User`s guide

Chapter 2 Description
Tape Drives
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DLT Drives 2
Five generations of DLT cartridges are supported in the library, but the
drives are not fully compatible as shown in Table
3.
Table 3 DLT Drive and
Cartridge Compatibility
SDLT-600
Cartridges
SDLT-320
Cartridges
SDLT-220
Cartridges
SDLT-VS 160
Cartridges
DLT-S4
Cartridges
DLT-S4
Dri
ves
Reads Reads Reads Not
compatible
Reads/Writes
SDLT-600
Dri
ves
Reads/Writes Reads Reads Reads Not
compatible
SDLT-320
Drives
Not
compatible
Reads/Writes Reads/Writes Not
compatible
Not
compatible
The SDLT-600 tape drives support reading and writing to SDLT II
cartrid
ges. They also have a backward-read compatibility (BRC) mode.
When in this mode, the SDLT-600 is capable of reading SDLT-220 and
SDLT-320 tape formats in an SDLT I data cartridge, as well as the SDLT-
VS160 tape format in the DLT tape VS1 data cartridge. The SDLT-600 tape
drive will eject a data cartridge written in DLT formats other than DLT-
VS160. All DLT cartridges are the same size, which means they will use
the same magazines in the library.
The SDLT-320 SCSI tape drives are supported in the library, but they
must be connected
to an FC Host SAN by means of an external SNC 5100.