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... 3.0 Host Bus Adapters 17 Backup Software Compatibility 17 Linear Tape File System Single Drive Edition (LTFS-SDE) Compatibility 18 Media Compatibility 18 LTO Drives 18 DLT/VS Drives 22 DDS/DAT Drives 25 Travan Drives 26 RD1000 Drives 26 Firmware and Drivers 27 Dell PowerVault Tape Drives and Removable Hard Drives - Drivers 29 Dell PowerVault Autoloaders and Libraries -
... 3.0 Host Bus Adapters 17 Backup Software Compatibility 17 Linear Tape File System Single Drive Edition (LTFS-SDE) Compatibility 18 Media Compatibility 18 LTO Drives 18 DLT/VS Drives 22 DDS/DAT Drives 25 Travan Drives 26 RD1000 Drives 26 Firmware and Drivers 27 Dell PowerVault Tape Drives and Removable Hard Drives - Drivers 29 Dell PowerVault Autoloaders and Libraries -
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... LTFS Single Drive Edition for additional tape backup software. Linear Tape File System Single Drive Edition (LTFSSDE) Compatibility The LTFS SDE software allows the media in the tape drive to be presented to download. PowerVault PowerVault 114X LTO3 N/A N/A LTO4 N/A ...letter. Media Compatibility LTO Drives Drive Media Type Type LTO LTO Ultrium 1 (Black) Gen1 Capacit Media Cleaning y Compatibility Cartridge Native 100 GB LTO5: Unsupported LTO4: Unsupported LTO Universal Cleaning cartridge (Black) General LTO3: 18 | Dell PowerVault Compatibility Matrix Additional ...
... LTFS Single Drive Edition for additional tape backup software. Linear Tape File System Single Drive Edition (LTFSSDE) Compatibility The LTFS SDE software allows the media in the tape drive to be presented to download. PowerVault PowerVault 114X LTO3 N/A N/A LTO4 N/A ...letter. Media Compatibility LTO Drives Drive Media Type Type LTO LTO Ultrium 1 (Black) Gen1 Capacit Media Cleaning y Compatibility Cartridge Native 100 GB LTO5: Unsupported LTO4: Unsupported LTO Universal Cleaning cartridge (Black) General LTO3: 18 | Dell PowerVault Compatibility Matrix Additional ...
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Unsupported LTO2: Unsupported LTO1:Read & Write LTO LTO Ultrium 2 (Purple) Gen2 200 GB LTO5: Unsupported LTO4: Unsupported LTO Universal Cleaning cartridge (Black) LTO3: Unsupported LTO2: Read & Write LTO1:Read & Write Dell PowerVault Compatibility Matrix | 19
Unsupported LTO2: Unsupported LTO1:Read & Write LTO LTO Ultrium 2 (Purple) Gen2 200 GB LTO5: Unsupported LTO4: Unsupported LTO Universal Cleaning cartridge (Black) LTO3: Unsupported LTO2: Read & Write LTO1:Read & Write Dell PowerVault Compatibility Matrix | 19
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Write Once, Read Many LTO3: Read & Write LTO Ultrium 3 WORM LTO2: Read & Write LTO1:Read Only LTO LTO Ultrium 4 (Green) 800 GB LTO5: LTO Universal Supports Gen Unsupported Cleaning WORM - Write 4 cartridge (Black) Once, Read LTO4: Read & Many Write LTO Ultrium 4 LTO3: Read & WORM Write LTO2: Read Only LTO1: Unsupported 20 | Dell PowerVault Compatibility Matrix LTO LTO Ultrium 3 (Blue) Gen 3 400 GB LTO5: Unsupported LTO4: Unsupported LTO Universal Cleaning cartridge (Black) Supports WORM -
Write Once, Read Many LTO3: Read & Write LTO Ultrium 3 WORM LTO2: Read & Write LTO1:Read Only LTO LTO Ultrium 4 (Green) 800 GB LTO5: LTO Universal Supports Gen Unsupported Cleaning WORM - Write 4 cartridge (Black) Once, Read LTO4: Read & Many Write LTO Ultrium 4 LTO3: Read & WORM Write LTO2: Read Only LTO1: Unsupported 20 | Dell PowerVault Compatibility Matrix LTO LTO Ultrium 3 (Blue) Gen 3 400 GB LTO5: Unsupported LTO4: Unsupported LTO Universal Cleaning cartridge (Black) Supports WORM -
