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• StorageTek Virtual Operator Panel (VOP) customer or service versions provide
support for the T9840D tape drive
• Service Delivery Platform (SDP)
• Service's Tape Health Check Tool
• StorageTek Diagnostic System (STDS)
Starting with drive code 1.44.x04, you can use IPv6 addressing. An IPv6 address is a
128-bit value written as eight groups of four hexadecimal characters separated by
colons (for example, 2001:0db8:85a3:0000:0000:8a2e:0370:7334).
Interfaces
Host interfaces for the T9840 Tape Drive include:
• Enterprise Systems Connection (ESCON) [single port connector]
• Fibre Channel (FC)
• Fibre Connection (FICON)
• Small computer system interface (SCSI) - T9840A/B only [single port connector]
The T9x40 tape drives support connection of both ports in accordance with ANSI
Fibre Channel specifications. Refer to the InterNational Committee on Information
Technology Standards [INCITS] documents:
• SCSI Primary Commands -3, Section 5.6
• Fibre Channel Protocol -3
Encryption
Encryption is based on the science of cryptography and is one of today's most
effective ways to achieve data security. To read an encrypted file, you must have
access to the key that enables the drive to decipher the data.
The T9840D tape drive employs a device-based (or data-at-rest) encryption solution.
The drive is shipped from the factory encryption-capable, but not encryption-
enabled. You must explicitly enable the drive for encryption.
An encryption-enabled drive can:
• Write to the data cartridge in encrypted mode only (by using its assigned write
• Read an encrypted data cartridge, if it has the proper read key.
• Read non-encrypted data cartridges.
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Note – Not all interfaces are available for all configurations.
Note – The drive will support two hosts, provided that they
honor the "reserve/release" or the "persistent reserve/release"
specifications.
Note – A tape drive that has not been enabled for encryption can
neither read nor append to any encrypted data cartridge.
key).
Encryption
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