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Volume 4: specifications
LTO 5 drives
Abstract
This is one of five volumes that document HP LTO Ultrium 5 tape drives (Fibre Channel and SAS). This volume
details specifications. See Chapter 11 on page 43 for details of the other guides.

Part Number: EH890–90900 volume 4


Fourth edition: June 2010
Legal and notice information
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The information contained herein is subject to change without notice. The only warranties for HP products and services are set
forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services. Nothing herein should be construed as
constituting an additional warranty. HP shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein.

Acknowledgements
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UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group.

Warranty
WARRANTY STATEMENT: To obtain a copy of the warranty for this product, see the warranty information website:
http://www.hp.com/go/storagewarranty
Contents

1 Features ............................................................................................ 6
Data security features .................................................................................................................. 6
Tape partitioning features ............................................................................................................ 6

2 Physical specification .......................................................................... 9


Dimensions ................................................................................................................................ 9
Full-height drives ................................................................................................................... 9
Half-height drives ............................................................................................................... 12
Product weight ......................................................................................................................... 13
Drive orientation ................................................................................................................. 13

3 Electrical requirements ...................................................................... 15


DC voltage specifications ........................................................................................................... 15
Maximum currents drawn from the power supplies ........................................................................ 15
Full-height Fibre Channel drives ............................................................................................ 15
Full-height SAS drives .......................................................................................................... 16
Half-height SAS drives ......................................................................................................... 16
Half-height Fibre Channel drives ........................................................................................... 17
Power consumption specifications ................................................................................................ 18
Full-height drives ................................................................................................................. 18
Half-height drives ............................................................................................................... 18

4 Electromagnetic compatibility ............................................................ 21


EMC test specification ............................................................................................................... 21
ITE emissions ............................................................................................................................ 22
ITE immunities .......................................................................................................................... 23
DC magnetic field inteference ..................................................................................................... 23

5 Environmental .................................................................................. 25
Climatics ................................................................................................................................. 25
Operating ......................................................................................................................... 25
Non-operating ................................................................................................................... 25
General ............................................................................................................................ 26
Dynamics ................................................................................................................................ 26
Noise ...................................................................................................................................... 27
Airflow .................................................................................................................................... 27

6 Safety ............................................................................................. 29
Safety and EMC agency requirements ......................................................................................... 29
Transceivers ............................................................................................................................. 29

7 Media ............................................................................................ 31

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Specification ............................................................................................................................ 31
Environmental specifications (media) ........................................................................................... 32
Operating ......................................................................................................................... 32
Storage (day-to-day) ........................................................................................................... 32
Storage (transportation) ....................................................................................................... 33
Storage (archival) ............................................................................................................... 33
LTO-Cartridge Memory (EEPROM) ............................................................................................... 33
Interface specification ......................................................................................................... 33
Further information ............................................................................................................. 34

8 LTO Ultrium format standard .............................................................. 35


Compatibility ........................................................................................................................... 35
Future compatibility ................................................................................................................... 35

9 Reliability ........................................................................................ 37

10 Performance specification ................................................................ 39


Transfer rates ........................................................................................................................... 39
Data compression .............................................................................................................. 39
Speeds .................................................................................................................................... 40
Timings ................................................................................................................................... 40
Capacity full backup times ................................................................................................... 40
Load/unload times ............................................................................................................. 40
Access times (time to data) .................................................................................................. 40
Other times ....................................................................................................................... 41

11 Support and other resources ............................................................ 43


Related documents .................................................................................................................... 43
Documents specific to HP LTO Ultrium drives ........................................................................... 43
Documentation map ........................................................................................................... 43
Drives—general ........................................................................................................... 43
Installation and configuration ........................................................................................ 43
Operation ................................................................................................................... 44
Cartridges .................................................................................................................. 44
Interface ..................................................................................................................... 44
Maintenance and troubleshooting .................................................................................. 45
Dealing with errors ...................................................................................................... 45
LTO Ultrium features ..................................................................................................... 46
General documents and standardization ............................................................................... 46

Index ................................................................................................. 47

4
Figures
1 Full-height drives—plan .............................................................................................. 9
2 Full-height drives—side ............................................................................................ 10
3 Full-height drives—front ............................................................................................ 10
4 Full-height drives—rear view (Fibre Channel) ............................................................... 11
5 Full-height drives—rear view (SAS) ............................................................................ 11
6 Half-height drives—plan .......................................................................................... 12
7 Half-height drives—side ........................................................................................... 12
8 Half-height drives—front ........................................................................................... 12
9 Half-height drives—rear view (Fibre Channel) ............................................................. 13
10 Half-height drives—rear view (SAS) ........................................................................... 13

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1 Features

Feature Specification

Recording format Linear Serpentine Ultrium-5 and Ultrium-4.


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LTO Ultrium-3 tapes can be read but not written.

Data compression ALDC

Data encoding method 16-channel 32/33 RLL NPML

Variable speed recording 47–140 MB/s Ultrium-51

Read-While-Write Standard—data is verified immediately after it is written

Auxiliary memory in cartridge (CM) Standard 8K LTO-CM as part of Ultrium format

Data interfaces FC: Full height: 8 Gb/s dual port Fibre Channel
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Half height: 8 Gb/s single port Fibre Channel

SAS: 6 Gb/s dual port SAS

Library interface (ACI/ADI) Bi-directional RS422


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(serial protocol RS422 9600 to 153600 baud)

Management Interface (iADT) Ethernet (10Base-T and 100 Base-TX)

Main data buffer size 256 MB

Burst buffer size 2 MB (FC and SAS—embedded DRAM)

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Decimal MB/s including wrap turn-around and up to 1% dataset re-writes.

