tape cartridges compatibility

[ovaisrehman]

Can you kindly confirm that whether Ultruim 2 IBM P/N 08L9870 200GB cartridges works with our HP tape library

[Muhammad Shamroze]

Hello,

Anybody please confirm that whether Ultruim 2 IBM P/N 08L9870 200GB cartridges works with our HP tape library MSL6030?? as MSL6030 supports Ultrium 3.

Thanks
M.Shamroze

[Tolik1]

Hi,

this link will answer your questions:

http://www.imation.com/support/compatibility/LTO_ultrium3.html

From my experience, you can use any cartridge brands.

[Jaclyn Rothe]

LTO 3 technology is backwards compatible 2 generations so it can accept all the way back to LTO 1 tapes...

So that answer is yes... LTO 3 drive can accept LTO 2 media tapes... but the drive will only perform at the LTO 2 specs.

For a full compatibility list see here:
http://www.hp.com/products1/storage/pdfs/media/compatibility.pdf