General Information on the 3490/3590 Tape Drives


Environment

OS Level: AIX Version 4.1.4
Type/Model: 590

Problem

General information on the 3490/3590 tape drives is requested.

Solution

General information on the 3490/3590 tape drives is provided below.
   | Special Files for the IBM 3490e or 3590 Tape Drive             |
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   | Special       | Rewind     |  Trailer      | Unload on         |
   | File          | on Close   |  Label        | Close             |
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   | /dev/rmt*     | Yes        |  No           | No                |
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   | /dev/rmt*.1   | No         |  No           | No                |
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   | /dev/rmt*.2   | Yes        |  No           | No                |
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   | /dev/rmt*.3   | No         |  No           | No                |
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   | /dev/rmt*.4   | Yes        |  No           | No                |
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   | /dev/rmt*.5   | No         |  No           | No                |
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   | /dev/rmt*.6   | Yes        |  No           | No                |
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   | /dev/rmt*.7   | No         |  No           | No                |
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   | /dev/rmt*.20  | Yes        |  No           | Yes               |
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   | /dev/rmt*.40  | Yes        |  Yes          | No                |
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   | /dev/rmt*.41  | No         |  Yes          | No                |
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   | /dev/rmt*.60  | Yes        |  Yes          | Yes               |
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   | /dev/rmt*.null| Yes        |  No           | No                |
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