Users Guide
Chapter 5. Media
“Data cartridges” on page 91
“Write once, read many (WORM) cartridges” on page 94
“Cleaning cartridge” on page 95
“Bar code labels” on page 95
“Write-Protect switch” on page 97
“Cartridge care and handling” on page 97
“Environmental and shipping specications for tape cartridges” on page 100
To ensure that your Ultrium Tape Drive conforms to Dell's specications for reliability, use only LTO
Ultrium tape cartridges. You might use other LTO-certied data cartridges, but they might not meet the
standards of reliability that are established by Dell. The LTO Ultrium Data Cartridge cannot be
interchanged with the media used in other non-LTO Ultrium tape products.
Figure 107 on page 91
shows the LTO Ultrium Data Cartridge and its components.
1 LTO cartridge memory 4 Write-protect Switch
2 Cartridge door 5 Label area
3 Leader Pin 6 Insertion guide
Figure 107. The LTO Ultrium Data Cartridge
Note: The same components are on all the LTO Ultrium Data Cartridges.
Data cartridges
The different generations of Ultrium data cartridges can be identied by color: