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IBM TS3500 - Main Components of the TS3500 Tape Library

IBM TS3500
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Mixing media in drives
This section contains information about compatible media and drives in the TS3500
Tape Library.
Not all cartridges that are supported by the TS3500 Tape Library are compatible
with all drives. Ultrium cartridges are not supported by 3592 tape drives, and 3592
tape cartridges are not supported by Ultrium drives.
When labeled according to proper IBM bar code label specifications, the last
character of an Ultrium cartridge's volume serial (VOLSER) number indicates the
generation of the medium. For example, a cartridge with a VOLSER of 000764L6 is
an Ultrium 6 cartridge, a cartridge with a VOLSER of 000764L5 is an Ultrium 5
cartridge, and so forth. On a 3592 tape cartridge, the IBM product label represents
whether it is a read/write (R/W) cartridge or a write-once-read-many (WORM)
cartridge.
Table 11 gives a matrix of cartridges that are compatible with Ultrium tape drives.
Table 12 on page 38 gives a matrix of cartridges that are compatible with 3592 tape
drives.
Table 11. Compatibility among Ultrium tape drives and tape cartridges
Cartridge type
Drive type
Ultrium 6
(F6A)
Ultrium 5
(F5A)
Ultrium 4
(F4A)
Ultrium 3
(F3A/ F3B)
Ultrium 2 Ultrium 1
IBM System
Storage 2500
GB LTO Data
Cartridge
(xxxxxxL6)
R/W Not compatible Not compatible Not compatible Not compatible Not compatible
IBM System
Storage 2500
GB LTO
WORM Data
Cartridge
(xxxxxxLW)
R/W Not compatible Not compatible Not compatible Not compatible Not compatible
IBM System
Storage 1500
GB LTO Data
Cartridge
(xxxxxxL5)
R/W R/W Not compatible Not compatible Not compatible Not compatible
IBM System
Storage 1500
GB LTO
WORM Data
Cartridge
(xxxxxxLV)
R/W R/W Not compatible Not compatible Not compatible Not compatible
IBM System
Storage 800 GB
LTO Data
Cartridge
(xxxxxxL4)
Read only R/W R/W Not compatible Not compatible Not compatible
Chapter 1. Introduction 37
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