Data security features


Description Specification

Data encryption AES-GCM 256

Certification level FIPS140–2 certification level 1

Tape partitioning features


Description Specification

Number of partitions 2

6 Features
Description Specification

Data encryption Supported as per U-516 LTO5 format specification

WORM cartridge Partitioning a WORM cartridge is not supported as per U-516 Annex L

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8 Features
2 Physical specification

Dimensions
Full-height Half-height

Internal width: 146.07 ± 0.25 mm (5.75") 146.05 ± 0.25 mm (5.75")

height: 82.5 ± 0.65 mm (3.25") 41.65 ± 0.25 mm (1.64")

depth: 203.0 ± 0.8 mm (7.99") 206 ± 0.25 mm (8.11")*

External (SAS only) width: 218 mm (8.58”) 224 mm (8.82")

height: 120 mm (4.72”) 79 mm (3.11")

depth: 297 mm (11.69") 301 mm (11.85")

Full-height drives

Figure 1 Full-height drives—plan


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Figure 2 Full-height drives—side
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Figure 3 Full-height drives—front


.

NOTE:
The diagram shows the Automation bezel.

10 Physical specification
Figure 4 Full-height drives—rear view (Fibre Channel)
.

Figure 5 Full-height drives—rear view (SAS)


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Half-height drives

Figure 6 Half-height drives—plan


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Figure 7 Half-height drives—side


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Figure 8 Half-height drives—front


.

NOTE:
The diagram shows the System bezel.

12 Physical specification
Figure 9 Half-height drives—rear view (Fibre Channel)
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Figure 10 Half-height drives—rear view (SAS)


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Product weight
Full-height Half-height

Internal* 2.26 kg (4.98 lb) 1.41 kg (3.11 lb)

External 5.31 kg (11.71 lb) 3.71 kg (8.18 lb)

*including front panel and ESD bag but excluding rails

Drive orientation
HP LTO Ultrium drives will operate in 0°, –90° and +90° orientations when viewed from the front
panel. In addition, in the 0° axis, the drive will operate with +20°nose-up tilt.

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14 Physical specification
3 Electrical requirements

DC voltage specifications
5V 12V

Maximum voltage 5.25V 13.2V

Minimum voltage 4.75V 10.8V

Typical current 3.6A 0.50A

Maximum current <3.7A <3.0A

Maximum currents drawn from the power supplies


Full-height Fibre Channel drives
The following are the maximum currents drawn from the power supplies for the HP LTO Ultrium 5
full-height tape drive fitted with a single SFP transceiver from a sample of six drives.

Mode 5V (avg) 5V (max)


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5V (max)
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12V (avg) 12V (max)
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12V (max)
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1 ms RMS 20 ms RMS 1 ms RMS 20 ms RMS

Power on 0.88 1.31 0.71 0.10 2.12 0.99

Idle 1.19 n/a n/a 0.07 n/a n/a

Unload 1.55 1.68 1.86 0.44 1.90 1.88

Load1 1.32 1.58 1.81 0.37 1.48 1.26

Write1 3.54 3.61 3.56 0.47 2.74 1.97

Read 2.84 2.91 2.91 0.46 1.97 1.58

Space to EOD 2.06 2.04 2.1 0.62 1.97 2.03

Erase1 3.32 0.44

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Write, Read and Erase average values are taken over two full wraps
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Write and Read RMS values include the peaks from the motor start-up ramps.

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Full-height SAS drives
The following are the maximum currents drawn from the power supplies for the HP LTO Ultrium 5
full-height SAS drive from a sample of six drives.

Mode 5V (avg) 5V (max)


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5V (max)
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12V (avg) 12V (max)
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12V (max)
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1 ms RMS 20 ms RMS 1 ms RMS 20 ms RMS

Power on 1.09 1.33 0.74 0.10 2.13 0.68

Idle 1.22 n/a n/a 0.10 n/a n/a

Unload 1.59 1.70 1.68 0.45 1.997 1.68

Load 1.34 1.61 1.60 0.37 1.45 1.26

Write2 3.57 3.63 3.58 0.51 2.92 1.99

Read2 2.91 3.01 2.97 0.50 1.98 1.60

Space to EOD 2.05 2.03 2.01 0.60 2.20 2.03

Erase2 3.35 0.48

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Write, Read and Erase average values are taken over two full wraps.
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Write and Read RMS values include the peaks from the motor start-up ramps.

NOTE:
HP Ultrium LTO5 SAS tape drives are powered via the SAS connector and do not have a regular
4-pin power connector.

Half-height SAS drives


The following are the maximum current drawn from the power supplies for the HP LTO Ultrium 5
half-height SAS tape drive from a sample of six drives.

Mode 5V (avg) 5V (max)


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5V (max)
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12V (avg) 12V (max)
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12V (max)
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1 ms RMS 20 ms RMS 1 ms RMS 20 ms RMS

Power on 0.83 1.44 0.71 0.09 1.50 0.95

Idle 1.19 n/a n/a 0.07 n/a n/a

Unload 1.54 1.61 1.59 0.44 2.33 1.79

Load 1.24 1.54 1.53 0.39 1.40 1.37

Write3 3.48 3.68 3.60 0.50 2.48 1.24

Read3 2.89 2.97 2.92 0.49 1.37 0.98

Space to EOD 2.06 2.09 2.07 0.56 2.09 2.09

16 Electrical requirements
Mode 5V (avg) 5V (max)
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5V (max)
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12V (avg) 12V (max)
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12V (max)nl

1 ms RMS 20 ms RMS 1 ms RMS 20 ms RMS

Erase3 3.36 0.47

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Write, Read and Erase average values are taken over two full wraps.
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Write and Read RMS values include the peaks from the motor start-up ramps.

