All iSeries™ servers include a rack-mounted CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive that is ideal for program and data distribution.
The CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive is primarily intended as a program and data delivery device and, even though many users can potentially access it simultaneously, it can access only one media at a time.
A DVD-RAM drive is available to replace the existing read-only drive or to be added as another internal drive. This drive can read CD-ROM or DVD-ROM media, and can read or write DVD-RAM media. The CD and DVD drives supported on iSeries cannot be used to write to CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD-RW, or DVD+RW media.
An optical media library is a device that contains at least one optical disk drive and may contain many optical cartridges. Optical media libraries can manage large numbers of optical cartridges and users.
Optical media libraries connect directly to your iSeries server. A multi-wire cable connects the library to an I/O processor or I/O adaptor card. Optical media libraries support all of the following functions:
