Service manual

96041 Revision P 1-55
Sun Confidential - Internal Only
Drive and Cartridge Compatibility
■ Drive and Cartridge Compatibility
The following caution and tables list compatibility issues between different drives and
cartridges and drives and interfaces. Refer to your drive publications or vendor Web sites
for more specific or updated information.
CAUTION:
Possible data corruption: Do not mix DLT 7000 and DLT 8000 drives in
the same library. If a DLT 7000 cartridge is inserted into a DLT 8000 drive,
the tape can be read and written on in 7000 mode. If a DLT 8000 cartridge
is inserted into a DLT 7000 drive and a read command is issued, the
drive will indicate Medium Error/Calibration Error (03/8000). If a write
command is issued at load point, as with most drives, the drive will write
over any data present.
CAUTION:
Data loss: Do not mount SDLT 320-formatted cartridges into SDLT 220
drives. An SDLT 220 drive will overwrite the 320 data. To avoid this,
carefully manage the locations of the cartridges within your library, and
designate the correct drive type for your read/write operations.
Table 1-1. LTO Drive Backward Readability
LTO Gen 2 Drive LTO Gen 3 Drive
LTO 1 media Read and write Read only
LTO 2 media Read and write Read and write
LTO 3 media No action Read and write