HP LTO-4 Technical Reference Manual

HP LTO Ultrium tape drives
technical reference manual

LTO 4 FC, SCSI and SAS drives

volume 4: specifications

Edition 1, June 2007

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Contents

Related documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Documents specific to HP LTO Ultrium drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Documentation map. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Drives—general . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Installation and configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Maintenance and troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Dealing with errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

LTO Ultrium features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

General documents and standardization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

1 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

2 Physical specification. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Full-height drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Product weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Drive orientation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

3 Electrical requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

PSU requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Internal and rack-mounted drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Power consumption. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

4 Electromagnetic compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

ITE emissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

ITE immunities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

DC magnetic field inteference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

5 Environmental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Climatics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Dynamics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Noise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Airflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

6 Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Safety regulatory standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Required agency approvals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Transceivers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

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7 Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Environmental specifications (media) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

LTO-Cartridge Memory (EEPROM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

8 LTO Ultrium format standard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

9 Reliability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

10Performance specification. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Transfer rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Data compression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Speeds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Timings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

11Automation Control Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

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Related documents

This is one of six volumes that document HP LTO Ultrium drives. This volume gives specifications for
the following products. The capacities are using hardware data compression with a compression
ratio of 2:1 where applicable:

• HP LTO Ultrium 4 Fibre Channel tape drives

• HP LTO Ultrium 4 SCSI tape drives

• HP LTO Ultrium 4 SAS tape drives

The following documents provide additional information:

Documents specific to HP LTO Ultrium drives

• Hardware Integration Guide, volume 1 of the HP LTO Ultrium Technical Reference Manual

• Software Integration Guide, volume 2 of the HP LTO Ultrium Technical Reference Manual

• Host Interface Guide, volume 3 of the HP LTO Ultrium Technical Reference Manual

• UNIX, Linux and OpenVMS Configuration Guide, volume 5 of the HP LTO Ultrium Technical

Reference Manual

Please contact your HP supplier for copies.

• The features and benefits of HP LTO Ultrium drives are discussed in the HP LTO Ultrium

Technology White Paper.

• For a general background to LTO technology and licensing, go to

http://www.lto-technology.com

.

Documentation map

The following will help you locate information in the Technical Reference Manual. A reference like
“

1 HW Integration: ch. 7” means Volume 1, Hardware Integration Guide, of the HP LTO Ultrium

Technical Reference Manual, chapter 7.

Drives—general

Connectors
Front panel LEDs
Specifications

Installation and configuration

Connectors
Determining the configuration
External drives

FC Drives SCSI Drives SAS Drives

1 HW Integration: ch. 4 1 HW Integration: ch. 7
1 HW Integration: ch. 3 1 HW Integration: ch. 6

4 Specifications

FC Drives SCSI Drives SAS Drives

1 HW Integration: ch. 4 1 HW Integration: ch. 7

2 SW Integration: ch. 2

n/a 1 HW Integration: ch. 5

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In libraries
In servers
In tape arrays
Linux configuration
Modes of usage
OpenVMS configuration
Optimizing performance

UNIX configuration

Operation

External drives
In libraries
In servers
In tape arrays

1 HW Integration: ch. 1

n/a 1 HW Integration: ch. 4
n/a 1 HW Integration: ch. 3 n/a

5 UNIX, Linux, OpenVMS Configuration

n/a 1 HW Integration: ch. 8 n/a

5 UNIX, Linux, OpenVMS Configuration

n/a 1 HW Integration: ch. 8 n/a

2 SW Integration: ch. 4

5 UNIX, Linux, OpenVMS Configuration

FC Drives SCSI Drives SAS Drives

n/a 1 HW Integration: ch. 5

1 HW Integration: ch. 1

n/a 1 HW Integration: ch. 4
n/a 1 HW Integration: ch. 3 n/a

Cartridges

Cartridge Memory (LTO-CM)
Cartridges
Managing the use of cartridges
Use of cartridges

Interface

FC, SCSI and SAS host interface guide
Commands
Error codes
Implementation
Interpreting sense data
Messages
Mode pages