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Write Once, Read Many LTO Ultrium 6 WORM LTO3,2,1: Unsupported Dell PowerVault Compatibility Matrix | 21 LTO LTO Ultrium 5 (Maroon) 1.5 TB Gen 5 LTO5: Read & Write LTO4: Read & Write LTO Universal Cleaning cartridge (Black) LTO3: Read Only Supports WORM - Write Once, Read Many LTO Ultrium 5 WORM LTO2: Unsupported LTO1: Unsupported LTO LTO Ultrium 6 (Black) Gen 6 2.5TB LTO6: Read & Write LTO5: Read & Write LTO Universal Cleaning cartridge (Black) LTO4: Read Only Supports WORM -
Write Once, Read Many LTO Ultrium 6 WORM LTO3,2,1: Unsupported Dell PowerVault Compatibility Matrix | 21 LTO LTO Ultrium 5 (Maroon) 1.5 TB Gen 5 LTO5: Read & Write LTO4: Read & Write LTO Universal Cleaning cartridge (Black) LTO3: Read Only Supports WORM - Write Once, Read Many LTO Ultrium 5 WORM LTO2: Unsupported LTO1: Unsupported LTO LTO Ultrium 6 (Black) Gen 6 2.5TB LTO6: Read & Write LTO5: Read & Write LTO Universal Cleaning cartridge (Black) LTO4: Read Only Supports WORM -
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... Drivers Dell PowerVault Tape Drives and Removable Hard Drives - Firmware PowerVault Tape Drive Name Powervault 100T DAT72 PowerVault 110T LTO2-LC Powervault 110T LTO-3 FH PowerVault LTO3 FC PowerVault LTO3-060 IBM PowerVault LTO3-080 IBM SAS V2 PowerVault LTO3-060 QTM PowerVault LTO3-060 QTM SAS PowerVault LTO4-120 FC PowerVault LTO4-120 IBM SAS PowerVault LTO4-120HH...31-May-13 06-Jul-13 22-Mar-13 06-Jul-13 31-May-13 12-Sep-12 12-Sep-12 Tape Drive Platform Standalone PV124T Standalone PV114T PV124T TL2000/4000 ML6000 PV114T Standalone ML6000 TL2000/4000 TL2000/4000 PV114X PV124T Standalone ...
... Drivers Dell PowerVault Tape Drives and Removable Hard Drives - Firmware PowerVault Tape Drive Name Powervault 100T DAT72 PowerVault 110T LTO2-LC Powervault 110T LTO-3 FH PowerVault LTO3 FC PowerVault LTO3-060 IBM PowerVault LTO3-080 IBM SAS V2 PowerVault LTO3-060 QTM PowerVault LTO3-060 QTM SAS PowerVault LTO4-120 FC PowerVault LTO4-120 IBM SAS PowerVault LTO4-120HH...31-May-13 06-Jul-13 22-Mar-13 06-Jul-13 31-May-13 12-Sep-12 12-Sep-12 Tape Drive Platform Standalone PV124T Standalone PV114T PV124T TL2000/4000 ML6000 PV114T Standalone ML6000 TL2000/4000 TL2000/4000 PV114X PV124T Standalone ...
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...PowerVault Tape Drive Name Powervault 100T DAT72 PowerVault 110T LTO2-LC PowerVault 110T LTO2-LT Powervault 110T LTO-3 FH PowerVault LTO3 FC PowerVault LTO3-060 IBM PowerVault LTO3-080 IBM SAS V2 PowerVault LTO3-060 QTM PowerVault LTO3-060 QTM SAS PowerVault LTO3-060 TBRG PowerVault LTO4-120 FC PowerVault LTO4-120 IBM SAS PowerVault LTO4-120HH IBM PowerVault LTO4-120HH IBM V2 PowerVault LTO4-120HH QTM PowerVault... driver. *Requires Microsoft Hotfix: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2619836 Dell PowerVault Compatibility Matrix | 29 Dell PowerVault Tape Drives and Removable Hard Drives -
...PowerVault Tape Drive Name Powervault 100T DAT72 PowerVault 110T LTO2-LC PowerVault 110T LTO2-LT Powervault 110T LTO-3 FH PowerVault LTO3 FC PowerVault LTO3-060 IBM PowerVault LTO3-080 IBM SAS V2 PowerVault LTO3-060 QTM PowerVault LTO3-060 QTM SAS PowerVault LTO3-060 TBRG PowerVault LTO4-120 FC PowerVault LTO4-120 IBM SAS PowerVault LTO4-120HH IBM PowerVault LTO4-120HH IBM V2 PowerVault LTO4-120HH QTM PowerVault... driver. *Requires Microsoft Hotfix: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2619836 Dell PowerVault Compatibility Matrix | 29 Dell PowerVault Tape Drives and Removable Hard Drives -
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Dell PowerVault Autoloaders and Libraries - See the HP website for information on server/HBA compatibility. Host Bus Adapter External USB HP SC11Xe Dell PowerVault™ System External PV114X External ML6000 PV114T Dell Tape Backup Unit PowerVault RD1000 Ext USB PowerVault RD1000 Rack USB Powervault 100T DAT72 PowerVault 110T LTO2-LT Powervault 110T LTO-3 FH PowerVault LTO3-060 IBM PowerVault LTO3-060 TBRG Powervault 110T LTO-3 FH Powervault 100T DAT72...
