Configuring QIC Tape and CD-ROM

Configuring QIC Tape and CD-ROM

Standard system models include both quarter-inch cartridge (QIC) tape and CD-ROM.

Refer to the Unisys e-@ction ClearPath Enterprise Servers A Series and NX

Systems I/O Configuration Guide (7008 6087) for guidelines on configuring these devices.

Information Contained in the NX Systems I/O Configuration Guide

Use the Unisys e-@ction ClearPath Enterprise Servers A Series and NX Systems

I/O Configuration Guide (7008 6087) for information relative to the I/O subsystem from the channel interface outward. The topics covered in that guide are outlined below.

I/O Cabinets and bases:

Independent I/O (IIO) cabinets

I/O bases

Note: I/O Cabinets and racks available with the NX Systems are covered in Section 4 of this guide.

Standard I/O subsystems supported on the system:

Small computer system interface (SCSI) subsystem channels SCSI-2W and SCSI-2N

Direct-attach subsystem/channels

οFiber and copper distributed data interface (FDDI/CDDI) local area networks (LANs)

ο802.3 LANs

οMessage level interface (MLI) channel

οAsynchronous transfer mode (ATM) network

Migration I/O subsystems supported on the system:

MLI-based SCSI

Data communications subsystems using data link processors (DLPs)

οNetwork support processor (NSP)

οLine support processor (LSP)

οEDC DLP

οIntegrated communications processor (ICP)

οCP2000 communications processor

Communications processor local area network (CPLAN)

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