—see the MODE SENSE command

FC Drives SCSI Drives SAS Drives

2 SW Integration: ch. 5

1 HW Integration: ch. 5 1 HW Integration: ch. 9

2 SW Integration: ch. 1

2 SW Integration: ch. 3

FC Drives SCSI Drives SAS Drives

3 Host Interface

3 Host Interface: ch. 5

1 HW Integration: ch. 6 1 HW Integration: ch. 10

3 Host Interface: ch. 1

2 SW Integration: ch. 3

3 Host Interface: ch. 2
3 Host Interface: ch. 5

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FC Drives SCSI Drives SAS Drives

Pre-execution checks
Responding to sense keys and ASC/Q
Sense keys and ASC/Q

—see REQUEST SENSE command
Task management functions

Maintenance and troubleshooting

Cleaning

External drives
In libraries
In servers
In tape arrays)
Monitoring drive and tape condition
Software troubleshooting techniques

3 Host Interface: ch. 4

2 SW Integration: ch. 6

3 Host Interface: ch. 5

n/a 3 Host Interface: ch. 3

FC Drives SCSI Drives SAS Drives

2 SW Integration: ch. 5
2 SW Integration: ch. 7

n/a 1 HW Integration: ch. 5

1 HW Integration: ch. 1

n/a 1 HW Integration: ch. 4
n/a 1 HW Integration: ch. 3 n/a

2 SW Integration: ch. 7
2 SW Integration: ch. 1

Dealing with errors

Error codes
Handling errors
Logs—see the LOG SENSE command
Recovering from write and read errors
Software response to error correction
Software response to logs
TapeAlert log

LTO Ultrium features

Autoload
Automation Control Interface (ACI)
Cartridge Memory (LTO-CM)

Data compression, managing

FC Drives SCSI Drives SAS Drives

1 HW Integration: ch. 6 1 HW Integration: ch. 10

2 SW Integration: ch. 5

3 Host Interface: ch. 4

2 SW Integration: ch. 7
2 SW Integration: ch. 3
2 SW Integration: ch. 3

2 SW Integration: ch. 7

FC Drives SCSI Drives SAS Drives

1 HW Integration: ch. 2
1 HW Integration: ch. 2
1 HW Integration: ch. 2

2 SW Integration: ch. 5
2 SW Integration: ch. 5

OBDR and CD-ROM emulation

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FC Drives SCSI Drives SAS Drives

Performance optimization

n/a 1 HW Integration: ch. 8

Performance, factors affecting
Software design
Supporting LTO Ultrium features

General documents and standardization

See http://www.t10.org/t10_main.htm for INCITS SCSI Primary Commands—3 (SPC-3), SCSI
Streaming Commands (SSC-3) and other specifications

Copies of documents of other standards bodies can be obtained from:

INCITS

ECMA

11 West 42nd Street
New York,
NY 10036-8002
USA

ISO

CP 56
CH-1211 Geneva 20
Switzerland

114 Rue du Rhône
CH-1204 Geneva
Switzerland

2 SW Integration: ch. 1
2 SW Integration: ch. 4

2 SW Integration: ch. 1
2 SW Integration: ch. 5

Tel: [phone]
Web URL: http://www.ecma.ch

Global Engineering

Documents

2805 McGaw
Irvine, CA 92714
USA

Tel: [phone] or 714 261 1455

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1Features

Feature Full-height drives
Recording format Linear Tape Open Ultrium-4 and Ultrium-3. LTO Ultrium-2 tapes

Data compression ALDC
Data encoding method 16-channel PRML
Variable speed recording 40–120 MB/s LTO 4
Read-While-Write Standard—data is verified immediately after it is written
Auxiliary memory in

cartridge (CM)
Data interfaces FC: 4 Gb/s Fibre Channel, Class 3, dual port, multi-mode connector:

Library interface Bi-directional RS422 (serial protocol RS422 9600 to

Main data buffer size 128 MB
Burst buffer size FC: 16 MB

Specification

can be read but not written.

