Table 1. Compatibility among Ultrium tape drives and tape cartridges
Cartridge
Type
Drive Type
Ultrium 5
(F5A)
Ultrium 4 (F4A)
Ultrium 3
(F3A/ F3B)
Ultrium 2 Ultrium 1
Notes:
• R = Read only capability
• R/W = Read and write capability
• In order to support Ultrium 5 tape drives, all node cards in the library must be model
xx3-equivalent node cards. For node cards in model xx2 frames, this requires a xx3
model conversion OR the enhanced node card(s) feature (FC 1700 or 1701).
• The library rejects any command to move unsupported media to a drive and returns
a sense key of 5 and an additional sense code/additional sense code qualifier of 30/00.
Table 2. Cartridges that are compatible with 3592 tape drives
Media
Recording
format
TS1130 Tape Drive TS1120 Tape Drive
J1A Tape
Drive
Encryption
enabled
Encryption
not
enabled
Encryption
enabled
Encryption
not
enabled
JA, JW², JJ,
JR²
EEFMT3
(encrypted
E06)
R/W¹ Reformat Reformat Reformat Reformat
EFMT3 (E06) R/W R/W Reformat Reformat Reformat
EEFMT2
(encrypted
E05)
R/W Reformat R/W Reformat Reformat
EFMT2 (E06) R/W R/W R/W R/W Reformat
EFMT1 (J1A) Read only Read only R/W R/W R/W
JB, JX²
EEFMT3
(encrypted
E06)
R/W Reformat Reformat Reformat Unsupported
EFMT3 (E06) R/W R/W Reformat Reformat Unsupported
EEFMT2
(encrypted
E05)
R/W Reformat R/W Reformat Unsupported
EFMT2 (E05) R/W R/W R/W R/W Unsupported
EFMT1 (J1A) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Notes®:
1. R/W = reads from and writes to a cartridge
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