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2–4 AIT Drive Reference Guide

Installing the Software Drivers

NetWare ASPI Support

The Readme.com on the Novell Software Support Diskette (NSSD) outlines the

specific drivers you need to support ASPI tape backup applications.

NWASPI is used by some third party software vendors such as Veritas Backup Exec in

versions prior to BackupExec for Netware Version 9.0. After 9.0 NWASPI will be

replaced by the Veritas driver BECDM.CDM. This driver is loaded automatically

when you start the backup application. If you are using NWASPI you can load it from

the C:\nwserver\drivers directory. It is recommended that you download and use the

latest NWASPI driver from the Novell website.

Refer your third party vendor documentation for specific details regarding how tape

drivers are loaded.

Compaq Tru64 UNIX

The Compaq Tru64 UNIX operating system uses Dynamic Device Recognition

(DDR), which allows the operating system to recognize the AIT drive without a

software tape device driver.

If the following message is seen on any version of Compaq Tru64 UNIX, you should

update the DDR database to include the new device parameters.

ctape_ioctl: unmapped scsi density code (0x30)-DDR

entry needed

The SCSI tape drive for True64 UNIX provides a standard tape drive interface. This is

the tape driver for any Compaq SCSI tape device connected to a True64 UNIX

operating system. Facilities are provided to allow the addition of SCSI tape drives to

the system.

Table 2–1: Density Codes

Format Density Code

AIT1 30h

AIT2 31h

AIT3 32h

1 2 ... 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 ... 69 70

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