StorageWorks DLT 10/20 GB Cartridge Tape Drive
4–8
Order Number: EK–SM1TB–UG. E01
NOTE
You can order the data cartridge (Part No. TK85-01) and/or the
cleaning cartridge (Part No. TK85-HC) from your reseller or by
calling DECdirect at 800-DIGITAL in the U.S.A. or 800-27-6215 in
Canada. (Refer to Table 1-1 for quantity-order part numbers.)
CAUTION
Appropriate label cards are supplied with each tape cartridge. Al-
ways place the label in the recessed area on the cartridge. Never
affix a label over another label. Also, please note that any substi-
tute media must meet ANSI X3B5 certification requirements.
To ensure optimal performance from your cassettes tapes, observe the following guidelines
when using and handling the tapes.
•
Avoid placing the tape cassettes near sources of electromagnetic radiation such as
terminals, video, or X-ray equipment. Radiation from this type of equipment can erase
or corrupt data on the tape
•
Keep tape cassettes out of direct sunlight and away from heaters and sources of heat
•
Store tape cassettes and cleaning cassette at room temperatures b5
°
C and
+32
°
C (40
°
F through 90
°
F).
•
Store cassettes in a dust-free environment where the relative humidity is within the
range from 20% to 60%.
4.6.1 Write-Protect Switch
The tape cartridge has a write-protect slide-bar switch on the right side of its front surface so
that you can prevent the accidental overwriting of data stored on the tape (see Figure 4–2).
To read or copy from the tape cassette, slide the write-protect bar-switch to the left, so that an
orange area is exposed in the rectangular aperture directly over the left-side arrow on the
switch, indicating that the tape is in its “write-protected" state. This prevents writing to the
tape and ensures that data will not be accidentally overwritten. Use the following guidelines
when setting the write-protect tab:
•
If you are reading data (copying from tape), set the write-protect tab to “Write Protected”
(to the left, orange area showing).
•
If you are writing data (writing to tape), set the write-protect tab to “Write Enabled” (to
the right, orange area not showing).
•
When loading a tape cassette into the drive, make sure the cassette's write-protect tab is
on the right, facing you.
4.6.2 Data Protection
If you move the cartridge write-protect switch to the left, the drive turns on the W
RITE
P
ROTECTED
LED immediately. If the drive is writing to the tape when you move the switch,
however, write-protection does not take effect until that write has been completed.
