Sun Microsystems SL500 manual SDLT/DLT-S4 Tape Drives and Cartridges

Tape Drives and Cartridges

SDLT/DLT-S4 Tape Drives and Cartridges

Note – Your robotics unit must be part number 314558705 or higher to read

SDLT/DLT-S4 cartridge labels.

This section discusses media compatibility and cartridge labels. For all other tape drive and media information, such as specifications, refer to:

■The specific vender Web site

■http://www.sun.com/storagetek/index.jsp

For best results:

■Use Super DLT tape 1 cartridges in SDLT 320 tape drives

■Use Super DLT tape 2 cartridges in SDLT 600 tape drives

■Use DLT tape S4 cartridges in DLT-S4 tape drives

The following table lists the compatibility issues among the various SDLT cartridges and tape drives. Consider the information if you need to migrate your data from older types of cartridges to newer ones.

TABLE 1-9 SDLT/DLT-S4 Media/Tape Drive Compatibility

Media	SDLT 320 Drive	SDLT 600 Drive	DLT-S4* Drive
SDLT 1 media	Read and write	Read only	Read only
SDLT 2 media	No action	Read and write	Read only
DLTIV media	Read only	No action	No action
DLT tape S4	No action	No action	Read and write

Note: DLT-S4 drives are supported with library firmware 1126 and later.

Note – SDLT600 and DLT-S4 tape drives with appropriate firmware can accept cartridges with the WORM feature.

The WORM (write once read many times) feature prevents the user from altering or erasing information from the tape. For more information, go to the Quantum Web site and do a search on DLTICETM.

Note – The WORM feature cartridge must be:

■unformatted native

■blank native

■native with one filemark and an EOD

See “Cartridge Information” on page 347 for more specific information about cartridges.

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