1 WARNING: THIS FILE IS OBSOLETE AND FOR HISTORICAL USE ONLY. Please
2 see http://mtx.sourceforge.net for a more up-to-date compatibility list.
7 mtx 1.2 is currently known to work flawlessly under the following
10 Linux (2.2.5 kernel and above)
11 FreeBSD (tested with versions 3.2 and above, but should work for all 3.x
14 Various people have reported that they have managed to make mtx work
15 on various versions of Solaris. Please check the mtx list archives (
16 http://mtx.sourceforge.net ) to see how they've done it.
18 IRIX 6.5 apparently works flawlessly:
20 (Richard.Lefebvre(@AROBAS)cerca(.POINT)umontreal(.POINT)ca):
21 I just wanted to send you 1 or 2 comments on mtx. I just downloaded it
22 last friday to use with and SGI Origin2000 and an 8 slot DLT autoloader.
23 The whole thing compiled fine (under gcc).
25 From Dan Wright (dtwright at uiuc dot uiuc.edu):
26 I just wanted to send an e-mail to let you know that mtx 1.2.9
27 works great for me on IRIX 6.5 with an ADIC FastStor DLT8000.
28 IRIX 6.5 has a generic scsi interface installed by default, so to
29 access the autoloader I use "mtx -f /dev/scsi/sc1d1l0" (bus 1 id 1
35 The following has been directly tested:
37 * Exabyte 220 with 1 drive (21 slots)
38 * Exabyte 220 with 2 drives (21 slots)
39 * Exabyte EZ-17 (7 slots)
40 Known quirks: Must eject tape using 'mt' or 'tapectl' prior to using
43 * Seagate DDS-4 DAT AutoLoader (1 drive, 6 slots)
44 Product ID: 'DAT 06241-XXX'
45 Known quirks: Uses LUN 1 for robot. On Linux, must compile kernel with
46 "Scan SCSI LUNs" or add the following line to your /etc/lilo.conf (and
48 append="max_scsi_luns=2"
50 * DISC D-40 optical library (2 drives, 40 slots, 1 import/export): Yes,
51 it really does report that it's a Maxoptix!
52 Product Type: Medium Changer
58 The following have been tested by others, and information may be
59 incomplete or in error even.
61 * Compaq DLT Library 20/40, 1 drive 15 slots (antony at elizatravel dot com)
62 Vendor: HP Model: C5173-4000
64 * Vendor ID: 'ADIC ' (boris dot klug at ibs dash ag dot de)
65 Product ID: 'VLS DLT ' 7 slot 1 import/export 1 drive.
67 * Unknown Overland changer (phreno at pacbell dot net):
68 > > > Vendor ID: 'OVERLAND'
69 > > > Product ID: 'LXB '
71 * "old Exabyte 10e tape loaders" (drew at pctc dot com)
73 * Unknown HP DLT changer: (eric at collab dot net)
74 > > Storage Changer /dev/sgd:1 Drives, 15 Slots ( 0 Import/Export )
76 > > Product ID: 'C5173-4000 '
78 * "Lago Sys LS-380L/StorageTek 9704/Imation ITL-2225 (mine's a
79 StorageTek labeled)" 25-slot, 2-drive, 1-arm, 1-import/export
80 (eswan at lips dot net)
82 * HP SureStore Optical 80fx. (mmarchione at nyhomes dot org )
83 Vendor: HP Model: C1160F Rev: 0.40
84 Type: Medium Changer ANSI SCSI revision: 02
86 * Breece Hill tape library (unknown configuration, unknown reporter):
89 Oddities: Must either turn on auto-inventory, or run 'mtx inventory'
90 prior to running any other mtx command. Reads bar codes by yanking
91 tapes out of slots and waving them in front of bar code reader, so
92 inventory of tapes with no bar code is VERY slow (bar code your tapes!).
95 * Seagate Scorpion DDS-3 4-tape autochanger
96 (jsled at normandy dot smarttouch dot com):
98 Product ID: 'Python 04377-XXX'
100 * Overland 15 tape 1 drive DLT changer: (asmith at umdgrb dot umd dot edu)
101 Vendor ID: 'OVERLAND'
104 * ADIC DAT AutoChanger -- 1 drive, 12 slots, 1 import-export:
105 Vendor ID: 'ADIC ' (andrew_gray at irobotics dot com)
106 Product ID: 'DAT AutoChanger '
107 Quirks: firmware version 0357 does not appear to work w/mtx (request
108 from ADIC that they upgrade your firmeware to 0361, which does
109 seem to work), firmware version revision `0462` does work. Use
110 'mtx inquiry' to detirmine which firmware you have.
112 * HP 1/20 DLT loader: "We have a HP 1/20, but I think it's all the
113 same hardware. mtx works fine with it." (jo2y at midnightlinux dot com)
115 * Exabyte 120 (116 slots, 4 tape drives): (wsb at paralleldata dot com)
116 Quirks: This loader does not properly support the loader slot assignment
117 page used to allocate element structures, so the #defines must be
118 changed in mtx.h for MAX_STORAGE_ELEMENTS, MAX_TRANSFER_ELEMENTS, and
119 MAX_TRANSPORT_ELEMENTS. May also need to increase the SCSI timeout to
120 do inventories. Takes a LONG time to do inventories if you don't have
123 * Exabyte 210 (wsb at paralleldata dot com)
126 * Adic FastStor DLT4000 (7-Slot 1 drive):
128 Product ID: 'FastStor DLT '
130 * Ecrix AutoPak VXA (15-slot 1 drive) in configuration mode 0 (mark
131 at commerceengine dot com):
132 "This drive can be configured to emulate several types, but I've
133 only tested it in this one mode."
134 Vendor ID: 'SPECTRA '
138 SerialNumber: '023201'
140 * ATL P1000 2 drive, 31 slot, 1 import/output: (dna plus mtx at clas.ufl.edu)
141 # ./mtx -f /dev/scsi/changer/c2t0d0 inquiry
142 Product Type: Medium Changer
144 Product ID: 'P1000 6220070'
149 Storage Changer /dev/sg4:4 Drives, 561 Slots ( 1 Import/Export )
150 Product Type: Medium Changer
152 Product ID: 'NSM6000 '
156 * Spectralogic Treefrog/Bullfrog:
157 Storage Changer /dev/sg0:2 Drives, 15 Slots ( 0 Import/Export )
158 Product Type: Medium Changer
159 Vendor ID: 'SPECTRA '