IBM AS/400e

Internal Magnetic Media
346 AS/400e System Handbook
Tape Units
Through optional tape compaction or compression, the #6381/#6481 2.5 GB,
#4482/#4582/#6382/#6482 4 GB, #4483/#4583/#6383/#6483 16 GB, #6385/#6485 13 GB,
and #4486/#4586/#6386/#6486 25 GB tape drives can double the storage capacities.
However, the tape compression used by the #6381/#6481 2.5 GB and
#4482/#4582/#6382/#6482 4 GB tape drives is not compatible with the compaction on the
#4483/#4583/#6383/#6483 16 GB, #6385/#6485 13 GB, and #4486/#4586/#6386/#6486
25 GB tape drives. Uncompacted or uncompressed tapes are compatible within each device’s
format limitations.
The following table shows the current internal tape read/write compatibilities.
#6386 25 GB ¼"N N M
#6390 7 GB 8mm S S
#6425 CD-ROM M
#6480 2.5 GB ¼" M
#6481 2.5 GB ¼" M
#6482 4 GB ¼" M
#6483 16 GB ¼" M
#6485 13 GB ¼" S
#6486 25 GB ¼" M
#6490 7GB 8mm S
Notes:
1. The #6368 1.2 GB and #6369 2.5 GB Tape Units are installed in the #5032 Removable Media Device Cluster
Box. This is a rack-mounted unit. The #5032 is supported for migration only.
• All tape features #44xx and #45xx are Customer Install Features (CIF). Orders for these devices are installed
by the customer. The IBM Customer Engineer (CE) can install these CIF as a billable service.
N Available as a new tape.
S Supported but not orderable.
M Available via MES.
Format Capacity Media #6380 #6381
#6481
#4482
#4582
#6382
#6482
#4483
#4583
#6383
#6483
#6385
#6485
#4486
#4586
#6386
#6486
MLR3
1
25GBMLR3-25GB----------R/W
QIC5010
1
16 GB MLR1-16GB -- -- -- R/W R/W R/W