User's Manual

Configuring and Operating the DLT2500 Mini-Library
DLT2000/DLT2500/DLT2700 Cartridge Tape Subsytem 4-21
4.9.2 Data Protection
If you move the cartridge write-protect switch to the left, and then load the tape, the WP
(write-protect) message displays.
Table 4-4 describes what happens to data protection when you move the write-protect
switch before you load the cartridge.
Table 4-4 Before Loading the Cartridge
If you move the write-protect switch … Then …
To the left, the tape is write-protected,
with the orange indicator showing
Data cannot be written to the tape.
To the right, the tape is write-enabled Data can be written to the tape (if it is not
software write-protected).