Document:     mtdevices

Purpose:      The file mtdevices, which resides in the gip_loc directory,
              describes the available magnetic tape devices.

Category:     SYSTEM SETUP

File:         mtdevices.doc

Author:       K.G. Begeman

Description:  The tape unit description consists of several fields,
              separated by colons (:). The fields contain the following
              information:
              field          information
                1            Name of host or list of hosts (separated by
                             comma's) or asterix (*) if device is for
                             all possible hosts.
                2            Synonym for tape device.
                3            Hostname of machine to which the drive is
                             physically connected.
                4            Device name of tape device. Must be a
                             no rewind device.
                5            Tape density.
                6            Text describing the tape unit.
                7            Port number for rmtserver (optional). See
                             rmtserver.doc.

Example:      *:DAT0:huygens.astro.rug.nl:/dev/rmt/0mn:61000:Dat recorder 0:3198
              *:DAT1:vega.sron.rug.nl:/dev/rmt/0mn:61000:DAT recorder 1:3198
              *:EXA0:galilei.astro.rug.nl:/dev/nrst0:54000:EXABYTE 2.5GB:3198
              *:EXA1:galilei.astro.rug.nl:/dev/nrst8:108000:EXABYTE 5.0GB:3198
              *:MAG0:rugfx4.astro.rug.nl:/dev/nrxtv00m:1600:1600 BPI 0:3198
              *:MAG1:rugfx4.astro.rug.nl:/dev/nrxtv00h:6250:6250 BPI 1:3198
              *:MAG2:guspace.sron.rug.nl:/dev/nrmt0:1600:1600 BPI 2:3198
              *:MAG3:guspace.sron.rug.nl:/dev/nrmt0:6250:6250 BPI 3:3198

Updates:      Mar  5, 1991: KGB, document created.
              Jan 18, 1993: KGB, example added to document.