/storage

–ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/storage/devdrvr

–ftp://207.25.253.26/storage/devdrvr

vUsing an IBM FTP site, enter the following specifications:

–FTP site: ftp.software.ibm.com

–IP Addr: 207.25.253.26

–Userid: anonymous

–Password: (use your current e-mail address)

–Directory: /storage/devdrvr

IBM provides PostScript- and PDF-formatted versions of its documentation in the /storage/devdrvr/doc directory:

vIBM_ultrium_tape_IUG.ps and IBM_ultrium_tape_IUG.pdf contain the current version of the IBM Ultrium Device Drivers Installation and User’s Guide

vIBM_ultrium_tape_PROGREF.ps and IBM_ultrium_tape_PROGREF.pdf contain the current version of the IBM Ultrium Device Drivers Programming Reference

Device drivers and utilities for each supported server are beneath /storage/devdrvr/ in the following directories (the device driver for the iSeries or AS/400 server is included in the OS/400 operating system):

vAIX

vHPUX

vLinux

vSolaris

vTru64

vWinNT

vWin2000

For more information about device drivers, refer to any of the preceding directories.

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