HP SW TL881 DLT Mini-Lib/1 Compaq TL881 MiniLibrary System Users Guide (May 19 - Page 174
Appendix C: Product Notes for Windows NT and Novell Netware
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C Appendix Product Notes for Windows NT and Novell Netware Overview This appendix contains information for the system administrator to read before installing and using the Model DLT 20/40 Cartridge Tape Drive with a host system using the Windows NT or Novell NetWare operating systems. Host SCSI Interface Compaq Corporation has tested and supports the DLT 20/40 Cartridge Tape Drive under the Windows NT and Novell NetWare operating systems. The DLT 20/40Cartridge Tape Drive uses the standard SCSI-2 command set to interface to a PC-based host system. The host system must be equipped with a SCSI adapter to properly interface the tape drive with the host. For example, the host SCSI adapter might interface the computer's PCI bus to the SCSI-2 port of the tape drive. A host PC SCSI adapter is normally supplied with compatible software drivers for use with several operating systems. The software driver(s) must be pre-loaded in accordance with the SCSI adapter manufacturer's installation procedure. In addition, there are many commercial software products available that provide host or network-based functionality (data backup and restore, archiving, data logging, etc.) for these operating systems. Before selecting a user-level software product, ensure that the DLT 20/40Cartridge Tape Drive is supported by that product. Commercial software vendors usually publish a