7 Use the correct media
For best performance, use Hewlett Packard Enterprise branded media. Order online at:
Cartridges
Cleaning cartridges
The recommended cleaning cartridge is the HPE Ultrium universal cleaning cartridge, C7978A
(Orange). This cleaning cartridge is designed to work with any LTO Ultrium drive. It may be used
for up to 50 cleans.
NOTE:
The earlier Ultrium Cleaning cartridge, C7979A (Blue), is supported only on LTO Ultrium
448 and Ultrium 232 tape drives (but
not
on LTO Ultrium 1760, Ultrium 3000 and Ultrium 6250
tape drives).
Do not use early, nonuniversal Ultrium cleaning cartridges from other manufacturers.
Data cartridges
LTO Ultrium tape drives use Ultrium tape cartridges. These are single-reel cartridges that match
your drive's format and are optimized for high capacity, throughput, and reliability. Compatible
media can be recognized by the Ultrium logo, which is the same as the logo on the front of your
drive. Do not use other format cartridges in your tape drive and do not use Ultrium cartridges in
other format tape drives.
For optimum performance always use a data cartridge that matches the specification of your
tape drive (see table below). A lower specification will have a lower transfer speed and may not
support write activities; a higher specification will not support read or write.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise recommends:
•
LTO-6 Ultrium 6.25 TB RW and LTO-6 Ultrium 6.25 TB WORM cartridges for use with LTO-6
tape drives.
•
LTO-5 Ultrium 3 TB RW and LTO-5 Ultrium 3 TB WORM tape cartridges for use with LTO-5
tape drives.
•
LTO-4 Ultrium 1.6 TB RW and Ultrium 1.6 TB WORM tape cartridges for use with LTO-4
tape drives.
•
LTO-3 Ultrium 800 GB RW and Ultrium 800 GB WORM tape cartridges for use with LTO-3
tape drives.
•
LTO-2 Ultrium 400 GB RW tape cartridges for use with LTO-2 tape drives.
Table 2 Data cartridge compatibility
Ultrium 6.25
TB** data
cartridge
Ultrium 3 TB*
data cartridge
Ultrium 1.6
TB* data
cartridge
Ultrium 800
GB* data
cartridge
Ultrium 400
GB* data
cartridge
Ultrium 200
GB* data
cartridge
LTO tape
drive model
read/write
(C7976A) and
read/write and
write
read only
not supported
not supported
not supported
LTO-6 Ultrium
6250
write
once/read
many
once/read
many
(C7976W)
not supported
read/write
(C7975A) and
read/write and
write
read only
not supported
not supported
LTO-5 Ultrium
3000
write
once/read
many
once/read
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