• Type of drive

• SCSI ID of the drive

• Tape cartridge type

• Whether compression is available for the drive

• Vendor ID

• Product ID

• Firmware number

• Compliance

• Compression

• Block Size

• I/O Buffer

• Media Type

• Density Code
  

To see basic information for a tape drive:

1. Select the drive from the list of available drives.

   Refer to ``Selecting a tape drive'' for information about selecting a tape drive.

   The information in the Device Information area is for the tape drive that is currently selected.

   

   To get more details about a tape device:

2. Click the right mouse button on any field in the Device Information area of the screen then select info... from the pop up menu.

   The following information appears: