Quantum SDLT Drive-Specific Information

Supported Tape Formats

The following drive/media combinations are supported by XenData Archive Series software in Quantum SDLT drives:

Drive Media
   SDLT II R/W   DLTIce WORM 
   300GB   300GB 
SDLT 600 SCSI     √   √ 

 

Supported by XenData Versions

The SDLT600 is only supported by XenData Archive Series software version 4.00.

Minimum Supported Firmware Level

The following firmware version has been tested with XenData Archive Series software. If you are using an earlier firmware version, please upgrade your drives before using XenData software.  Note that all drives in a library must have the same firmware version.

Drive Firmware
 SDLT 600   3.0 

Device Driver Installation

The device driver for these drives is installed using the Windows Update service, as follows:

  1. Right-click on 'My Computer' and select 'Manage'

  2. Select Device Manager from the left pane and find the drive; it will be in either 'Tape drives' or 'Other devices' in the right pane.

  3. Double click on the device and select the 'Driver' tab.

  4. Click 'update driver' to launch the driver update wizard, allow the wizard to connect to the Internet and click 'Next'.  Select 'Install the software automatically' and again click 'Next'  When the wizard finished installing the device driver, click 'Finish'.

If the driver fails to install for some reason, you can download a suitable driver from the Quantum support site.  Follow the installation instructions on the site.

Special Notes

This drive supports WORM functionality using standard media.  To enable this functionality, media must be converted to WORM format using the XenData Management Console's Reformat function.