NOTE:
HP Ultrium LTO5 SAS tape drives are powered via the SAS connector and do not have a regular
4-pin power connector.

Half-height Fibre Channel drives


The following are the maximum current drawn from the power supplies for the HP LTO Ultrium 5
half-height FC tape drive from a sample of six drives.

Mode 5V (avg) 5V (max)


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5V (max)
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12V (avg) 12V (max)
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12V (max)nl

1 ms RMS 20 ms RMS 1 ms RMS 20 ms RMS

Power on 0.92 1.46 0.76 0.07 1.50 0.76

Idle 1.19 n/a n/a 0.07 n/a n/a

Unload 1.54 1.61 1.58 0.42 2.36 1.17

Load 1.27 1.61 1.48 0.41 2.73 1.70

Write4 3.36 3.54 3.45 0.45 2.50 1.24

Read4 2.83 2.94 2.88 0.45 1.13 1.10

Space to EOD 2.04 2.08 2.06 0.54 2.23 1.26

Erase4 3.19 0.42

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Write, Read and Erase average values are taken over two full wraps.Write and Read RMS values
include the peaks from the motor start-up ramps.

NOTE:
Half-height FC values are preliminary until the final hardware is available.

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Power consumption specifications
Full-height drives
The following are the maximum power consumptions drawn from the power supplies for the HP LTO
Ultrium 5 full-height tape drive from a sample of six drives.

Description FC internal SAS internal

Average Peak
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Peak
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Average Peak
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Peak
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1 ms RMS 20 ms RMS 1 ms RMS 20 ms RMS

Power <23W <51W <41W <24W <54W <42W

5V DC 3.54A 3.61A 3.57A 3.57A 3.63A 3.58A

12V DC 0.47A 2.74A 1.97A 0.51A 2.92A 1.99A

Power consumption

Power-up 5.58 31.74 15.29 6.70 31.84 14.84

Idle 6.60 n/a n/a 6.90 n/a n/a

Unload 12.76 30.58 30.19 12.81 31.58 28.42

Load 10.77 25.54 22.93 11.19 25.44 23.06

Write 22.93 50.12 40.82 23.32 53.12 41.65

Read 19.45 38.21 33.24 20.13 38.83 34.05

Space to EOD 17.76 33.40 34.11 17.30 36.54 34.16

Erase 21.93 22.44

Half-height drives
The following are the maximum power consumptions drawn from the power supplies for the HP LTO
Ultrium 5 half-height tape drive from a sample of six drives.

Description FC internal SAS internal

Average Peak nl
Peak nl
Average Peak nl
Peak nl

1 ms RMS 20 ms RMS 1 ms RMS 20 ms RMS

Power <23W <48W <32W <24W <48W <36W

5V DC 3.36A 3.54A 3.45A 3.58A 3.68A 3.60A

12V DC 0.45A 2.73A 1.71A 0.50A 2.48A 2.09A

Power consumption

18 Electrical requirements
Description FC internal SAS internal

Average Peaknl
Peak
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Average Peak
nl
Peak
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1 ms RMS 20 ms RMS 1 ms RMS 20 ms RMS

Power-up 5.30 24.57 12.38 5.20 24.58 14.82

Idle 6.58 n/a n/a 6.65 n/a n/a

Unload 12.74 36.14 28.24 12.84 35.69 28.97

Load 11.21 40.09 27.71 10.80 24.56 23.63

Write 22.15 47.27 31.85 23.17 47.86 32.16

Read 19.47 28.19 27.59 20.07 31.14 26.16

Space to EOD 16.66 36.92 25.16 16.58 35.60 35.54

Erase 20.90 22.16

NOTE:
Half-height FC values are preliminary until the final hardware is available.

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20 Electrical requirements
4 Electromagnetic compatibility

NOTE:
The EMC performance of internal storage products depends on the characteristics of the system in
which the product is installed. HP has tested products installed in server enclosures and in external
desktop enclosures to verify EMC performance against the regulatory standards in force at the time
of introduction.

Products will comply with new regulatory standards by or before the date of withdrawal of the
superseded standards, during their prodution life.

EMC test specification


The following are the specifications for an internal drive configuration.

General standard Reference standards Test description Test level/class

CISPR 22:1997 CISPER 16-1:1993 Radiated Emissions Class B

EN 55022:1998 CISPR 16-1:1993 Radiated Emissions Class B

VCCI CISPR 22:1997 Radiated Emissions Class B

FCC CFR 47 Part 15 ANSI C63.4:2003 Radiated Emissions Class B 30 Mhz –


2.0 GHz

EN 55024:1998+A1+A2
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EN/IEX 61000-4-2:1995 Electrostatic Discharge 10.5 kV Air and 6.3 kV
CISPR 24:1997+A1 +A2 Contact
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EN 300 386:2001 + Ex-


tended Additional Require- EN/IEC 61000-4-3:1995 Radiated RF Interference 12 V/m 80% AM,
ments 80–2000 MHz

EN/IEC 61000-4-3:1995 Radiated RF Interference 3 V/m, 1 KHz PM,


1–4 GHz

The following are the specifications for an external drive configuration.

