Owner's manual

Configuring and Operating the DLT 5157 Tape Drive 4-1
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Configuring and Operating the 5157
Tape Drive
4.1 In This Chapter
Chapter 4 includes these main topics and sections:
Topic Section
In This Chapter
Selecting Density
4.1
4.2
Overview of the Front Panel 4.3
Description of Controls and Indicators 4.4
Description of the Tape Cartridge 4.5
Loading a Cartridge 4.6
Using the Cleaning Tape Cartridge 4.7
Unloading a Cartridge
Preserving Cartridges
4.8
4.9
4.2 Selecting Density
Section 4.3 describes the drive’s density select features.
CAUTION
If a prerecorded tape is refused and Write from Beginning of
Tape (BOT) is executed (No Append Write), all prerecorded
data is lost. This includes density changes, since they only
occur when writing from BOT.
4.2.1 Ways of Selecting Density
Using DLTtape IV tape the density defaults to 35.0 GB non-
compressed with compression off. The only selections for this