Sun Microsystems StreamLine SL8500 - Manual (Page 128)

Media Domain and Media ID
88 StreamLine™ SL8500 Modular Library System User's Guide • March 2007 Revision K • 96154
Data Cartridge Label Examples
FIGURE 5-5 on page 88 through FIGURE 5-7 on page 90 show examples of the various
cartridge labels used by the drives in the library. Be sure to use the proper labels for
each drive type.
Cleaning Cartridges Label Examples
Cleaning cartridges clean the read/write heads of the drives and the tape paths. Cleaning
Cartridge Label Examples
The cleaning cartridges have the label format CLNvxx. The first three alphabets CLN
identifies the cartridge as cleaning, the v determines the drive type, and the xx is a
number value from 00 to 99 to identify the individual cleaning cartridge. The SDLT,
LTO, and T10000 cartridges also have a media ID in the cartridge label. For example,
CLNT19CT identifies the cartridges as a T10000 cleaning cartridge.
FIGURE 5-5 Data Cartridges Label Examples
SDLT LTO T9x40 T10000
Media ID Labels
The SDLT Media ID
is incorporated into
the tape label:
S = Super DLT tape I
and II The LTO Media ID
is incorporated at
the end of the tape
labels:
LZ = Data cartridge:
L3 = 400GB
L2 = 200GB
L1 = 100 GB
LA = 50 GB
LB = 30 GB
LC = 10 GB
The Media ID label
for the T9x40 is at the
end of the tape label:
P = T9940 Data
R = T 9840 Data The Media ID label for
the T10000 is at the
end of the tape label:
T1 = Data
0
0
O
1
6
O
2
A
B
9
0
L2
7
8
E
N
O
2
O
R
1
T1