User`s guide

Chapter 2 Description
Mixed Media Support and Rules
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Mixed Media Support and Rules
The library supports both LTO and DLT cartridges and drives in the same
configuration, provided that you adhere to the following rules:
• When purchasing a library with mixed media, the new orders must
specify the base system technology (either LTO or DLT) and the
number of magazines, the number of drives, and the number of I/E
station magazines for each media type required. The base system is
considered the primary media type used in the library.
• Multiple generations of LTO media can be mixed at the magazine
level.
• The supported multiple media are LTO-1, LTO-2, LTO-3, LTO-3
WORM, LTO-4, LTO-4 WORM, LTO-5, LTO-5 WORM, SDLT-320,
SDLT-600, DLT-S4.
• If you are loading cartridges into the library by using the I/E station,
you must have a magazine of each of the two types of media in the I/
E station (LTO and DLT).
• Mixed media can be within the 100 slot capacity increment, with the
following restrictions:
• DLT must be ordered in multiples of five because the magazines
hold five cartridges.
• LTO must be ordered in multiples of six because the magazines
hold six cartridges.
• Regardless of the mixed quantities of each media type, the total
slots licensed will still be in multiples of 100.
• Field upgrades of the library to existing single media systems must
specify a mixed media picker kit if mixed media will be used in the
upgraded library.
• Drive types can be installed in any order. For example, an LTO drive
can occupy the first drive position, a DLT drive can occupy the
second, and another LTO can occupy the third drive position.