HP StorageWorks Ultrium Full-Height SCSI Tape Drives User Guide (EH853-90905, August 2007)
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Cartridges
Cleaning car tridges
The recommended cleaning cartridges is the HP Ultrium universal cleaning cartridge, C7978A (Orange).
This cleaning cartridge is designed to work with any Ultrium drive. It may be used for up to 50 cleans.
NOTE:
Do not use the earlier HP Ultrium cartridge, C7979A (Blue), or Ultrium cartridges from other manufacturers.
Data car tridges
HP StorageWorks Ultrium tape drives use Ultrium tape cartridges. These are single-reel cartridges that
match your drive’s format and are optimized for h igh capacity, throughput and reliability. Compatible
media can be recognized by the Ultrium logo, which is the same as the lo go on the front of your drive.
Do not use other format cartridges in your tape drive and do not use Ultrium cartridges in other format
tape drives.
For optimum per formance always use a data car tridge that matches the specification of your tape drive,
(see Table 9 on page 49) . A lower specification will have a lower transfer speed and may not suppor t
write activities; a higher specification will not support read or write. HP recommends:
• Ultrium 1.6 TB RW* and Ultrium 1.6 TB* WORM tape cartridges for use with Ultrium 1840
tape drives.
• Ultrium 800 GB RW* and Ultrium 800 GB* WORM tape car tridges for use with Ultrium 960
tape drives.
• Ultrium 400 GB RW* and Ultrium 400 GB* WORM tape c artridges for use with Ultrium 460
tape drives.
Table 9 Data cartridge compatibility
Tape drive model Ultrium 200 GB*
data cartridge
Ultrium 400 GB*
data car tridg e
Ultrium 800 GB*
and 800 GB*
WORM data
cartridge
Ultrium 1.6 TB*
and 1.6 TB*
WORM data
cartridge
Ultrium 1840 not supported read only
read/write read/write
(C7974A)write
once/read many
(C7974W )
Ultrium 960 read only
read/write read/write
(C7973A)write
once/read many
(C7973W)
not suppor ted
Ultr
ium 460
read/write read/write
(C7972A)
not s
upported
not s
upported
* Capacity assumes 2:1 compression.
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