Label Design
H-4 StorageTek SL8500 Library Guide
■ L4 = Generation 4
■ L5 = Generation 5
■ L6 = Generation 6
■ L7 = Generation 7
■ L8 = Generation 8
■ LT = Generation 3 WORM
■ LU = Generation 4 WORM
■ LV = Generation 5 WORM
■ LW = Generation 6 WORM
■ LX = Generation 7 WORM
■ LY = Generation 8 WORM
■ CU = universal cleaning
T9840 and T9940
These cartridges require a six-character vol-id label plus a separate one-character
media ID label. Only Tri-Optic Corporation, American Eagle Systems/Wrightline, or
Imation Corporation can print these labels. The media ID characters are:
■ R = T9840 data
■ U = T9840 A/B/C cleaning
■ Y = T9840 D cleaning
■ P = T9940 data
■ W = T9940 cleaning
T10000
These cartridges require an eight-character label — a six-character vol-id and a
two-character media ID. The media ID characters are:
■ T1 = T10000 A/B data
■ T2 = T10000 C/D data
■ TS = T10000 A/B sport
■ TT = T10000 C/D sport
■ CT = cleaning (A and B only)
■ CL = universal cleaning
Cleaning and Diagnostic Labels
Cleaning and diagnostic cartridges require unique labels to distinguish them from
data cartridges. The first three alphanumeric characters in the vol-id determine the
type of cartridge.
■ Cleaning cartridges — use
CLNnnn
for the vol-id plus the cleaning-specific media
ID, where
CLN
is the cleaning cartridge identifier and
nnn
is a sequence of numbers
(for example,
CLN001CU
could be an LTO cleaning cartridge label).