Dell PowerVault Autoloaders and Libraries - See the HP website for information on server/HBA compatibility. Host Bus Adapter External USB HP SC11Xe Dell PowerVault™ System External PV114X External ML6000 PV114T Dell Tape Backup Unit PowerVault RD1000 Ext USB PowerVault RD1000 Rack USB Powervault 100T DAT72 PowerVault 110T LTO2-LT Powervault 110T LTO-3 FH PowerVault LTO3-060 IBM PowerVault LTO3-060 TBRG Powervault 110T LTO-3 FH Powervault 100T DAT72...
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... External ML6000 PV114T PV124T Powervault 110T LTO-3 FH Powervault 100T DAT72 PowerVault 110T LTO2-LC Powervault 110T LTO-3 FH PowerVault LTO3-060 QTM PowerVault 110T LTO2-LC Powervault 110T LTO-3 FH PowerVault LTO3-060 QTM Powervault 110T LTO-3 FH PowerVault LTO3-060 IBM SAS/iSCSI PowerVault LTO4-120 IBM SAS/iSCSI PowerVault LTO4-120HH IBM SAS/iSCSI PowerVault LTO3-080 IBM SAS V2 PowerVault LTO4-120 IBM SAS...
... External ML6000 PV114T PV124T Powervault 110T LTO-3 FH Powervault 100T DAT72 PowerVault 110T LTO2-LC Powervault 110T LTO-3 FH PowerVault LTO3-060 QTM PowerVault 110T LTO2-LC Powervault 110T LTO-3 FH PowerVault LTO3-060 QTM Powervault 110T LTO-3 FH PowerVault LTO3-060 IBM SAS/iSCSI PowerVault LTO4-120 IBM SAS/iSCSI PowerVault LTO4-120HH IBM SAS/iSCSI PowerVault LTO3-080 IBM SAS V2 PowerVault LTO4-120 IBM SAS...
User Guide
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... of firmware is available. Attempts to downlevel these libraries is 9.00. LTO 4 Tape Drives: No minimum level of library firmware. Key Path Diagnostics Path Failover IPv6 Support LTO4 Drive firmware level must be 77BE or greater. Library firmware level must be greater than 3.90. Library firmware level: 4.50 Contacting Dell For customers in the United States, call...
... of firmware is available. Attempts to downlevel these libraries is 9.00. LTO 4 Tape Drives: No minimum level of library firmware. Key Path Diagnostics Path Failover IPv6 Support LTO4 Drive firmware level must be 77BE or greater. Library firmware level must be greater than 3.90. Library firmware level: 4.50 Contacting Dell For customers in the United States, call...
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... page, showing one Ultrium 3 SAS Half Height V2 drive and one screw on the real panel of the library and storing on the LTO Ultrium 6 Tape Cartridge 6-6 6-4. Checking for ESD protection to the rack (one Ultrium 4 SAS Half Height drive 5-65 5-... in bottom position) on the bottom of the library) . . 10-13 10-13. Drive sled taping diagrams . . . . . 10-17 10-18. A 80w power supply without ESD springs shown) . 10-6 10-9. Library front panel LEDs 10-21 viii Dell PowerVault TL2000 Tape Library and TL4000 Tape Library User's Guide Setting the write-protect switch . ...
... page, showing one Ultrium 3 SAS Half Height V2 drive and one screw on the real panel of the library and storing on the LTO Ultrium 6 Tape Cartridge 6-6 6-4. Checking for ESD protection to the rack (one Ultrium 4 SAS Half Height drive 5-65 5-... in bottom position) on the bottom of the library) . . 10-13 10-13. Drive sled taping diagrams . . . . . 10-17 10-18. A 80w power supply without ESD springs shown) . 10-6 10-9. Library front panel LEDs 10-21 viii Dell PowerVault TL2000 Tape Library and TL4000 Tape Library User's Guide Setting the write-protect switch . ...
