T10000A/B/C - Information on Type 1 and Type 2 Cleaning Cartridge Labels

Asset ID:	1-71-1381569.1
Update Date:	2011-11-29
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Solution 1381569.1 : T10000A/B/C - Information on Type 1 and Type 2 Cleaning Cartridge Labels

Applies to:

Sun StorageTek T10000B Tape Drive - Version: Not Applicable and later   [Release: N/A and later ]
Sun StorageTek T10000A Tape Drive - Version: Not Applicable and later    [Release: N/A and later]
StorageTek T10000C Tape Drive - Version: Not Applicable and later    [Release: N/A and later]
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Goal

Describe what label types are available for T10000 Cleaning Media.

Solution

There are two generations of cleaning media:

Type 1 - Can only be used for T10000 and T10000B drives. It can be identified as it does not have T2 silk-screened onto the cartridge from the manufacturer. This cartridge type can only use a CT label type. These cartridges are no longer being manufactured.

Type 2 - This is the current cleaning cartridge being manufactured. It can be used to clean a T10000A, T10000B, or T10000C drive. It will have T2 silk-screened onto the cartridge from the manufacturer.When a customer orders one or more cleaning tapes they will get a T2 cleaning cartridge. If they want them pre-labeled they will have a choice of either a CL or CT pre-printed bar-code label.

Types of cleaning labels and usage:
CT - This denotes that the cartridge is either a T1 or T2 cartridge and can be used to clean a T10000A or T10000B drive. There is no library firmware restriction associated with this label type.

CL - This denotes that the cartridge is a T2 cartridge and can be used to clean a T10000A, T10000B, or a T10000C drive. The caveat for using the CL label type is that you must be running on SL8500 firmware 6.x or higher. In other words library firmware 4.7x will not recognize this label type.

CC - This denotes that the cartridge is a T2 cartridge and can be used to clean a T10000C drive. 4.7x Library code will recognize this label type. This type is not available as a pre-printed label. If this label type is needed the customer must print their own labels

Note:
Both ACSLS and HCS will recognize all three label types if they are at a level that supports the T10000C product.

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