General standard Reference standards Test description Test level/class

FCC CFR 47 Part 15 ANSI C63.4:2003 Radiated Emissions Class B 30 MHz—2 GHz

VCCI CISPR 22:1997 Emissions Class B

CISPR 22:1997 CISPR 16-1:1993 Emissions Class B

EN 55022:1998 CISPR 16-1:1993 Emissions Class B

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General standard Reference standards Test description Test level/class

EN/IEC 61000-3-3 IEC 61000-3-3:1994 and Flicker Pst = Plt = 0.65


A 1 : 2001

EN/IEC 61000-3-2 IEC 61000-3-2:2000 Harmonics Class A

EN/IEC 61000-4-2:1995 Electrostatic discharge 10.5 kV Air and 6.3 kV


Contact

EN/IEC 61000-4-3:1995 Radiated RF interference 80-2000 MHz, 12 V/m


AM

EN/IEC 61000-4-3:1995 Radiated RF interference 1–4 GHz, 3 V/m PM

EN 55024:1998+A1
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EN/IEC 61000-4-4:1995 Fast transients bursts 2.2 kV AC Power Port
CISPR 24:1997+A1
EN/IEC 61000-4-4:1995 Fast transients bursts 1.1 kV Signal Port
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EN 300 386:2001 + Ex-


tended Additional Require-
ments EN/IEC 61000-4-5:1995 Lightning surge 1.65 kV L-L

EN/IEC 61000-4-5:1995 Lightning surge 3.3 kV L-E

EN/IEC 61000-4-5:1995 Lightning surge 2.2 kV L-E and 1.1 kV L-L

EN/IEC 61000-4-6:1996 Conducted RF field 5V (all ports)

EN/IEC 61000-4- Voltage dip 30% 0.5s and 1s


11:1994

EN/IEC 61000-4- Voltage dip 100% 10 ms and 20m


11:1994

EN/IEC 61000-4- Voltage dip 100% 5s


11:1994

ITE emissions
Standards

Parameter International European Economic Area

Radiated and conducted* CISPR 22:2005 EN 55022:2006


FCC CFR 47 Part 15, referencing ANSI
C63.4-2003 (U.S.A. only)

Harmonic current* IEC 61000-3-2:2000 EN 61000-3-2:2000


+ Amendment 1:2001 + /A2:2005
+ Amendment 2:2004

Voltage fluctuations and flicker* IEC 61000-3-3:1994 EN 61000-3-3:1995


+ Amendment 1:2001 + /A1:2001

*The marked standard applies to external (desktop) products only

22 Electromagnetic compatibility
ITE immunities
Standards

Parameter International European Economic Area

Generally CISPR 24:1997 EN 55024:1998


+ Amendment 1:2001 + /A1:2001
+ Amendment 2:2002 + /A2:2003
referencing the following: referencing the following:

Electrostatic discharge IEC 61000-4-2:1995 EN 61000-4-2:1995

Radiated RF electromagnetic field IEC 61000-4-3:1995 EN 61000-4-3:1996

Electrical fast transient/Burst* IEC 61000-4-4:1995 EN 61000-4-4:1995

Surge* IEC 61000-4-5:1995 EN 61000-4-5:1995

Conducted disturbances by RF fields* IEC 61000-4-6:1996 EN 61000-4-6:1996

Power frequency magnetic field IEC 61000-4-8:1993 EN 61000-4-8:1993

Voltage dips, interruptions & variations* IEC 61000-4-11:1994 EN 61000-4-11:1994

*The marked standard applies to external (desktop) products only

DC magnetic field inteference


IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations, 2007, 48th edition

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24 Electromagnetic compatibility
5 Environmental

Climatics
These apply to the mechanism unless otherwise noted. For the environmental specification of media,
see Media.

Operating

Parameter Specification

Operating temperature with Full-height: at 6 cfm airflow: 10°C to 35°C (50°F to 95°F)
media at 8 cfm airflow: 10°C to 40°C (50°F to 104°F)

Half-height: at 5 cfm airflow: 10°C to 40°C (50°F to 104°F)

Maximum operating temperature rise 10°C/hr (50°F/hr)

Operating non-condensing humidity 20% to 80% RH

Maximum operating humidity rise <30%/hr

Maximum wet bulb temperature 26°C (79°F)

Operating altitude 0 to 4 km (0 to 13,000 ft)

Non-operating

Parameter Specification

Non-operating temperature –40°C to 66°C (–40°F to 151°F)

Maximum non-operating temperature rise 20°C/hr (68°F/hr)

Non-operating humidity 10% to 95% RH

Non-operating humidity rise 30%/hr

Non-operating altitude 0 to 15.25 km (0 to 50,000 ft)

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General

Parameter Specification

Suspended particle density <200 μg/m3

Dynamics
Description Mode Specification

Vibration
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Operating
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Random: 0.31G rms 5 to 500 Hz 0.000194 g2/Hz
(Brick) (3 axes)

Swept Sine: 0.31G peak 5 to 500 Hz @ 1 octave/min


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15 minute dwell at peak resonance

Operating Margin Character- Random: 1.0 G rms 5 to 500 Hz 0.00202 g2/Hz


ized*
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(3 axes) Swept Sine:


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Full Height: 0.75G peak 5 to 500 Hz @ 1 octave/min


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Half Height: 0.5G peak 5 to 500 Hz @ 1 octave/min


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15 min dwell at major resonance

Non-Operating
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Random: (approx. 2.41G rms 5 to 500 Hz)
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(3 axes) 5–100 Hz 0.001961 g2/Hz


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100–137 Hz @ –6 dB/octave
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137–350 Hz 0.01079 g2/Hz


