I/O Adapters and Controllers
#6501 Tape/Disk Device Controller SPD
The #6501 Tape/Disk Device Controller provides a SCSI interface with a two-byte wide data
path and an instantaneous data rate of 20 MB/sec and a sustained rate of 17 MB/sec.
The #6501 provides attachment for these storage devices:
• 3490E-C11/C22/C1A/C2A ½-inch Cartridge Tape Subsystem with #5040
• 3490E-E01/E11 ½-inch Cartridge Tape Subsystem
• 3490E-F00/F01/F11/F1A ½-inch Cartridge Tape Subsystem
• 3570-B00/B01/B02/B11/B12/B1A Cassette Tape Subsystem
• 3570-C00/C01/C02/C11/C12/C1A Cassette Tape Subsystem
• 3575-L06/L12/L18/L24/L32 ½-inch Cartridge Tape Subsystem
• 3590-B11/B1A ½-inch Cartridge Tape Subsystem
• 3494-L10 ½-inch Cartridge Tape Library Control Unit Frame (one 3490E-C1A/C2A with
#5040 or one or two 3490E-F1A)
• 3494-L12 ½-inch Cartridge Tape Library Control Unit Frame (one or two 3590-B1A)
• 3494-D10 ½-inch Cartridge Tape Library Device Frame (one 3490E-C1A/C2A with #5040
or one or two 3490E-F1A)
• 3494-D12 ½-inch Cartridge Tape Library Device Frame (one to six 3590-B1A)
• 9337-2xx, 4xx, 5xx Disk Array Subsystems
• 2105 Enterprise and Versatile Storage Servers
The #6501 has two ports. It supports up to four devices in total for the two ports. Tape units
that have a library capability count as one device for the library and one device for each tape
drive. The #6501 does not support Hardware Data Compression (HDC). Tape subsystems
attached to the #6501 support a compaction algorithm using their own controller.
#6513 Internal Tape Device Controller SPD
This feature provides a two-byte wide SCSI interface for attachment of one or two internal
tape drives in the 9406 Model 730, 740, and SB1 System Unit. On the 9406 Model 720 with
the #9364/#5064 System Unit Expansion and the #9331 Expansion Unit for SPD Cards, the
#6513 supports up to three internal tape drives located in the System Unit Expansion. It
provides support for up to four internal tape drives in the #5072 and #5073 System Unit
Expansion Towers. The #6513 provides attachment for these internal tape devices:
• #1349 1.2 GB ¼-inch Cartridge Tape Unit Kit
• #1350 2.5 GB ¼-inch Cartridge Tape Unit Kit
• #1355 13 GB ¼-inch Cartridge Tape Unit Kit
• #1360 7 GB 8mm Cartridge Tape Unit Kit
• #1379 1.2 GB ¼-inch Cartridge Tape Unit Kit
• #1380 2.5 GB ¼-inch Cartridge Tape Unit Kit
• #6380 2.5 GB ¼-inch Cartridge Tape Unit
• #6381 2.5 GB ¼-inch Cartridge Tape Unit
• #6382 4 GB ¼-inch Cartridge Tape Unit
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