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... keys 5-8 Detailed information on cartridges residing in slot 1 and slot 2) . A-3 TapeAlert flags supported by the Ultrium tape drive B-3 Library Sense Keys, ASC and ASCQ C-1 LTO Tape Drive Sense Data C-7 SNMP status events F-1 © Copyright IBM Corp. 2007, 2013 xi Tables 1. 1-1. 1-2. 1-3. 1-4. 1-5. 1-6. 1-7. 1-8. 1-9. 1-10. 1-11. 3-1. 3-2. 3-3. 4-1. 5-1. 5-2. 5-3. 5-4. 5-5. 5-6. 5-7. 5-8. 5-9. 5-10. 5-11. 5-12. A-2. C-2. F-1. Minimum firmware levels for storage slots ...
... keys 5-8 Detailed information on cartridges residing in slot 1 and slot 2) . A-3 TapeAlert flags supported by the Ultrium tape drive B-3 Library Sense Keys, ASC and ASCQ C-1 LTO Tape Drive Sense Data C-7 SNMP status events F-1 © Copyright IBM Corp. 2007, 2013 xi Tables 1. 1-1. 1-2. 1-3. 1-4. 1-5. 1-6. 1-7. 1-8. 1-9. 1-10. 1-11. 3-1. 3-2. 3-3. 4-1. 5-1. 5-2. 5-3. 5-4. 5-5. 5-6. 5-7. 5-8. 5-9. 5-10. 5-11. 5-12. A-2. C-2. F-1. Minimum firmware levels for storage slots ...
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... with easy access to cartridges by way of two removable magazines. LTO 4, LTO 5, and LTO 6 drives are Serial Attached SCSI interface (SAS), and Fibre Channel (FC) only. Front panel of four removable magazines. Product description The Dell™ PowerVault™ TL2000 Tape Library (2U library) and the Dell PowerVault TL4000 Tape Library (4U library) provide compact, high-capacity, low-cost solutions for simple, unattended...
... with easy access to cartridges by way of two removable magazines. LTO 4, LTO 5, and LTO 6 drives are Serial Attached SCSI interface (SAS), and Fibre Channel (FC) only. Front panel of four removable magazines. Product description The Dell™ PowerVault™ TL2000 Tape Library (2U library) and the Dell PowerVault TL4000 Tape Library (4U library) provide compact, high-capacity, low-cost solutions for simple, unattended...
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... the use of the timeout that is available for library worldwide node name 1-6 Dell PowerVault TL2000 Tape Library and TL4000 Tape Library User's Guide The firmware can be removed from any user and all media must be found at manufacturing time. Encryption policy and encryption keys are made. The LTO Ultrium 4, 5, and 6 Tape Drive supports Application Managed Encryption (AME), and...
... the use of the timeout that is available for library worldwide node name 1-6 Dell PowerVault TL2000 Tape Library and TL4000 Tape Library User's Guide The firmware can be removed from any user and all media must be found at manufacturing time. Encryption policy and encryption keys are made. The LTO Ultrium 4, 5, and 6 Tape Drive supports Application Managed Encryption (AME), and...
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....4 TB (2:1 compression) Sustained native data transfer rate LTO 3 HH: 60 MBs, LTO 3 HH V2: 80 MBs LTO 3 FH: 80 MBs LTO 4 HH and FH: 120 MBs LTO 5 : 140 MBs LTO 6: 160 MBs Ultrium tape drives This library supports the Ultrium 3, 4, 5, and 6 Tape Drives. The SFF-8088 SAS connectors on the Ultrium 5 tape drives are compatible with SAS-1 or SAS-2 cables...
....4 TB (2:1 compression) Sustained native data transfer rate LTO 3 HH: 60 MBs, LTO 3 HH V2: 80 MBs LTO 3 FH: 80 MBs LTO 4 HH and FH: 120 MBs LTO 5 : 140 MBs LTO 6: 160 MBs Ultrium tape drives This library supports the Ultrium 3, 4, 5, and 6 Tape Drives. The SFF-8088 SAS connectors on the Ultrium 5 tape drives are compatible with SAS-1 or SAS-2 cables...
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... write to Ultrium 3, Ultrium 2 and Ultrium 1 tapes. read and write LTO Ultrium 3 Data Cartridges. Media The library uses Ultrium Tape Cartridges that part of up to 800 GB with 2:1 hardware data compression) for LTO 3 tape drives. Ultrium 5 tape drives can read only) v LTO Ultrium Cleaning Cartridge Important: Cartridges placed in the library must be labeled with improved data rates...