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350–500 Hz @ –6 dB/octave
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500Hz 0.0052 g2/Hz

Swept sine:
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Full Height: 1.0G peak, 5 to 500Hz @ 1 octave/min


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Half Height: 0.75G peak, 5 to 500 Hz @ 1 octave/min


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5 minute dwell at major resonance

Non-Operating Margin Char- Swept sine:


acterized* nl

Full Height: 1.5G peak, 5 to 500 Hz @ 0.5 octave/min


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(3 axes) nl

Half Height: 1.0G peak, 5 to 500 Hz @ 0.5 octave/min


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15 minute dwell at major resonance

Shock
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Operating 5G peak 3 ms (half sine)—no performance change
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(Brick–all six 2G peak 11 ms (half sine)—no performance change


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faces) 8G peak 11 ms (half sine)—no data loss


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Pulse Rate 1 pulse every 10 sec, +ve and –ve direction


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1800 shock pulses per test

Operating Margin Character- 62G peak 2 ms (half sine)—no data loss


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ized* Pulse rate 1 pulse every 10 sec, +ve and –ve direction
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600 shock pulses per test

26 Environmental
Description Mode Specification

Non-Operating 90G peak 3 ms (half sine)—no damage


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33G peak 11 ms (half sine)—no damage (FH only)


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30G peak 26 ms (trapezoidal)—no damage

Non-Operating Margin Char- 200G peak 2.6 ms (half sine)—no damage


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acterized * with cartridge loaded and threaded

Handling Drop Non-Operating Unpackaged Shock:


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One drop per bottom corner free fall from 100 mm, while
rotating about the edge on the other two corners, each
corner stands on a 10 mm and 20 mm spacer respectively.
Drop a total of four bottom corners

Transportation Vibration
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Swept sine: 0.5G peak 5–200–5 Hz @ 1 octave/min
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(Vibra- (3 axes) 5 min dwell at peak resonance


tion—single
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Random: approx. 1.47G rms (30 min/axis)


pack)
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5–100 Hz 0.015 g2/Hz


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100–200 Hz @ –6dB/octave
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200 Hz 0.0038 g2/H

Drop height = 0.91m (36 in)


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10 vertical impacts (6 faces and 4 bottom corners)

Transportation Vibration Swept sine: 0.5 G peak 5–200–5 Hz @ 1 octave/min


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(Palletized—nor- 5 min dwell at peak resonance


mal shipping
axes only) Random: approx. 1.47G rms (30 min/axis)
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5–100 Hz 0.015 g2/Hz


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100–200 Hz @ -6dB/octave
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200Hz 0.0038 g2/H

Shock Drop height = 0.30m (12 in) 5 impacts (1 vertical flat base,
4 rotational edges)

*HP test philosophy is to test the product to failure so that the product margin can be characterized
against the normal operating and non-operating specifications.

Noise
Parameter Specification

Operating acoustic noise <5.0 bel sound power

Airflow
HP LTO Ultrium drives require forced airflow from front to back.

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Airflow (operating and non-operating)

Full-height drives 0.17 m3/min (6 cu ft/min) at 35ºC ambient operation, rising to 0.23 m3/min (8 cu
ft/min) for up to 40ºC ambient operation, from front to back

Half-height drives 0.14 m3/min (5 cu ft/min) at 40ºC ambient operation, from front to back

28 Environmental
6 Safety

Safety and EMC agency requirements


Country Agency Scope Config FC SAS Notes

USA UL Safety Internal Y Y

External N/A Y

FCC EMC — Y Y Refer to DoC

Canada CSA Safety — Y Y Refer to UL

ICES EMC — Y Y Refer to DoC

Mexico NOM Safety External N/A Y

Europe CE Safety-EMC Internal Y Y DoC

External N/A Y DoC

Germany TUV Safety Internal N/A Y

External N/A Y

Russia GOSH Safety-EMC External N/A Y

South Africa SABS Safety-EMC External N/A Y

Taiwan BSMI Safety-EMC Internal N/A Y

External N/A Y

Korea RRL EMC Internal N/A Y

External N/A Y

Australia
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C-Tick Safety-EMC Internal N/A Y
New Zealand
External N/A Y

Japan VCCI EMC External N/A Y

Transceivers
The Fibre Optic transceivers used in FC products are Class 1 Laser components and comply with US
FDA regulations.

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These components are certified to meet the Class 1 eye safety requirements of EN (IEC) 60825 and
the electrical safety requirements of EN (IEC) 60950.

30 Safety
7 Media

Specification
HP Product Number Format Capacity* Notes

C7975A Ultrium–5 3000 GB Read and write

C7975W Ultrium–5 WORM 3000 GB Write once, read many times

C7974A Ultrium–4 1600 GB Read and write

C7974W Ultrium–4 WORM 1600 GB Write once, read many times

C7973A Ultrium–3 800 GB Read

C7673W Ultrium–3 WORM 800 GB Read

*Capacities at 2:1 data compression. The actual capacity depends on the compression ratio of the
data. This is typically 2:1 but can be anywhere between 1:1 and 110:1. GB are decimal MB.

NOTE:
The HP Ultrium LTO 5 tape drives does not support Ultrium–2 R/W and Ultrium–1 R/W cartridge
(10, 30, 50 and 100 GB cartridges). HP recommends the use of the “set capacity” SCSI command
to logically shorten standard cartridges for test purposes.

