Sun Microsystems SL8500 manual Media Domain and Media ID

Media Domain and Media ID

VolSafe and WORM cartridges can often be identified by the color of the media identification labels (See FIGURE 5-1 on page 78 and FIGURE 5-2 on page 80):

■T9840 cartridges use the color green

■T10000 and T9940 cartridges use the color yellow

■LTO3 technology uses two-tone cartridges to identify WORM cartridges

SDLT drives can convert standard data cartridges into WORM cartridges

Media Domain and Media ID

The media domain and media ID labels are the way a particular type of cartridge is identified by a library. The use of media domain and media ID labels allows you to mix tape drive types and media types in a single library or library complex.

The SL8500 library supports three types of barcode labels:

■For T9x40 drives, 1/2-inch labels supplied by Trioptic (Engineered Data Products/Colorflex) or Tricode (American Eagle/Writeline). Both versions require a separate Media ID Type, which is one character.

■For T10000 drives, labels with eight characters, the last two of which are the required Media ID Domain and the Media ID Type characters.

■For LTO drives, labels with eight characters, the last two of which are the required Media ID Domain and the Media ID Type characters.

■For SDLT drives, labels with seven characters, the last of which is the required Media ID character.

Notes:

1.Pre-labeled cartridges are available from Sun StorageTek. For information on ordering these cartridges, see “Ordering Cartridges and Labels” on page 75.

2.Sun StorageTek does not supply cartridge labels. For a supplier of labels only, see “Ordering Cartridges and Labels” on page 75.

3.Cleaning and diagnostic kits have one labeled cleaning cartridge and one labeled diagnostic cartridge with a volume serial number of 0 (zero) for each. Extra cleaning and diagnostic labels are sent with each library.

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