... write to Ultrium 3, Ultrium 2 and Ultrium 1 tapes. read and write LTO Ultrium 3 Data Cartridges. Media The library uses Ultrium Tape Cartridges that part of up to 800 GB with 2:1 hardware data compression) for LTO 3 tape drives. Ultrium 5 tape drives can read only) v LTO Ultrium Cleaning Cartridge Important: Cartridges placed in the library must be labeled with improved data rates...
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...and continues the operation on LTO 6 Tape Drives, and also LTO 5 and LTO 4 Full Height drives. For more library sharing configurations and availability options are made possible. Multiple logical libraries for library sharing Multiple logical libraries are an effective way for the library to the logical library is on a first-... the path failover feature is LUN-1 enabled. The path failover feature can accept commands while the library is entered at point of sale and with the customer kit if purchased later. 3-2 Dell PowerVault TL2000 Tape Library and TL4000 Tape Library User's Guide
...and continues the operation on LTO 6 Tape Drives, and also LTO 5 and LTO 4 Full Height drives. For more library sharing configurations and availability options are made possible. Multiple logical libraries for library sharing Multiple logical libraries are an effective way for the library to the logical library is on a first-... the path failover feature is LUN-1 enabled. The path failover feature can accept commands while the library is entered at point of sale and with the customer kit if purchased later. 3-2 Dell PowerVault TL2000 Tape Library and TL4000 Tape Library User's Guide
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... full height drives today. Installation planning 3-3 Partitioning of 4U libraries When one or two half height drives, there are four potential drives in the space that each full height drive slot might be read on LTO 6 drives. Currently, the first full height drive is ...is not recommended. In a partitioned library, the Operator Control Panel (OCP) reports only the status of logical library 1 in the main menu because of drives in the same physical library and the same logical library. They support a mix of space limitations. LTO 3 media cannot be installed in drive...
... full height drives today. Installation planning 3-3 Partitioning of 4U libraries When one or two half height drives, there are four potential drives in the space that each full height drive slot might be read on LTO 6 drives. Currently, the first full height drive is ...is not recommended. In a partitioned library, the Operator Control Panel (OCP) reports only the status of logical library 1 in the main menu because of drives in the same physical library and the same logical library. They support a mix of space limitations. LTO 3 media cannot be installed in drive...
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... controllers, do not support LUN scanning. 3-6 Dell PowerVault TL2000 Tape Library and TL4000 Tape Library User's Guide This action removes the Attention LED on the front panel and the exclamation mark on page 5-58. Updating the Logical Library configuration also updates the drive element addressing and...addressing and drive numbering. Replacing LTO half height drives with full height drives might require you to execute Restore Factory Defaults to control the tape drive (LUN 0) and library accessor (LUN 1). Special handling is missing. The library requires a host bus adapter (...
... controllers, do not support LUN scanning. 3-6 Dell PowerVault TL2000 Tape Library and TL4000 Tape Library User's Guide This action removes the Attention LED on the front panel and the exclamation mark on page 5-58. Updating the Logical Library configuration also updates the drive element addressing and...addressing and drive numbering. Replacing LTO half height drives with full height drives might require you to execute Restore Factory Defaults to control the tape drive (LUN 0) and library accessor (LUN 1). Special handling is missing. The library requires a host bus adapter (...
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... 4 Tape Cartridge v Library firmware level 5.80 or higher v Drive firmware level 77BE or higher v Tape backup software application that supports LTO 6 encryption Minimum Prerequisites for reference go to http://support.dell.com. LTO 4: v SAS and Fibre Channel LTO Ultrium 4 Tape Drive v Ultrium 4 Tape Cartridge v Library firmware level 5.80 or higher v Drive firmware level 77BE or higher 4-26 Dell PowerVault TL2000 Tape Library and TL4000 Tape Library User...
... 4 Tape Cartridge v Library firmware level 5.80 or higher v Drive firmware level 77BE or higher v Tape backup software application that supports LTO 6 encryption Minimum Prerequisites for reference go to http://support.dell.com. LTO 4: v SAS and Fibre Channel LTO Ultrium 4 Tape Drive v Ultrium 4 Tape Cartridge v Library firmware level 5.80 or higher v Drive firmware level 77BE or higher 4-26 Dell PowerVault TL2000 Tape Library and TL4000 Tape Library User...