Re: Tape unit in iSeries model 170

[Philipp Rusch <philipp.rusch@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Cool idea, but it's not possible to put in some non-IBM, non-iSeries parts.
Even harddisks are only recognised by the hardware service manager, when
they have a special AS/400-iSeries microcode (=firmware).

HTH,
Philipp

Coen Wessels schrieb:

> Hi all,
>
> I'm a newbe in the iSeries world, and need some help. In our 170 model 
> machine, we've changed the tape unit with a dds-4 model coming from a HP 
> machine. The unit is seen by the AS/400 as a 6382, which would be able to 
> read/write on a maximum of 4Gb cartridges. How can I force the AS/400 to 
> recognize the unit as a real DDS-4, capcable of Read/Wrinting 30/60Gb 
> cartridges ?
>
> We're at V5.1.
>
> Any help would be appreciated,
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