Exabyte MAGNUM 1X7 LTO Manual De Usuario

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CTOBER

 2006

The WORM feature requires the following:



LTO-3 generation of tape drive—the WORM feature is not available on 

earlier generations of LTO tape drives (LTO-2 or LTO-1)



WORM-capable drive firmware release 54xx or higher



Special WORM tape cartridges

You can use LTOTool to determine the firmware level currently in the tape 

drive. Refer to the readme file provided with the program for installation 

instructions. Refer to the program’s online help for instructions on 

determining the tape drive firmware level.

If your tape drive has an earlier version of firmware, you can download the 

updated firmware by visiting the download page on the Exabyte web site at 

Refer to 

 for instructions on upgrading the tape drive firmware. 

 shows the new TapeAlert flags associated with the WORM cartridge. 

Refer to the Exabyte Magnum 1x7 LTO Autoloader SCSI Reference for additional 

information about TapeAlert. 

3Bh

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 Set when 

the drive determines that the data on tape is suspect 

from a WORM point of view.

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Critical

3Ch

60

 Set when 

the drive rejects a Write operation because the rules 

for allowing WORM writes have not been met.

E

Critical