Ultrium-5 Ultrium-4 Ultrium-3

Tape Base film: Metal Particle PEN Metal Particle PEN (Poly-Ethylene-Naphthal-
(Poly-Ethylene- ate)
Napthalate) or
equivalent

Tape length: 846m 820m 680m

Tape length used for data: 808m 783m 648m

Tape width: 12.65 mm 12.65 mm 12.65 mm

Tape thickness: 6.4–0.2/+0.3 μm 6.6–0.2/+0.3 μm 8.0±0.3 μm

Tape dimensional stability: Total < 875 ppm


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900 ppm 1200 ppm
Env. < 550 ppm
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Tension < 300 ppm


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Ageing < 200 ppm

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Ultrium-5 Ultrium-4 Ultrium-3

Rewind speed: 9.00 m/s

Durability: 1,000,000 passes

Cartridge Width: 105.4±0.30 mm

Depth: 102.0±0.30 mm

Height: 21.5±0.25 mm

Weight: 0.220 kg

Recording layout Track pitch: 8.10 μm 11.48 μm 14.3 μm

Track density (TPI): 3136 2212 1773

Data tracks: 1280 896 704

Data channels: 16 16 16

Number of wraps: 80 56 44

Number of bands: 4 4 4

RLL recording bit density: 15.143 Kb/mm


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13.52 Kb/mm
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10.24 Kb/mm
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(384.6 Kb/in) (343.4 Kb/in) (260.1 Kb/in)

Cartridge memory capacity 8192 bytes 8192 bytes 4096 bytes

Environmental specifications (media)


Operating

Parameter Specification

Ambient Temperature 10°C to 45°C (50°F to 113°F)

Relative Humidity (non-condensing) 10%* to 80%

Maximum Wet Bulb Temperature 26°C (78.8°F)

* The media is specified to operate down to 10% RH as a margin beyond the minimum specified for
the operating drive (20%).

Storage (day-to-day)

Parameter Specification

Ambient Temperature 16°C to 32°C (60°F to 90°F)

Relative Humidity (non-condensing) 20% to 80%

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Parameter Specification

Maximum Wet Bulb Temperature 26°C (78.8°F)

Storage (transportation)

Parameter Specification

Ambient Temperature –23°C to 49°C (–9.4°F to 102°F)

Relative Humidity (non-condensing) 5% to 80%

Maximum Wet Bulb Temperature 26°C (78.8°F)

Storage (archival)
Archival storage is recommended for cartridges that need to be stored more than six months. Cartridges
should be stored in plastic containers, preferably on their sides.

Parameter Specification

Ambient Temperature 5°C to 23°C (41°F to 73°F)

Relative Humidity (non-condensing) 20% to 60%

Maximum Wet Bulb Temperature 26°C (78.8°F)

Archive Life 30 years

LTO-Cartridge Memory (EEPROM)


LTO Cartridge Memory (LTO-CM) is EEPROM that is embedded in every LTO Ultrium tape cartridge.
It is non-volatile and is contactless in that it is read by RF coupling rather than electrical contact.

Interface specification
• Contactless, passive RF interface using a proximity inductive coupling with a range in the order
of millimeters.
• Power to the transponder is coupled through the interface.
• The range depends on implementation (maximum 10 to 20 mm). The best error rate performance
occurs at short distances.
• The memory can be read from below (by a drive) or the front (in libraries).
• 8192 bytes
• Organized as 255 x 32 byte blocks
• >500K write cycles, 20 year data retention life
• Write/read size is word-wide (2 bytes) or block-wide (32 bytes)

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Further information
• For suggestions of how to make use of cartridge memory in libraries, see “LTO Cartridge Memory
(LTO-CM)” in Chapter 5, “Supporting LTO Ultrium Features” in the Software Integration Guide,
Volume 2 of the HP LTO Ultrium Technical Manual.

34 Media
8 LTO Ultrium format standard

Compatibility
HP LTO Ultrium 5 drives are specified to interchange data cartridges with other tape drives that comply
to the LTO U-316, U-416 and U-516 specification documents:

Capacity (2:1 compression) Format Write Read

3000 GB (write/read) LTO Ultrium-5 Yes Yes

3000 GB WORM LTO Ultrium-5 Yes Yes

1600 GB WORM LTO Ultrium-4 Yes Yes

1600 GB (write/read) LTO Ultrium-4 Yes Yes

800 GB WORM LTO Ultrium-3 No Yes

800 GB (write/read) LTO Ultrium-3 No Yes

400 GB (write/read) LTO Ultrium-2 No No

200 GB (write/read) LTO Ultrium-1 No No

100 GB (write/read) LTO Ultrium-1 No No

This specification only applies when:


• Cartridges carry the LTO Ultrium logo.
• Cartridges are not damaged or faulty.
• Cartridges are read on a drive in good operating condition, and have been written on a logo-
certified drive in good condition.
• Environmental conditions (including DC voltage supplies) are within the specified limits.

Future compatibility
In future, HP LTO Ultrium drives will always be capable of reading and writing tapes from the current
generation and one generation before, and reading tapes from two generations before. HP LTO
Ultrium drives will always maintain write and read compatibility with other manufacturers’ LTO Ultrium
drives and tapes that meet the LTO Ultrium format specification.

