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Sony AIT Drive-Specific Information
Supported Tape Formats
The following AIT drive/media combinations are supported by XenData
Archive Series software:
| Drive |
Media |
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SDX2-50C |
SDX2-50W |
SDX3-100C |
SDX3-100W |
SDX4-200C |
SDX4-200W |
SDX5-400C |
SDX5-400W |
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50GB R/W |
50GB WORM |
100GB R/W |
100GB WORM |
200GB R/W |
200GB WORM |
400GB R/W |
400GB WORM |
| SDX-500C |
√ |
√ |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
| SDX-700C |
√ |
√ |
√ |
√ |
X |
X |
X |
X |
| SDX-700V |
√ |
√ |
√ |
√ |
X |
X |
X |
X |
| SDX-900V |
X |
X |
X |
X |
√ |
√ |
X |
X |
| SDX-11000
|
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
√ |
√ |
Supported by XenData Versions
The above AIT tape drives are only supported by XenData Archive
Series software versions up to 4.00P2, with the exception of the AIT-3
SDX-700V and AIT-5 SDX-1100 tape drives which are also supported by versions 5.0x of
the X32 Edition of XenData
Archive Series software.
Minimum Supported Firmware Level
The following firmware versions have been tested with XenData Archive Series
software. If you are using an earlier firmware version, please upgrade your
drives before using XenData software. Note that all drives in a library
must have the same firmware version.
| Drive |
Firmware |
| SDX-500C |
2.03 |
| SDX-700C |
2.04 |
| SDX-700V |
All versions are supported |
| SDX-900V |
All versions are supported |
| SDX-1100 |
0100 |
Device Driver Installation
The device driver for these drives is installed using the Windows Update
service, as follows:
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Right-click on 'My Computer' and select 'Manage'
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Select Device Manager from the left pane and find the
drive; it will be in either 'Tape drives' or 'Other devices'
in the right pane.
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Double click on the device and select the 'Driver' tab.
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Click 'update driver' to launch the driver update
wizard, allow the wizard to connect to the Internet and click 'Next'.
Select 'Install the software automatically' and again click 'Next'
When the wizard finished installing the device driver, click 'Finish'
If the driver fails to install for some reason, you can download a suitable
driver from the Sony
support site. Follow the installation instructions on the site.
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