IBM TS2340 User Guide - Page 230

AIX 3494 Enterprise Tape Library Driver AIX The software consists of an Automated Tape Library Device Driver (atldd), an application daemon (lmcpd) that communicates with the 3494 Library Manager (LM), and a utility program (mtlib), which provides a command-line interface to the library. Either an Ethernet or Token-Ring LAN or an RS-232 serial connection can be used for the physical connection between the host and the 3494 LM. The daemon, known to AIX specifically as the IBM Library Manager Control Point Daemon (lmcpd), communicates with tape libraries defined in a configuration file. This file, ibmatl.conf, is placed in the /etc directory when the software package is installed. Customization of this file is described in "Defining Tape Libraries to the Daemon" on page 214. A typical environment for the AIX 3494 Enterprise Library Driver is an RS/6000 or System p (also known as pSeries) server on a local area network (LAN) with SCSI- or fibre-attached tape drives providing backup and restore functions. Data Flow The software described in this chapter covers the library device driver and the interface between the application and the library device driver. For more information refer to Figure 52. Figure 52. Data Flow for AIX 3494 Enterprise Tape Library Driver Product Requirements The following hardware and software components are supported by IBM. 212 IBM Tape Device Drivers Installation and User's Guide