Standard part of the LTO Ultrium format

duplex-LC (native)

SCSI: Ultra320 SCSI Wide

SAS: 3 GB

115200 baud/8 bits)

SCSI, SAS: 8MB

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2 Physical specification

Dimensions

Fibre Channel SCSI SAS

Internal width: 146 mm (5.75")

height: 82.5 mm (3.25")

depth: 203 mm (8")

External width: n/a 208 mm (8.2")

height: n/a 121 mm (4.75")

depth: n/a 298 mm (11.75")

Full-height drives

Figure 1 Plan

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Figure 2 Side

Figure 3 Front

Figure 4 Rear view—Fibre Channel

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Figure 5 Rear View—SCSI

Figure 6 Rear View—SAS

Product weight

Internal* 2.24 kg (4.94 lb)
External 5.33 kg (11.75 lb)

*including front panel and ESD bag but excluding rails

Drive orientation

HP LTO Ultrium drives will operate in 0°, –90° and +90° orientations when viewed from the front
panel. In addition, in the 0° axis, the drive will operate with +20°nose-up tilt.

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3 Electrical requirements

PSU requirements

Internal and rack-mounted drives

NOTE: SAS drives should be powered from the normal rear panel connector, not through the

power part of the SAS connector.

Drives are specified to operate at 5V±5% and 12V±10%. Any PSU used to power the drive must be
capable of providing 5V nominal (when the drive pulls 5A on the 5V rail) and 12V nominal (when
the drive pulls 2A on the 12V rail). HP recommends a 10% buffer when selecting a power supply
source capable of delivering the amperage and power required.

FC Drives SCSI Drives SAS Drives

Specification 5V 12V 5V 12V 5V 12V
Max voltage 5.25V 13.2V 5.25V 13.2V 5.25V 13.2V
Min voltage 4.75V 10.8V 4.75V 10.8V 4.75V 10.8V
Max steady-state current 4.2A 0.75A tbdA tbdA tbdA tbdA
Max transient current 4.5A 2.5A tbdA tbdA tbdA tbdA
Max steady-state power 21W 9W tbdW tbdW tbdW tbdW
Max transient power 22.5W 30W tbdW tbdW tbdW tbdW
Max noise/ripple tbd mVpp tbd mVpp tbd mVpp tbd mVpp tbd mVpp tbd mVpp

* The current values are calculated based on constant power and minimum power supply voltage.

Power consumption

Internal Drives External Drives

Power Requirements <30W (<52W max.) 100–240 VAC 50/60 Hz 0.8A max.

5V DC 4.2A typ. (4.5A max.)

12V DC 0.8A typ. (2.5A max.)

FC Drives SCSI Drives SAS Drives

Activity Average Peak Average Peak Average Peak
Power-up 11.23W 22.10W tbdW tbdW tbdW tbdW
Idle 11.55W 11.99W tbdW tbdW tbdW tbdW
Load 14.97W 34.56W tbdW tbdW tbdW tbdW
Unload 16.14W 42.54W tbdW tbdW tbdW tbdW
Write (motor start-up) 27.76W 51.71W tbdW tbdW tbdW tbdW

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Activity Average Peak Average Peak Average Peak
Read (motor start-up) 24.19W 44.60W tbd tbd tbd tbd
Space to EOD 19.98W 37.59W tbd tbd tbd tbd
Erase 29.89W 51.97W tbd tbd tbd tbd

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4 Electromagnetic compatibility

NOTE: The EMC performance of internal storage products depends on the characteristics of the

system in which the product is installed. HP has tested products installed in server enclosures and in
external desktop enclosures to verify EMC performance against the regulatory standards in force at
the time of introduction.

Products will comply with new regulatory standrads by or before the date of withdrawal of the
superseded standards, during their prodution life.

ITE emissions

Parameter International European Economic Area
Radiated and conducted* CISPR 22:1997

FCC CFR 47 Part 15, referencing
ANSI C63.4-2003 (U.S.A. only)

Harmonic current IEC 61000-3-2:2000 EN 61000-3-2:2000
Voltage fluctuations and flicker IEC 61000-3-3:1994

