Read And Write Compatibility; Magazines - HP StorageWorks 1/8 User's And Service Manual

Read and write compatibility

HP Ultrium data cartridges are fully supported and compatible with HP StorageWorks Ultrium tape
products (see
may be used with any other non-HP device that bears the Ultrium logo.
Table 15 Read and write compatibility
LTO-1 media
LTO-2 media
LTO-3 media
LTO-4 media
unencrypted
LTO-4 media
encrypted
LTO-5 media
unencrypted
LTO-5 media
encrypted
CAUTION:
Ultrium 2 and Ultrium 3 tape drives require the most recent firmware to immediately identify Ultrium
4 media. Without the most recent firmware, loading an Ultrium 4 cartridge into an earlier generation
drive may result in a long media identification and unload time. The drive may not identify the media
and return a load error before the application software times out waiting for the load. HP strongly
recommends keeping your tape drives updated to the most recent firmware.

Magazines

The device has removable magazines. Magazine access is password protected. For safety reasons,
the robotic motion is stopped when a magazine is removed.
The magazines can be released using the operator control panel (OCP), the remote management
interface (RMI), or by a manual release. HP recommends that you release the magazine using the
OCP or RMI. The magazine must only be removed manually when the OCP or RMI process has failed,
or the device no longer has power.
Backward read compatibility). Because HP Ultrium media is Ultrium logo compliant, it
LTO-1 drive LTO-2 drive
Read/Write Read/Write
Incompatible Read/Write
Incompatible Incompatible
Incompatible Incompatible
Incompatible Incompatible
Incompatible Incompatible
Incompatible Incompatible
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LTO-3 drive LTO-4 drive
Read only Incompatible
Read/Write Read only
Read/Write (no
Read/Write
encryption)
Incompatible Read/Write
Read/Write
Incompatible with encryption
key
Incompatible Incompatible
Incompatible Incompatible
LTO-5 drive
Incompatible
Incompatible
Read only
Read/Write
Read/Write
with encryption
key
Read/Write
Read/Write
with encryption
key
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