Share devices

One advantage integrated Windows servers have is the ability to use iSeries™ devices. You can use iSeries optical drives, tape drives, and printers from your Windows server.

Accessing iSeries devices includes these tasks:

• i5/OS™ and Windows server refer to devices by different names, so you first need to learn the appropriate device descriptions and hardware resource names you plan to use. See Determine the device description and hardware resource names for iSeries devices.
• To use an optical drive on an integrated server, vary it on from i5/OS. See Use iSeries optical drives with integrated Windows servers.
• See this topic: Use iSeries tape drives with integrated Windows servers for information about allocating drives to integrated Windows servers, formatting tapes, transferring drives between servers, and transferring drives back to i5/OS.
• Read this topic: Print from an integrated Windows server to iSeries printers.