You can use iSeries™ navigator to view the capabilities for each
tape library.
- Assign capability
- Hardware data compression
- Whether the device is self-configured
- The highest instantaneous performance that is reported by the tape device
- Densities supported by the tape device
- Capabilities associated with each density
To view the capabilities for a tape library do the following steps:
- In iSeries Navigator,
expand My Connections.
- Expand the iSeries server that you want to work with.
- Expand Configuration and Service.
- Expand Hardware.
- Expand Tape Devices.
- Expand Tape Libraries.
- Expand the tape library for which you want to format a tape.
- Select Tape Resources.
- Right-click the tape resource with the capabilities you want to
view and select Properties.
- Select the Capabilities page.