Dell PowerVault 132T LTO Dell PowerVault DLT, VS, and SDLT Media Handbook V - Page 8

www.dell.com | support.dell.com Table 1-3. Type IV, VS1, and SDLT1 Media Read/Write Compatibility Media Types Read by DLT4000 New Unformatted Type IV Yes Type IV written by DLT4000 Yes Type IV written by DLT7000 No* Type IV written by DLT8000 No* Type IV written by DLT1 No Type IV written by VS80 No VS1 written by VS160 No SDLT1 written by SDLT220 No SDLT1 written by SDLT320 No Read by DLT7000 Yes Yes Yes No* No No No No No Read by DLT8000 Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No Read by DLT1 Yes Yes No2* No2* Yes Yes No No3 No3 Read by VS80 Yes Yes No2* No2* Yes Yes No No3 No3 Read by VS160 No2 No2 No2 No2 Yes1 Yes1 Yes No2 No2 Read by SDLT220 No6 Yes1 Yes1 Yes1 Yes1 Yes1 No Yes No4** Read by SDLT320 No6 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes5 Yes NOTE: In Table 1-3, the media types formatted in bold can read and write Type IV media only. NOTE: In Table 1-3, the media type formatted in italics can read and write VS1 media. It can also read Type IV media written by VS or DLT1 drives. NOTE: In Table 1-3, the media types formatted in underlines can read and write SDLT media. They can also read Type IV media written by DLT4000, DLT7000, DLT8000, VS80, and DLT1 drives. 1 Orange alert/media light comes on. 2 The orange alert/media light illuminates and the tape is automatically ejected. The alert/media light will go off if readable media is inserted into the drive or power is cycled on the drive. 3 No lights will come on. The drive automatically ejects the tape. 4 No lights come on. Backup software shows bad media. 5 Orange (220) LED blinks indicating that a 220 formatted tape is in the drive. 6 No lights blink. The tape does not eject. There is no indicator on the SDLT that would indicate no data on tape. * Under default settings the DLT 7000 and DLT8000 drives write to tape in their default density. 70 GB 2:1 compressed and 80 GB 2:1 compressed respectively. Tapes written by these devices may be read by DLT4000, DLT1, and VS80 if density 20.0 is selected on the front panel of the drive prior to formatting the tape media with a DLT7000 or DLT8000 drive. This will be data destructive. ** Density selection is not mechanically available on the front panel of SDLT drives. However, for backward compatibility reasons, an SDLT320 Density Select Utility is available on Quantum's website in the SDLT320 download area. This software utility will allow an SDLT320 drive to write in an SDLT220 format. The utility is available for both Microsoft® Windows® and Linux platforms. 6 Dell PowerVault DLT, VS, and SDLT Media Handbook Version 2.0