+ Amendment 1:2001

Standards

EN 55022:1998

EN 61000-3-3:1995

+ /A1:2001

*The marked standard applies to external (desktop) products only

ITE immunities

Parameter International European Economic Area
Generally CISPR 24:1997

Electrostatic discharge IEC 61000-4-2:1995 EN 61000-4-2:1995
Radiated RF electromagnetic field IEC 61000-4-3:1995 EN 61000-4-3:1995
Electrical fast transient/Burst IEC 61000-4-4:1995 EN 61000-4-4:1995
Surge IEC 61000-4-5:1995 EN 61000-4-5:1995
Conducted disturbances by RF fields IEC 61000-4-6:1996 EN 61000-4-6:1996
Voltage dips, interruptions & variations IEC 61000-4-11:1994 EN 61000-4-11:1994

DC magnetic field inteference

IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations, 2997, 48th edition

Standards

+ Amendment 1:2001
+ Amendment 2:2002

referencing the following:

EN 55024:1998

+ /A1:2001
+ /A2:2003

referencing the following:

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5Environmental

Climatics

These apply to the mechanism unless otherwise noted. For the environmental specification of media,
see Chapter 7 on page 23.

Operating

Parameter Specification

Operating temperature with media at 6 cfm airflow: 10°C to 35°C (50°F to 95°F)

Maximum operating temperature rise 10°C/hr (50°F/hr)
Operating non-condensing humidity 20% to 80% RH
Maximum operating humidity rise <30%/hr
Maximum wet bulb temperature 26°C (79°F)
Operating altitude 0 to 4 km (0 to 13,000 ft)

Non-operating

Parameter Specification

Non-operating temperature −40°C to 66°C (−40°F to 151°F)
Maximum non-operating temperature rise 20°C/hr (68°F/hr)
Non-operating humidity 10% to 95% RH
Non-operating humidity rise 30%/hr
Non-operating altitude 0 to 15.25 km (0 to 50,000 ft)

at 8 cfm airflow: 10°C to 40°C (50°F to 104°F)

General

Parameter Specification

Suspended particle density <200 μg/m

Dynamics

Parameter Specification

Operating swept sine vibration 0.31G pk 5–500 Hz @ 1 octave/min with 15 min dwell at

Operating random vibration 0.31G rms 5–500 Hz 0.000194 g
Operating shock 5G 3 ms half-sine (no performance change)

3

peak resonance

2

/Hz

2G 11 ms half-sine (no performance change)
8G 11 ms half-sine (no data loss)
Pulse rate: 0.1 Hz, +ve and –ve direction
1800 shock pulses per test

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Parameter Specification

Non-operating swept sine
vibration

0.75G pk 5–500 Hz @ 1 octave/min with 5 min dwell at
peak resonance

Non-operating random vibration 2.41G rms 5–500 Hz

5–100 Hz 0.001961 g

2

/Hz
100–137 Hz @ -6 dB/octave
137–350 Hz 0.01079 g

2

/Hz
350–500 Hz @ -6 dB/octave
500 Hz 0.0050 g

2

/Hz

Non-operating shock 90G 3 ms half-sine (no damage)

33G 11 ms half-sine (no damage)
30G 26 ms trapezoidal (no damage)

Transportation swept sine
vibration

0.5G pk 5–200–5 Hz @ 1 octave/min with 5 min dwell at
peak resonance

Transportation random vibration 1.47G rms (30 min/axis)

5–100 Hz 0.015 g

2

/Hz
100–200 Hz @ -6 dB/octave
200 Hz 0.0038 g

2

/Hz

Package drop 0.91m (36 in) 10 vertical impacts (6 faces and 4 bottom

corners)

Noise

Airflow

Parameter Specification

Operating acoustic noise <5.0 bel sound power

HP LTO Ultrium drives require forced airflow from front to back.

Airflow (operating and non-operating)

Full-height drives 0.17 m

rising to 0.23 m

3

/min (6 cu ft/min) at 35ºC ambient operation,

3

/min (8 cu ft/min) for up to 40ºC ambient operation

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6Safety

Safety regulatory standards

Agency Country Referenced Standard

Underwriters Laboratories (UL) USA UL 60950-1 First Edition
Canadian Standards Association (CSA) USA/Canada CSA 22.2 60950-1-03
TÜV Germany EN 60950-1:2001
Low Voltage Directive (CE) Europe IEC 60950-1:2001
Official Maxican Norm (NOM) Mexico NOM-0190SCFI-2998
Instituti Argentino de Normalizaciòn Argentina
Zavod Za Ispitvanje Kvalitete Robe (ZIK) Croatia
Magyar Elektrotecknikai Ellenorzo Intezet (MEEI) Hungary
Polski Ventrum Badan I Certyfikacji (PCBC) Poland
CNCTEMA CEPTH
Slovenian Institute of Quality (SIQ) Slovenia
TÜV-PS (CB Report) Multiple IEC 60950-1:2001
Productivity and Standards Board (PSB) Singapore