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36 LTO Ultrium format standard
9 Reliability

Description Specification

MTBF (100% duty cycle) 250,000 hours

Load/unload life (only valid when the drive is operated Full–height: 120,000 cycles
in a standard office environment)
Half–height: 80,000 cycles

Population MSBF 100,000 cycles

Head life (typical) 60,000 hours

Reposition life 1,000,000 cycles (media limited)

Lifetime of drive (5 years at 100% duty cycle) 43,800 hours

Maximum cartridge uses 20,000 threads

Cartridge Extraction Force 2.25N to 5.8N (0.5 lbf to 1.3 lbf)

Backup failure rate <0.1%

Restore failure rate <0.001%

Interchange failure rate <0.1%

Uncorrectable error rate 1 in 1017 bits

Undetected error rate 1 in 1027 bits

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38 Reliability
10 Performance specification

The drive will match the throughput of any host up to the maximum supported transfer rate using the
Data Rate Matching (DRM) functionality. There is no performance penalty for hosts that are slower
than the maximum supported transfer rate. This capability is accomplished using buffer management
for transfer rates of 0 MB/s up to the minimum tape streaming transfer rate, and the Adaptive Tape
Speed (ATS) technology from the minimum to maximum tape streaming transfer rate.

Transfer rates
Maximum sustained transfer rate Native: 140 MB/s

Compressed (2:1): 280 MB/s

Any compression: 535 MB/s

Streaming native data rate range 47–140 MB/s (LTO 5)


40–120 MB/s (LTO 4)
27–80 MB/s (LTO 3)

Burst transfer rate FC: 800 MB/s

SAS: 600 MB/s

Maximum block size without encryption: 16 MB

with encryption: 8 MB

Compression engine bandwidth 600 MB/s

Encryption engine bandwidth 600 MB/s

The drive will match the throughput of any host up to the maximum supported transfer rate using the
Data Rate Matching (DRM) functionality. There is no performance penalty for hosts that are slower
than the maximum supported transfer rate. This capability is accomplished using buffer management
for transfer rates of 0 MB/s up to the minimum tape streaming transfer rate, and the Adaptive Tape
Speed (ATS) technology from the minimum to maximum tape streaming transfer rate.

Data compression
The compression engine uses an enhanced algorithm based on ALDC where data expansion due to
redundant data is minimized. This is achieved by having two compression schemes (normal and
pass-through) with the ability to switch dynamically between them.
It is possible to force the drive to turn off Data Compression using the Data Compression mode page
or the SDCA parameter in the Sequential Access Mode Page.

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Speeds
Tape read/write speed 6.04 m/s (LTO 5)
6.20 m/s (LTO 4)
5.32 m/s (LTO 3)

Tape rewind speed 9.00 m/s

Timings
Capacity full backup times
The following table shows approximate backup times for supported tape cartridges:

Cartridge Time

3000 GB LTO 5 3.2 hours (TBC)

1600 GB LTO 4 2.24 hours

Load/unload times

Standard cartridge WORM Cartridge*

Typical load time to BOT, ready to read or write <19s <22s

Unload time, excluding rewind <19s <22s

Automation eject (tape unthreaded) <1s <1s

* Unitialized WORM cartridges can take longer to load.

Access times (time to data)

Time

Average access time from BOT to MOT 3000 GB LTO 5: 52s

1600 GB LTO 4: 50s

800 GB LTO 3: 42s

Maximum access time from BOT to EOT 3000 GB LTO 5: 97s

1600 GB LTO 4: 94s

800 GB LTO 3: 79s

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Other times

Parameter Time

Mean reposition time 2.50s (TBC)

Turn-around time at end of wrap 1.5s max.

Time to rewind EOT–BOT Ultrium–5: 96s (TBC)


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Ultrium–4: 93s (TBC)


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Ultrium–3: 78s (TBC)

Time to rewind MOT–BOT Ultrium–5: 47s (TBC)


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Ultrium–4: 46s (TBC)


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Ultrium–3: 38s (TBC)

Cleaning time with a cleaning cartridge 58–152s

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42 Performance specification
11 Support and other resources

Related documents
The following documents provide additional information:

Documents specific to HP LTO Ultrium drives


• Hardware Integration Guide, volume 1 of the HP LTO Ultrium Technical Reference Manual
• Software Integration Guide, volume 2 of the HP LTO Ultrium Technical Reference Manual
• Host Interface Guide, volume 3 of the HP LTO Ultrium Technical Reference Manual
• UNIX, Linux and OpenVMS Configuration Guide, volume 5 of the HP LTO Ultrium Technical Ref-
erence Manual
Please contact your HP supplier for copies.
• The features and benefits of HP LTO Ultrium drives are discussed in the HP LTO Ultrium Technology
White Paper.
• For a general background to LTO technology and licensing, go to http://www.lto-technology.com.

Documentation map
The following will help you locate information in the Technical Reference Manual. A reference like
“1 HW Integration: ch. 7” means Volume 1, Hardware Integration Guide, of the HP LTO Ultrium
Technical Reference Manual, chapter 7.

