Dlt Drives; Table 4 Dlt Drive And Cartridge Compatibility - Quantum Scalar i6000 Installation Manual

DLT Drives

Five generations of DLT cartridges are supported in the library, but the drives are not fully compatible as
shown in Table 4.
Table 4 DLT Drive and Cartridge Compatibility
SDLT-600
Cartridges
DLT-S4 Reads
Drives
SDLT-600 Reads/Writes
Drives
SDLT-320 Not compatible
Drives
The SDLT-600 tape drives support reading and writing to SDLT II cartridges. 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 a 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.
SDLT-320 SCSI tape drives are supported in the library. They can be directly connected to a host.
100
SDLT-320 SDLT-220
Cartridges Cartridges
Reads Reads
Reads Reads
Reads/Writes Reads/Writes
SDLT-VS 160 DLT-S4
Cartridges Cartridges
Not compatible Reads/Writes
Reads Not compatible
Not compatible Not compatible
Installing Drives and Blades