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Displaying supported tape drives

Why to display supported tape drives  Top

Before connecting a tape drive to a filer, make sure the tape drive is supported by the filer.

How to display supported tape drives  Top

To display a list of the tape drives supported by the filer, complete the following step.

Step

Action

1

Enter the following command:

storage show tape supported [-v]

-v is an option that displays more complete information about each tape drive.

Sample output of the storage show tape supported command  Top

The following example shows the output of the storage show tape supported command.

storage show tape supported 
Supported Tapes
------------------------
Exabyte 8500C 8mm
Exabyte 8505 8mm
Digital DLT2000
Quantum DLT2000

Sample output of the storage show tape supported -v command  Top

The following example shows the output of the storage show tape supported command with the -v option.

storage show tape supported -v
Supported Tapes
------------------------
Exabyte 8500C 8mm
Density Compression
Setting   Setting
------- -----------
 0x14      0x00      EXB-8200  2.5GB
 0x90      0x10      EXB-8200C (w/compression)
 0x15      0x00      EXB-8500  5.0GB
 0x8c      0x10      EXB-8500C (w/compression)

 
Exabyte 8505 8mm
Density Compression
Setting   Setting
------- -----------
 0x14      0x00      EXB-8200  2.5GB
 0x90      0x10      EXB-8200C (w/compression)
 0x15      0x00      EXB-8500  5.0GB
 0x8c      0x10      EXB-8500C (w/compression)

 
Digital DLT2000
Density Compression
Setting   Setting
------- -----------
 0x00      0x00      default density
 0x17      0x00      42500 bpi 2.6GB
 0x18      0x00      42500 bpi 6.0GB
 0x19      0x10      62500 bpi 20 GB (w/comp)

 
Quantum DLT2000
Density Compression
Setting   Setting
------- -----------
 0x00      0x00      default density
 0x17      0x00      42500 bpi 2.6GB
 0x18      0x00      42500 bpi 6.0GB
 0x19      0x10      62500 bpi 20 GB (w/comp)

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