User`s guide

Tape Drives and Cartridges

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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.

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 DLTICE

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.

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.