Removable Storage Media Devices
360 AS/400e System Handbook
IBM 7208 External 8mm Tape Drive Model 342
The 7208 Model 342 is a standalone SCSI 8mm streaming tape drive with a capacity of
20 GB per cartridge. It supports the 170-meter advanced metal-evaporated (AME) data
cartridge and attaches to the AS/400 system in the following ways:
• #6534 Magnetic Media Controller
• #2729 PCI Magnetic Media Controller
For a description of the #6534 and #2729, see “Magnetic Media Controllers” on page 383.
The 7208 Model 342 requires OS/400 V4R1 or later and can be used for save/restore or
archiving. The Model 342 can provide media capacity of up to 40 GB of data storage per
cartridge using the Improved Data Recording Capability (IDRC) algorithm for compression. It
has a sustained data rate of 3 M per second (6 M per second with a 2:1 compression ratio).
This gives four times the capacity and six times the date rate of the 7208 Model 012.
It has the ability to read (but not write) earlier 7 GB, 5 GB, and 2.3 GB 8 mm metal particle
tape formats. A cable must be specified with any order to attach the tape drive to its controller
card. Options are the #9245 (4.5m/15ft), the # 9212 (12m/39ft), and the #9218 (18m/59ft). A
media feature must also be ordered, either #9019 consisting of one 8mm AME cartridge, one
cleaning cartridge, and one test cartridge for the 7208 Model 342, or the #7019 which
includes an additional four 8 mm AME cartridges over the #9019 package. Additional
cartridges (#2019) and cleaning cartridges (#2016) can be ordered by MES.
The 7208 Model 342 is only available in black.
IBM 7210 Model 020 External CD-ROM
The 7210-020 CD-ROM bridge box is an external 32x CD-ROM bridge box that attaches to
the #2718 PCI Magnetic Media Controller or to the #2768 PCI Magnetic Media Controller
(270 and 8xx). The device reports as a 6321 (same as an internal CD-ROM). SLIC
determines to which IOA the device is attached. When it sees a PCI IOA #2718 or #2768, it
reports this device as an external CD-ROM. There can be only one 7210-020 CD Bridge Box
device per IOA.
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