Configuring optical devices
Configure your CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, and DVD-RAM devices, and optical medial libraries. The systems come with a rack-mounted CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive.
As an option, you can order a DVD-RAM drive as a feature to replace your internal drive or to have it in addition to your internal drive. All optical drives are multi-user devices that multiple users can access concurrently.
Directly attached optical media libraries are attached to the system through the small computer system interface (SCSI). On IBM® i, multiple users can access data on optical media libraries concurrently. These interfaces are available to access the data on the CD and DVD devices and optical media libraries:
- Save and restore interface
- Hierarchical file system (HFS)
- Application programming interface (API)
- Integrated file system interfaces
- Optical commands and utility displays
Connectivity of non-IBM library devices
In addition to IBM optical libraries, you can now attach some non-IBM optical library devices to the system. For more information about which devices are supported and system configuration requirements, see the Optical Storage Web site.
- Configuring your optical drive
Depending on the model of your system, you can position the CD-ROM or DVD drive either horizontally or vertically in the system. - Configuring directly attached optical media libraries
To create a device description for an optical media library device, use the Create Device Description (Media Library) (CRTDEVMLB) command. - Labeling optical cartridges
Each optical disk cartridge contains two sides. Each side corresponds to an optical volume. There are two techniques to associate a volume ID label with the correct side of the optical cartridge. This is important to know when you set the write-protect switch. - Getting started with optical cartridges and volumes
Read about the optical support functions and familiarize yourself with using optical cartridges and volumes.