Drives—general

FC Drives SAS Drives

Connectors 1 HW Integration: ch. 4 1 HW Integration: ch. 7

Front panel LEDs 1 HW Integration: ch. 3 1 HW Integration: ch. 6

Specifications 4 Specifications

Installation and configuration

FC Drives SAS Drives

Connectors 1 HW Integration: ch. 4 1 HW Integration: ch. 7

Determining the configuration 2 SW Integration: ch. 2

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FC Drives SAS Drives

External drives n/a 1 HW Integration: ch. 5

In libraries 1 HW Integration: ch. 1

In servers n/a 1 HW Integration: ch. 4

In tape arrays n/a 1 HW Integration: ch. 3

Linux configuration 5 UNIX, Linux, OpenVMS Configuration

Modes of usage n/a 1 HW Integration: ch. 8

OpenVMS configuration 5 UNIX, Linux, OpenVMS Configuration

Optimizing performance n/a 1 HW Integration: ch. 8

2 SW Integration: ch. 4

UNIX configuration 5 UNIX, Linux, OpenVMS Configuration

Operation

FC Drives SAS Drives

External drives n/a 1 HW Integration: ch. 5

In libraries 1 HW Integration: ch. 1

In servers n/a 1 HW Integration: ch. 4

In tape arrays n/a 1 HW Integration: ch. 3

Cartridges

FC Drives SAS Drives

Cartridge Memory (LTO-CM) 2 SW Integration: ch. 5

Cartridges 1 HW Integration: ch. 5 1 HW Integration: ch. 9

Managing the use of cartridges 2 SW Integration: ch. 1

Use of cartridges 2 SW Integration: ch. 3

Interface

FC Drives SAS Drives

FC, SCSI and SAS host interface


3 Host Interface
guide

44 Support and other resources


FC Drives SAS Drives

Commands 3 Host Interface: ch. 5

Error codes 1 HW Integration: ch. 6 1 HW Integration: ch. 10

Implementation 3 Host Interface: ch. 1

Interpreting sense data 2 SW Integration: ch. 3

Messages 3 Host Interface: ch. 2

Mode pages —see the MODE


3 Host Interface: ch. 5
SENSE command

Pre-execution checks 3 Host Interface: ch. 4

Responding to sense keys and


2 SW Integration: ch. 6
ASC/Q

Sense keys and ASC/Q —see RE-


3 Host Interface: ch. 5
QUEST SENSE command

Task management functions n/a 3 Host Interface: ch. 3

Maintenance and troubleshooting

FC Drives SAS Drives

2 SW Integration: ch. 5
Cleaning nl

2 SW Integration: ch. 7

External drives n/a 1 HW Integration: ch. 5

In libraries 1 HW Integration: ch. 1

In servers n/a 1 HW Integration: ch. 4

In tape arrays n/a 1 HW Integration: ch. 3

Monitoring drive and tape condition 2 SW Integration: ch. 7

Software troubleshooting techniques 2 SW Integration: ch. 1

Dealing with errors

FC Drives SAS Drives

Error codes 1 HW Integration: ch. 6 1 HW Integration: ch. 10

Handling errors 2 SW Integration: ch. 5

Logs—see the LOG SENSE command 3 Host Interface: ch. 4

Recovering from write and read errors 2 SW Integration: ch. 7

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FC Drives SAS Drives

Software response to error correction 2 SW Integration: ch. 3

Software response to logs 2 SW Integration: ch. 3

TapeAlert log 2 SW Integration: ch. 7

LTO Ultrium features

FC Drives SAS Drives

Autoload 1 HW Integration: ch. 2

Automation Control Interface (ACI) 1 HW Integration: ch. 2

1 HW Integration: ch. 2
Cartridge Memory (LTO-CM) nl

2 SW Integration: ch. 5

Data compression, managing 2 SW Integration: ch. 5

OBDR and CD-ROM emulation 2 SW Integration: ch. 7

n/a 1 HW Integration: ch. 8


Performance optimization
2 SW Integration: ch. 1

Performance, factors affecting 2 SW Integration: ch. 4

Software design 2 SW Integration: ch. 1

Supporting LTO Ultrium features 2 SW Integration: ch. 5

General documents and standardization


See http://www.t10.org/t10_main.htm for INCITS SCSI Primary Commands—3 (SPC-3), SCSI
Streaming Commands (SSC-3) and other specifications
Copies of documents of other standards bodies can be obtained from:

INCITS 11 West 42nd Street New York, NY


10036-8002 USA

ISO CP 56
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CH-1211 Geneva 20
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Switzerland

ECMA 114 Rue du Rhône


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Tel: +41 22 849 6000
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CH-1204 Geneva
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Web URL: http://www.ecma.ch
Switzerland

Global Engineering Docu- 2805 McGaw


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Tel: 800 854 7179 or 714 261 1455
ments Irvine, CA 92714
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USA

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Index

A F
access time, 40 features, 6
airflow, 27 format, 6
altitude, 25 format standard, 35
ANSI, 43, 46 future compatibility, 35
archival storage
environment, 33
H
humidity
B drives, 25
backup times, 40 media, 32
bandwidth, 39
I
C immunities, 21
climatics, 25 INCITS, 46
CM, 6, 33 interfaces, 6
compatibility, 35 ISO, 46
compression, 39
compression format, 6
currents drawn from power supplies, 15
L
library interface, 6
life of drive, 37
D load/unload times, 40
data compression, 39 LTO Ultrium format standard, 35
data encryption, 6 LTO-cartridge memory, 33
data security, 6
DC voltage specifications, 15
dimensions, drive, 9
M
documents, related, 43 magnetic field interference, 23
drive orientation, 13 media specification, 31
dynamics, 26 MTBF, 37

E N
ECMA, 46 noise, 27
electrical requirements, 15
electromagnetic compatibility, 21
EMC agency requirements, 29
O
EMC test specification, 21 orientation, 13
emissions, 22
encryption, 39
environmental specifications, 25
P
partitions, 6
error rates, 37
performance specification, 39
physical specification, 9

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power consumption, 18

R
read-while-write, 6
reliability, 37
rewind times, 41

S
safety, 29
shock, 26
speed of recording, 6
standard, LTO format, 35
suspended particle density, 25

T
tape partitions, 6
temperature
drives, 25
media, 32
times
access, 40
capacity full backup, 40
load/unload, 40
rewind, 41
turn-around, 41
transfer rates, 39
transportation of media, 33
turn-around times, 41

V
vibration, 26

W
weight, drive, 13
wet bulb temperature
drives, 25
media, 32

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