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Exabyte VXA-2 ATAPI

Date -
Manufacturer Exabyte
Interface ATAPI
Media Type VXA
Device Attributes -
Capacity 80GB native on V23 tape
Compression No
  Mac Windows
Status Qualified Qualified
Minimum Product Required Professional
Minimum Version Required N/A 6.5
Minimum Driver Update 5.0.105
Minimum Firmware 2101
Notes This drive is not certified for use on the Mac platform through direct ATAPI connection. However, it is supported when used inside Exabyte's VXA-2 PacketLoader 1x10 1U FireWire loader.



Cleaning tape support requires firmware 2104 or greater. However, if a user has the Exabyte VXA-2 PacketLoader 1x10 1U, in order to use drive firmware 2104 or higher, a loader firmware upgrade to version V108 or higher is required.



For information on updating drives, contact Exabyte (www.exabyte.com/support).
It is recommended that users experiencing frequent hangs with VXA drives update drive firmware to V11100 or later for VXA-1 drives or V12101 or later for VXA-2 drives. These firmware releases contain drive updates which may solve hang issues.



Users with Retrospect 6.0 for Macintosh should use Retrospect Driver Update 5.2.101 or later. This update contains a fix which prevents hangs due to improper data transfer size.



Cleaning tape support requires firmware 2104 or greater. However, if a user has the Exabyte VXA-2 PacketLoader 1x10 1U, in order to use drive firmware 2104 or higher, a loader firmware upgrade to version V108 or higher is required.



For information on updating drives, contact Exabyte (www.exabyte.com/support).

Qualified - Passed extensive in-house certification. Storage device is fully supported.

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