IBM DDS Generation 6 USB Tape Drive
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Installation in a 1U external enclosure
Figure 7 shows the DDS Generation 6 USB Tape Drive installed in an IBM 1U Tape Drive External
Enclosure and connected to a System x server.
Figure 7. The DDS Generation 6 USB Tape Drive installed in an IBM 1U Tape Drive External Enclosure
and connected to x3650 M3 server
Table 6 lists the parts that are used.
Table 6. Components used when connecting DDS Generation 6 USB Tape Drive installed in external tape
drive enclosure to x3650 M3 server
Diagram
reference
Part number/
machine type
Description
Quantity
Varies
Supported System x server
1
44E8869
USB Enclosure Adapter Kit
1 per drive
39M5636
DDS Generation 6 USB Tape Drive
1
87651UX
IBM 1U Tape Drive External Enclosure
1
Supported operating systems
The DDS Generation 6 USB Tape Drive supports the following operating systems:
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (x64)
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (x86)
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (x64)
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (x86)
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 (x64)
Microsoft Windows Vista (x64)
Microsoft Windows Vista (x86)
Microsoft Windows XP (x64)
Microsoft Windows XP (x86)
Novell Open Enterprise Server
Novell Open Enterprise Server 2
Oracle Enterprise Linux 4 (x64)
Oracle Enterprise Linux 4 (x86)
Oracle Enterprise Linux 5 (x64)
