System Unit Devices; Scsi-2 Drawer (Supported) - IBM R30 Operator's Manual

System Unit Devices

For more information about system unit devices, refer to the Site and Hardware Planning
Information .

SCSI-2 Drawer (Supported)

Note: Compartment D of the SCSI drawer can contain a 5.0 GB 8 mm tape drive, a 4.0 GB
4 mm tape drive, 1/4-inch tape drive, or a disk drive.
The SCSI drawer shown in the following illustration contains an 5.0GB 8 mm tape drive and
a disk drive. Various media devices and disk drives can be used in the four compartments of
the drawer. See the Site and Hardware Planning Information manual for more information
about the drawer configurations manual.
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8 mm Tape Drive
Note: The SCSI drawer can contain a 5.0GB 8 mm tape drive.
This tape drive uses tapes that can store 5.0GB of information in the normal mode. When
using the 5.0 GB 8 mm tape drive, tapes can store more than 5.0GB of information in the
compressed mode. For more information, see "Using the 5.0GB 8-mm Tape Drive" on page
2-29.
4 mm Tape Drive
Note: The 4 mm tape drive is located in any compartment of the SCSI device drawer. The
4 mm tape drive is located in the bottom media position (to the left of the operator
panel) of the CPU Enclosure.
This tape drive uses tapes that can store 4GB of information in the normal mode. This tape
drive can store up to 8GB when using DDS2 data cartridges, or when in the compressed
mode. For more information, see "Using the 4.0GB 4 mm Tape Drive" on page 2-38.
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Compartments
A
B
Disk Drive
D
C
5.0GB 8 mm 4.0GB 4 mm
Tape Drive Tape Drive