Quantum Scalar i6000, User Manual

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Chapter 1: Description
Tape Drives and Media
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However, it is still recommended that drives be installed in bottom-to-
top order.
Note: The term drive cluster defines a grouping of up to six tape
drives below or above the middle X-axis rail.
Figure 18 on page 30 shows the locations of drives in the control
module. For details about the use of drives and cartridges, see Mixed
Media Support and Rules on page 35.
Fibre Channel LTO-1, LTO-2, LTO-3, LTO-4, LTO-5, LTO-6 and LTO-7 drives
can be connected to drive-aggregating Fibre Channel I/O blades or
directly attached to a host, so these drives do not require an external
SNC. More detailed information about LTO drives follows.
LTO Drives
Six generations of LTO drives are supported, but they are not fully
compatible as shown in Table 2 . (N/C = Not Compatible)
Table 2 LTO Drive and
Cartridge Compatibility
LTO-3
LTO-3
WORM
LTO-4
LTO-4
WORM
LTO-5
LTO-5
WORM
LTO-6
LTO-6
WORM
LTO-7
LTO-7
WORM
LTO-3
Drives Reads/
Writes Write
Once,
Read
Many N/C N/C N/C N/C N/C N/C N/C N/C
LTO-4
Drives Reads/
Writes Write
Once,
Read
Many Reads/
Writes Write
Once,
Read
Many N/C N/C N/C N/C N/C N/C
LTO-5
Drives Read Read
Many Reads/
Writes Write
Once,
Read
Many Reads/
Writes Write
Once,
Read
Many N/C N/C N/C N/C
LTO-6
Drives N/C N/C Reads Read
Many Reads/
Writes Write
Once,
Read
Many Reads/
Writes Write
Once,
Read
Many Reads/
Writes Write
Once,
Read
Many