HP Data Protector A.06.1x Device support matrix

support” incorporates full Hewlett-Packard support for Data Protector A.06.1x only. For any device-related issues, please contact the
corresponding product vendor first.
In addition, consider the following:
 For all devices listed in tables below, please check the hardware I/O bus configuration with your device vendor to make sure
your device also supports the I/O bus architecture.
 Windows Server 2003 StorPort port driver is supported with Windows Server 2003 SP1 class drivers. Windows Server 2003
tape and robotics class drivers need to be enabled. Microsoft recommends to update STORPORT.SYS in Windows Server 2003
SP1 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/916048/en-us) and to update the tape class driver TAPE.SYS
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/907418/en-us). Windows Server 2003 with SP1 limits block sizes to 64kB during a tape
transfer. This limitation may affect performance of high performance tape drives that use larger block sizes. Larger record sizes
are recommended with Ultrium tape devices. In Data Protector larger block sizes are possible up to 1024 kB.
 Data Protector A06.1x supports mixed media libraries. For further information, see Data Protector online help.
 Tape pool recycle management and a spare pool configuration is not supported when the tape library is populated with
incompatible media from the same media type.
 The IBM AIX and SNI SINIX Media Agent supports drives only; library robotic must be connected to a system that supports a
Data Protector Media Agent with robotics support, that is an HP-UX, Sun Solaris, Linux or a Windows system.
 On HP-UX libraries with more than one SCSI interface, the robotic control is not supported with EISA-SCSI card.
 STK ACSLS libraries are supported in HP-UX, Windows, Solaris SPARC and IBM AIX Media Agents. However, it is possible for
all other Data Protector Media Agents to control ACSLS robotics indirectly through the HP-UX, Windows, Solaris or IBM AIX
Media Agent.