Φ HKLIHHΓ OCT P (GOSH) Russia GOST R 50377

Required agency approvals

Agency Country National Standard

Federal Communications Commission
(FCC)

EMC Directive (CE) Europe EMC
C-Tick Australia AS/NZS 3548 (EN 55022, CISPR22)
Ministry of Commerce New Zealand EMC
Voluntary Control Council for Interference

(VCCI)
Radio Research Laboratory (RRL) Korea MIC No.1996-18 (EN55022)
Bureau of Commodity Inspection and

Quarantine (BCIQ)
Zavod Za Ispitvanje Kvalitete Robe (ZIK) Croatia EMC
Kirkozlesi Fofelugyelet (MEEI) Hungary EMC
Elektrotechnicky vyskumny a projektovy Slovakia EMC

USA/Canada ANSI C63.4:2003

Japan EMC: CISPR 22:1997

Taiwan EMC

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Agency Country National Standard

South African Bureau of Standards
(SABS)

CNCTEMA CEPTH
(GOSH)

Transceivers

The Fibre Optic transceivers used in FC products are Class 1 Laser components and comply with US
FDA regulations.

These components are certified to meet the Class 1 eye safety requirements of EN (IEC) 60825 and
the electrical safety requirements of EN (IEC) 60950.

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South Africa EMC

Russia R 51318.22-99 & R 50839=2000

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7Media

Specification

HP Product Number Format Capacity* Notes

C7974A U4 1600 GB Read and write

C7974W U4 WORM 1600 GB Write once, read many times

C7973A U3 800 GB Read and write

C7973W U3 WORM 800 GB Write once, read many times

C7972A U2 400 GB Read

*Capacities at 2:1 data compression. The actual capacity depends on the compression ratio of the
data. This is typically 2:1 but can be anywhere between 1:1 and 110:1.

Tape Base film: PEN (Poly-Ethylene-Naphthalate)

Tape length used for data: 580m 648m 783m

Tape dimensional stability: 1200 ppm 1200 ppm 900 ppm

Maximum tape speed: 7. 2 9 m / s

Cartridge Width: 105.4±0.30 mm

Recording layout Track pitch: 20.17 μm 14.3 μm11.48 μm

Cartridge memory capacity 4096 bytes 4096 bytes 8192 bytes

LTO 2 LTO 3 LTO 4

Tape length: 609m 680m 820m

Tape width: 12.65 mm 12.65 mm 12.65 mm

Tape thickness: 8.9±0.3 μm 8.0±0.3 μm 6.6±0.3 μm

Rewind speed: 7.0 0 m / s

Durability: 1,000,000 passes

Depth: 102.0±0.30 mm

Height: 21.5±0.25 mm

Weight: 0.220 kg

Track density (TPI): 1260 1773 2212

Data tracks: 512 704 896

Data channels: 81616

Number of wraps: 64 44 56

Number of bands: 444

Bit density: 7.40 Kb/mm 9.64 Kb/mm 13.52 Kb/mm

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Environmental specifications (media)

Operating

Parameter Specification

Ambient temperature 10°C to 45°C (50°F to 113°F)
Relative humidity (non-condensing) 10% to 80%
Maximum wet bulb temperature 26°C (78.8°F)

Storage (day-to-day)

Parameter Specification

Ambient temperature 16°C to 35°C (60°F to 95°F)
Relative humidity (non-condensing) 20% to 80%
Maximum wet bulb temperature 26°C (78.8°F)

Storage (transportation)

Parameter Specification

Ambient temperature −23°C to 49°C (−9.4°F to 102°F)
Relative humidity (non-condensing) 5% to 80%
Maximum wet bulb temperature 26°C (78.8°F)

Storage (archival)

Archival storage is recommended for cartridges that need to be stored more than six months.
Cartridges should be stored in plastic containers, preferably on their sides.

