Media Technology; Drive Interfaces - Spectra Logic T-Series Spectra T200 User Manual

Media Technology

The Spectra TranScale Library supports the following media technologies.

Drive Interfaces

The method used to connect the library's tape drives to the network
depends on the type of network and the drive interface. The tape drives
used in the library have either an Ultra320 SCSI or a native Fibre Channel
interface. RXT drives have an Ultra320 SCSI interface.
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LTO. The library supports the IBM Ultrium (LTO-2 through LTO-4)
tape drives. See LTO Tape Drive and Media Specifications on page 358
for information about the transfer rates and storage capacities of LTO
drives.
SDLT. The library supports Quantum's SDLT 320 and SDLT 600 tape
drives. See SDLT Tape Drive Specifications on page 362
about the transfer rates and storage capacities of SDLT drives.
SAIT. The library supports Sony's SAIT drive technology. See
Tape Drive Specifications on page 363
transfer rates and storage capacities of SAIT drives.
RXT. The library supports the Spectra Logic RXT150 drive and RXT
media packs. No changes to backup strategy are necessary, because the
RXT drive appears as an LTO tape drive to the backup software. See
RXT Drive and Media Pack Specifications on page 367
about the transfer rates and storage capacities of RXT drives and media.
Connecting SCSI drives (shown in
Channel network requires a Fibre Channel QIP (F-QIP). To learn more
about the F-QIP, see Using QIPs on page
Connecting SCSI drives to a Gigabit Ethernet (iSCSI) network requires
an Ethernet QIP (E-QIP). To learn more about the E-QIP, see
on page 43.
Connecting SCSI tape drives directly to a SCSI bus requires a bus
expansion module to provide the second SCSI bus connection for each
drive. To learn more about the bus expansion module, see
Attach SCSI on page
Note: RXT drives can only be used with an F-QIP or an E-QIP. They
cannot be used with a bus expansion module.
Native Fibre Channel drives (shown in
dual-channel ports (Port A and Port B) that can be used to connect the
drive directly to a Fibre Channel network. See
Channel on page 45 for more information about using the dual-port
Fibre Channel tape drives.
for information about the
Figure 7 on page
43.
46.
Figure 8 on page
T200, T380, and T680 Libraries
Drives
for information
SAIT
for information
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Using QIPs
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Direct Attach Fibre
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