RE: 3570 and 3490 via one 6501 ?

[Maurice Langeveld <MauriceLa@xxxxxxxxxx>]

We had the same problem, we also could not connect two 3570 to one 6501,
IBM could not solve this problem, so right now we have two 6501 with one
3570.

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>From:  Cotes, Steven[SMTP:cotess@data-io.com]
>Sent:  vrijdag 5 december 1997 2:50
>To:    'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com'
>Subject:       3570 and 3490 via one 6501 ?
>
>Hello,
>I have on order a 3570 B11 that I need to connect to both
>our new S20 and our existing 310.
>The 310 is currently connected to our 3490 with a 6501.
>
>The System Handbook says that the 6501 can support
>both tape devices and that it can support up to 2 tape
>units. It also says that a 6501 can drive 2 9337 DASD
>Units, but that you cannot have both DASD and tape
>being controlled by one 6501.
>
>I had planned on both the 3490 and the 3570 connecting
>to the 310 with the one 6501. It needs to be able to control
>them at the same time for DUPTAP processing.
>Today our CE dropped by and expressed some concern
>that the 6501 might not be able to control 2 different
>kinds of tape devices simultaneously. He is going to
>make some calls and check.
>
>Is anyone doing this ?
>Has anyone had problems with 6501s and 2 different
>tape devices ?
>
>TIA,
> -Steve Cotes
> -cotess@data-io.com
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