Parameter Specification

Ambient temperature 16°C to 25°C (60°F to 77°F)
Relative humidity (non-condensing) 20% to 50%
Maximum wet bulb temperature 26°C (78.8°F)
Archive life 30 years

LTO-Cartridge Memory (EEPROM)

LTO Cartridge Memory (LTO-CM) is EEPROM that is embedded in every LTO Ultrium tape cartridge.
It is non-volatile and is contactless in that it is read by RF coupling rather than electrical contact.

Interface specification

• Contactless, passive RF interface using a proximity inductive coupling with a range in the order

of millimeters.

• Power to the transponder is coupled through the interface.

• The range depends on implementation (maximum 10 to 20 mm). The best error rate

performance occurs at short distances.

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• The memory can be read from below (by a drive) or the front (in libraries).

• 8192 bytes

• Organized as 255 x 32 byte blocks

• >500K write cycles, 20 year data retention life

• Write/read size is word-wide (2 bytes) or block-wide (32 bytes)

Further information

• For suggestions of how to make use of cartridge memory in libraries, see “LTO Cartridge

Memory (LTO-CM)” in Chapter 5, “Supporting LTO Ultrium Features” in Software Integration,
Volume 2 of the HP LTO Ultrium Technical Manual.

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8 LTO Ultrium format standard

Compatibility

HP LTO Ultrium 4 drives are specified to interchange data cartridges with other tape drives that
comply to the LTO U-28, U-316 and U-416 specification documents:

Capacity (2:1 compression) Format Write Read

1600 GB WORM LTO Ultrium-4 Yes Yes
1600 GB (820m) LTO Ultrium-4 Yes Yes
800 GB WORM LTO Ultrium-3 Yes Yes
800 GB (680m) LTO Ultrium-3 Yes Yes
400 GB (580m) LTO Ultrium-2 No Yes
200 GB (580m) LTO Ultrium-1 No No
100 GB (290m) LTO Ultrium-1 No No

This specification only applies when:

• Cartridges carry the LTO Ultrium logo.

• Cartridges are not damaged or faulty.

• Cartridges are read on a drive in good operating condition, and have been written on a

logo-certified drive in good condition.

• Environmental conditions (including DC voltage supplies) are within the specified limits.

Future compatibility

In future, HP LTO Ultrium drives will always be capable of reading and writing tapes from the current
generation and one generation before, and reading tapes from two generations before.
HP LTO Ultrium drives will always maintain write and read compatibility with other manufacturers’
LTO Ultrium drives and tapes that meet the LTO Ultrium format specification.

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9Reliability

Description Specification

MTBF (100% duty cycle) 250,000 hours
Load/unload life 100,000 swaps
MSBF (automation swaps) 100,000 swaps
Head life (typical) 60,000 hours
Media durability 1,000,000 passes
Maximum cartridge uses 20,000 threads
Backup failure rate <0.1%
Restore failure rate <0.001%
Interchange failure rate <0.1%
Uncorrectable error rate 1 in 10
Undetected error rate 1 in 10
Tape pulling life (5 years at 100% duty cycle) 43,800 hours

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10 Performance specification

Transfer rates

Full-height drives

Maximum transfer rate Native: 120 MB/s

Compressed (2:1): 240 MB/s

Streaming native data rate range (3:1) 40–120 MB/s (LTO 4)

The bandwidth of the data compression engine determines the drive’s streaming capabilities based
on the compression ratio of the data it is handling as follows:

Compression engine bandwidth 360 MB/s
Encryption engine bandwidth 360 MB/s

The drive will match the throughput of any host up to the maximum native transfer rate multiplied by
the current compression ratio. There is no performance penalty for hosts that are slower than the
maximum. This capability is accomplished with a 128 MB buffer and the Adaptive Tape Speed
(ATS) algorithm.

27–80 MB/s (LTO 3)

13.7–35.6 MB/s (LTO 2)

Data compression

The compression engine uses an enhanced algorithm based on ALDC where data expansion due to
redundant data is minimized to <5%. This is achieved by having two compression schemes (normal
and pass-through) with the ability to switch dynamically between them.

