Spectra T50e - Universal Serial Bus (USB) Support; NDMP Support; Data Storage Capacity

Appendix C—Specifications Data Storage Capacity
August 2017 User Guide—Spectra T50e Library
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Universal Serial Bus (USB) Support
SpectraLogicsupportsusingtheUSBportsonthelibraryoperatorpanel,
theLCM,andtheRCMforthefollowing:
 Keyboards
 Pointerdevices(forexample,acomputermouse)
 ExternalDrives(HD,CD,DVD,andFlash)withaUSBinterface
SpectraLogicdoesnotsupportusingtheUSBportsforthefollowing:
 Cameras
 Multimediadevices(forexample,MP3players)
NDMP Support
SpectraLogictapelibrariesarecompatiblewithlocal,remote,andthree‐way
NDMP(Netw orkDataManagem en tProtocol)topologies,wherethetape
libraryisconnectedtotheNDMPdatamov erhostov erFibreChannel.
DATA STORAGE CAPACITY
TheT50elibraryprovidesflexiblestoragecapacitythatexpandsfroma
minimumof10slotstoamaximumof50slots.Thefollowingtableshows
theuncompressedcapacityofthelibraryforeachofthesupportedLTO
generations.SeeLTOCartridgeSpecificationsonpage503forinformation
aboutthecapacityofindividualcartridges.
Important
The library only recognizes FAT-formatted, not NTFS-formatted, USB devices.
Number of Storage
Slots
a
a. The front slot in the lower left magazine is the access port. A cartridge in the access port cannot be
used for data storage until it is moved to a storage slot.
Native Capacity (TB)
LT O - 3 LT O - 4 LT O - 5 LT O - 6 LT O - 7
10(minimum) 4 8 15 25 60
50(maximum)
b
b. The 50-slot configuration requires replacing the top three half-height drive bays with three capacity
expansion slots.
20 40 75 125 300