Removable Storage Media Devices; Ibm 7207 Model 122 4 Gb External Qic Tape Drive - IBM AS/400e User Handbook Manual

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The 7207 Model 122 is a standalone QIC ¼-inch streaming linear tape drive with a capacity

of 4 GB per cartridge that incorporates the most recent Single Channel Linear Recording

(SLR5) QIC technology. The 7207 Model 122 uses the QIC-4DC format. It attaches to the

AS/400 system by the #2768/#2718 PCI Magnetic Media Controller. For a description of the

#2768 and #2718, see "Magnetic Media Controllers" on page 383.

The 7207 Model 122 requires OS/400 V4R2 with PTFs as released in Informational APAR

The Model 122 provides media capacity up to 4 GB (8 GB with a 2:1 compression ratio) data

storage per cartridge. It has a sustained data transfer rate of 380 KB per second (760 KB per

second with a 2:1 compression ratio). It is read and write backward compatible with QIC-120,

QIC-525, QIC-1000 and QIC-2GB, QIC-2DC and QIC-4GB tape data formats. It is fully

compatible with cartridges used by the AS/400 feature #6382.

One SCSI cable should be specified with any order to attach the tape drive to its controller

card. For the SCSI cable, only feature #9224 or #5224 (2.4 m) is available. The maximum

cable length is 3 m.

A media feature must also be ordered, either #9501 consisting of one 4 GB cartridge, one

cleaning cartridge, and one test cartridge for the 7207 Model 122, or #7501, which includes

an additional four 4 GB cartridges over the #9501 package.

Additional cartridges (#2503) and cleaning cartridges (#2504) can be ordered by MES.

The 7207 Model 122 is available in black only.

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