It is possible to force the drive to use Scheme 2 (pass-through mode) of the LTO-DC algorithm using
the Data Compression mode page or the SDCA parameter in the Sequential Access Mode Page.

Speeds

Maximum tape speed 7.00 m/s
Tape read/write speed 6.20 m/s (LTO 4)

Tape rewind speed 7.00 m/s

5.32 m/s (LTO 3)

6.20 m/s (LTO 2)

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Timings

Capacity full backup times

The following table shows approximate backup times for supported tape cartridges:

Load/unload times

* Unitialized WORM cartridges can take up to 70s to load.

Access times (time to data)

Cartridge Time

1600 GB LTO 4 2.24 hours
800 GB LTO 3 1.76 hours
400 GB LTO 2 (read only) 1.87 hours

Standard cartridge WORM Cartridge*

Typical load time to BOT, ready to read or write <19s <22s
Unload time, excluding rewind <19s <22s
Automation eject (tape unthreaded) <1s <1s

Time

Average access time from BOT 1600 GB LTO 4: 62s

800 GB LTO 3: 52s
400 GB LTO 2: 46s

Maximum access time from BOT 1600 GB LTO 4: 129s

800 GB LTO 3: 107s
400 GB LTO 2: 95s

Other times

Parameter Time

Mean reposition time 2.50s
Turn-around time at end of wrap 1.5s max.
Time to rewind EOT–BOT 124s (U4), 102s (U3), 92s (U2)
Time to rewind MOT—BOT at 7.0 m/s 62s (U4), 51s (U3), 46s (U2)
Cleaning time with a cleaning cartridge 58–152s

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11 Automation Control Interface

Specification

Physical interface

• RS-422, Drive Sense, Library Sense, Reset and Attention signals

• A default of 9600 baud at power-on, after a tape drive reset and after an ACI reset. After that,

the library can configure the tape drive to use other baud rates (19200, 38400, 57600 and
115200 baud for HP LTO Ultrium drives) using the Set Baud Rate command.

• 1 start bit, 8 data bits, 2 stop bits, no parity

Protocol

• Binary data packets, including checksum, packet length, status, sequence number,

• XON/XOFF flow control

• Positive or negative acknowledgement of transmission

• Constant polling not necessary—the drive returns status upon completion of each command

ACI command set

The following ACI commands are supported on HP LTO Ultrium drives:

Mandatory Commands Optional Commands

00h Get Drive Info 40h Send SCSI Command
01h Load 42h Send Firmware Image
02h Unload 43h Get Firmware Segment
03h Get Drive Status 49h Get Buffer Size
04h Set Drive Configuration 4Ah Send Firmware Segment
05h Get Drive Configuration 4Bh Set Time
06h Reset 4Ch Get Time
07h Set Baud Rate
08h No Op
09h Get Error Info
0Ah Acknowledge Attention

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Index

A

access time 32
ACI 33
agency approvals 21
airflow 20
altitude 19
ANSI 5
archival storage

environment 24

automation control interface 33

B

backup times 32
bandwidth 31

C

climatics 19
CM 9, 24
compatibility 27
compression 31
compression format 9

D

data compression 31
dimensions, drive 11
documents, related 5
drive orientation 13
dynamics 19

E

electrical requirements 15
electromagnetic compatibility 17
emissions 17
environmental specifications 19
error rates 29

format standard 27
future compatibility 27

H

humidity

drives 19
media 24

I

immunities 17
interfaces 9

L

library interface 9
life of drive 29
load/unload times 32
LTO Ultrium format standard 27
LTO-cartridge memory 24

M

magnetic field interference 17
media specification 23
MTBF 29

N

noise 19

O

orientation 13

P

performance specification 31
physical specification 11
power consumption 15
PSU requirements 15

F

features 9
fibre channel connector 12
format 9

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R

read-while-write 9
reliability 29
rewind times 32

S

safety regulatory standards 21
SCSI 5
shock 19
speed of recording 9
suspended particle density 19

T

temperature

drives 19
media 24

times

access 32
capacity full backup 32
load/unload 32
rewind 32

turn-around 32
transfer rates 31
transportation of media 24
turn-around times 32

V

vibration 19

W

weight, drive 13
wet bulb temperature

drives 19

media 24

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