Also, F/W SCSI support for DLT's isn't currently available.  Probably by
year end it will be.  DLT7000 (F/W with autochanger) is on the boards for
next year.

Bill Lancaster

At 08:30 PM 10/29/97 -0500, Gilles Schipper wrote:
>Absolutely. A dedicated single-ended SCSI2 interface card is recommended,
>and I don't know how strict that is. But as long as you are on 5.0 or 5.5
>you should have no problem.
>
>
>At 08:08 PM 97/10/29 -0500, you wrote:
>>So you are saying that the DLT4000 will work on an HP3000 947?
>>
>>We were told by our hardware reseller that it wouldn't work.
>>
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>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Gilles Schipper [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
>>> Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 1997 8:04 PM
>>> To:   [log in to unmask]
>>> Subject:      Re: Installing a DLT4000
>>>
>>> If you're on 5.0, you will need a patch (MPEJXC9A, I think - but it
>>> may
>>> have been superceded).
>>>
>>> On 5.5, there should be no problem at all.
>>>
>>> In either case, simply use the device name DLT4000, with the
>>> appropriate
>>> path, etc. in sysgen.
>>>
>>> Even if you can't get the appropriate patch for 5.0, you should still
>>> be
>>> able to configure and use the DLT4000 by using the "USER" id, and
>>> appropriately manually configuring the other parameters in sysgen.
>>>
>>> Incidentally, I've noticed that current versions of DLT4000 drivers do
>>> not
>>> support the fastsearch feature most of us have learned to really
>>> appreciate
>>> with our 4mm drives. So expect to wait 25 minutes or more to restore
>>> somewhere far into the tape - instead of the few seconds you have been
>>> used
>>> to for your 4mm media. There may be a patch in the works to correct
>>> this.
>>>
>>> It could be that some or all of the various 3rd-party backup software
>>> products do not have this limitation, but I don't know.
>>>
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>>> Gilles Schipper
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>>
>>
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>Gilles Schipper
>GSA Inc.
>HP3000 & HP9000 System Administration Specialists
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