Defining a Server Device Class

To define a device class, first complete the following fields and then click Finish, or click Cancel to end the task.

Device Class Name

Enter the name of the device class to be defined. The maximum length of the device class name is 30 characters.

Server Name

Enter the name of the server.

Mount Limit

Enter the maximum number of volumes that can be simultaneously open for input/output.

Mount Retention Period

Enter the amount of time, in minutes, to retain an idle sequential access volume before dismounting it.

Maximum Capacity

Enter the maximum size that objects can be when created on the target server. The default is 500M.

The value must be an integer followed by one of these units:

K Kilobyte
M Megabyte
G Gigabyte

Tape Volume Prefix

Enter the high level qualifier of the file name that the server writes into the media labels. For each volume assigned to this device class, the server uses this prefix to create the data set name.

Retry Period

Enter the interval in minutes during which the server should attempt to contact a target server in the event that there is a suspected communications failure. The default is 10.

Retry Interval

Enter the interval in seconds that specifies how often the server tries to contact the target server within a given retry period. The default is 30.