User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Tape Drive Product Information
- SDLT 600 Tape Drive Specifications
- Installing Your Tape Drive
- Warranty Note
- Safety, Handling, and ESD Protection
- Pre-Installation Guidelines
- Configuring and Installing an Internal Tape Drive with SCSI Interface
- Configuring and Installing an Internal Tape Drive with Fibre Channel Interface
- Configuring and Installing a Tabletop Tape Drive with SCSI Interface
- Configuring and Installing a Tabletop Tape Drive with SCSI Interface
- Confirming the Installation
- Using Your Tape Drive
- Regulatory Compliance
- Super DLTtape I and Super DLTtape II Data Cartridges
- DLTtape VS1 Data Cartridge
- Glossary

Data Cartridge Write-Protect Switch
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Data Cartridge Write-Protect Switch 2
Each data cartridge has a write-protect switch that you can use to prevent
accidental erasure of data. Before inserting the data cartridge into the tape
drive, position the write-protect switch on the front of the data cartridge
(figure 34
) according to the type of operations you expect to perform.
Since the DLTtape VS1 data cartridge is a read-only data cartridge when
used in the SDLT 600 tape drive, the write-protect switch (in this
configuration) does not apply.
Figure 34 Write-Protect
Switch on DLTtape VS1 Data
Cartridge
• Slide the write-protect switch to the left to enable write protection
(you can read existing data; however, you cannot write over existing
data on the media, nor append additional data to the media). When
Padlock “closed”
Write-protect
Slide RIGHT to disable
write-protection
write-protection
Slide LEFT to enable
indicating
Switch
write-protection On
Padlock “open”
indicating
write-protection Off