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encryption keys are provided by the host application; there is no encryption setup
required for this drive. A drive digital certificate is installed at manufacturing time.
Each drive has a unique serial number and certificate. The T10 application might
validate each drive instance by checking the drive digital certificate.
Application-managed encryption is supported on AIX
and Solaris. Encryption requires the latest device drivers available on the IBM ftp
download website: ftp://public.dhe.ibm.com/storage/devdrvr.
For more information, see the IBM Tape Device Drivers Encryption Support and IBM
LTO Ultrium Tape Drive SCSI Reference documentation.
SAS interface
The drive has a dual-port 6 Gbps SAS (Serial Attached SCSI) host interface, but
only one of the SAS ports is used for a host connection.
Important: The tape drive supports only one host connection.
A drive with a SAS interface can be linked directly to controllers. SAS is a
performance improvement over traditional SCSI because SAS enables multiple
devices (up to 128) of different sizes and types to be connected simultaneously
with thinner and longer cables; its full-duplex signal transmission supports 6.0
Gb/second. SAS drives can be hot-plugged.
SAS drives will auto-negotiate speed. There are no configurable topologies, and
therefore no feature switches associated with SAS.
Supported servers and operating systems
To determine the latest supported attachments, visit the IBM ServerProven website
for System x Tape Backup Units: http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/eserver/
serverproven/compat/us/xseries/storage/tmatrix.html.
For specific instructions about installing the drive, see Chapter 2, "Installing the
drive," on page 9.
Supported device drivers
To download the latest device drivers, go to http://www-947.ibm.com/systems/
support/supportsite.wss/docdisplay?lndocid=TAPE-FILES&brandind=5000019, or
complete the following steps.
Note: Changes are made periodically to the IBM website. The actual procedure
might vary slightly from what is described in this document.
1. Go to http://www-947.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/.
2. In the Search within all of support & downloads text field at the bottom of
3. In the list of search results, click the link Tape Files (index) - Software for tape
4.
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the screen, type tape files and press Enter.
drives and libraries.
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, Windows Server, Linux
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