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Overview
This chapter provides general information about the 9840 Tape Drive:
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"Operator Panel" on page 1-4
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"Cartridge Tapes" on page 1-7
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"Models" on page 1-9
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"Configurations" on page 1-14
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"Host Environments" on page 1-15
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"Host Interfaces" on page 1-15
9840 Tape Drive
The StorageTek 9840 Tape Drive is a small, modular, high-performance tape
drive designed for the enterprise and multi-platform environments. It operates
in a variety of software, hardware, host, and input/output channel
environments.
The 9840 is available in desktop, rack-mount, and library-attached
configurations. The desktop and rack-mount configurations have the options of
manual cartridge tape loading or the automatic cartridge scratch loader (CSL).
Host interfaces for the 9840 include Enterprise Systems Connection (ESCON),
Fibre Channel, or small computer system interface (SCSI).
Figure 1-1. 9840 Tape Drive Desktop Configuration
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