Tape Drive and Media Compatibility

The following table lists the compatible media for each drive type. Use these values as input to the media media_type and drive drive_type parameters on ACSLS commands.

An R/O identifies media types that are read-only by the specified drive type.

Table 2-3 Drive and Media Compatibility

Drive Type (drive_type)	Compatible Media for Data Cartridge	Compatible Media for Cleaning Cartridge
HP-LTO 5	LTO-1.5T, LTO-1.5W, LTO-800G, LTO-800W, LTO-400G (R/O), LTO-400W (R/O)	LTO-CLNU
IBM-LTO 5	LTO-1.5T, LTO-1.5W, LTO-800G, LTO-800W, LTO-400G (R/O), LTO-400W (R/O)	LTO-CLNU
HP-LTO 6	LTO-2.5T, LTO-2.5W, LTO-1.5T, LTO-1.5W, LTO-800G (R/O), LTO-800W (R/O)	LTO-CLNU
IBM-LTO 6	LTO-2.5T, LTO-2.5W, LTO-1.5T, LTO-1.5W, LTO-800G (R/O), LTO-800W (R/O)	LTO-CLNU
IBM-LTO 7	LTO-6.4T, LTO-6.4W, LTO-2.5T, LTO-2.5W, LTO-1.5T (R/O), LTO-1.5W (R/O)	LTO-CLNU
IBM-LTO-8	LTO-12T, LTO-12W, LTO-9T, LTO-6.4T (R/W), LTO-6.4W (R/W)	LTO-CLNU
IBM-LTO-9	LTO-12T, LTO-12W, LTO-18T, LTO-18W	LTO-CLNU
T1B	T10000T1, T10000TS	T10000CT, T10000CL
T1B35	T10000T1, T10000TS	T10000CT, T10000CL
T1BE	T10000T1, T10000TS	T10000CT, T10000CL
T1BE35	T10000T1, T10000TS	T10000CT, T10000CL
T1C	T10000T1 (R/O), T10000TS (R/O), T10000T2, T10000TT	T10000CC, T10000CL
T1C35	T10000T1 (R/O), T10000TS (R/O), T10000T2, T10000TT	T10000CC, T10000CL
T1CE	T10000T1 (R/O), T10000TS (R/O), T10000T2, T10000TT	T10000CC, T10000CL
T1CE35	T10000T1 (R/O), T10000TS (R/O), T10000T2, T10000TT	T10000CC, T10000CL
T1D	T10000T1 (R/O), T10000TS (R/O), T10000T2, T10000TT	T10000CL
T1D35	T10000T1 (R/O)), T10000TS (R/O), T10000T2, T10000TT	T10000CL
T1DE	T10000T1 (R/O)), T10000TS (R/O), T10000T2, T10000TT	T10000CL
T1DE35	T10000T1 (R/O)), T10000TS (R/O), T10000T2, T10000TT	T10000CL
T1D-Eth	T10000T1 (R/O)), T10000TS (R/O), T10000T2, T10000TT	T10000CL
T1DpEth	T10000T1 (R/O)), T10000TS (R/O), T10000T2, T10000TT	T10000CL