
Chapter 1 Introduction
Overview
2 Quantum SuperLoader 3 User’s Guide
Tape Drives Your Quantum SuperLoader 3 contains one of the following tape drives
and one or two magazines capable of containing up to eight tape
cartridges each.
• SuperLoader 3 LTO-2
(SCSI)
• SuperLoader 3 LTO-3 and LTO-3 (Model B)
(SCSI, Fibre Channel,
or SAS)
• SuperLoader 3 LTO-4 and LTO-4 (Model B)
(SCSI or SAS)
• SuperLoader 3 LTO-5
(SAS)
• SuperLoader 3 VS160
(SCSI)
• SuperLoader 3 DLT-V4
(SCSI)
• SuperLoader 3 SDLT 600
(SCSI)
• SuperLoader 3 DLT-S4
(SCSI or Fibre Channel)
Front Panel The front panel on the autoloader includes a liquid crystal display (LCD)
screen and four function keys. A scrolling menu on the LCD screen
allows you to obtain information from the autoloader and enter
commands. The front panel also includes two light emitting diodes
(LEDs) indicating the autoloader's ready status and error status.
A single tape cartridge can be inserted directly into the tape drive via a
password-protected mailslot on the front panel (provided there is no
cartridge already in the drive). You can also load a tape cartridge into a
magazine slot (provided there is no cartridge already in the slot).
SuperLoader 3 LTO-2 This autoloader is SCSI-3 compatible and operates as a single SCSI ID/
two LUN data storage device.
The Quantum SuperLoader 3 LTO-2 autoloader is equipped with a
Quantum LTO-2 tape drive and contains up to sixteen Ultrium 2 data
cartridges when utilizing two magazines, providing a compressed
capacity of 6.4 Terabytes and a sustained data transfer rate of 93.6 GB
per hour (native) or as high as 187.2 GB per hour compressed (assuming
2:1 compression).
The autoloader is compatible with the most popular operating systems
and environments supporting a Ultra 160 SCSI-3 LVD interface but
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