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96154 • Revision K Chapter 5 Cartridge Information 89
Note – The SDLT and T9x40 cartridges do not have the drive type identifier.
Diagnostic Cartridges Label Examples
Diagnostic cartridges are data cartridges with a DG label. Service representatives use the
diagnostic cartridges to perform run read and write tests on the drives.
The diagnostic cartridges have the label format DG xxx. The first two alpha characters,
DG, identify the cartridge as diagnostic, followed by a space, and xxx is a number value
from 000 to 999 to identify the individual diagnostic cartridge. For example DG 001L2 is
an LTO data cartridge with a diagnostic label.
FIGURE 5-6 Cleaning Cartridges Label Examples
SDLT LTO T9x40 T10000
Media ID Labels
The SDLT Media ID
is incorporated into
the tape label:
S = Super DLT tape I
and II
The LTO Media ID
is incorporated at
the end of the tape
label:
C1 = HP cleaning
C2 = IBM cleaning
CU = Universal
The Media ID label
for the T9x40 is at the
end of the tape label:
W = T9940 Cleaning
U = T9840 Cleaning
The Media ID label for
the T10000 is at the
end of the tape label:
CT = Cleaning
C
L
O
O
1
S
N
C
L
O
1
CU
C65555
N
C
L
0
2
0
U
N
CT
N