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Spectra Logic’s Network Hardware Support Policy

As new protocols become available in the marketplace, Spectra Logic makes every effort to comply with as many of the mainstream Host Bus Adapter (HBA) and switch manufacturers as is feasible in today’s changing marketplace. We acquire HBAs and switches as needed to assure that we are compliant with the accepted industry standards for these protocols as they are published. Spectra Logic publishes the information about HBAs and switches in our compatibility matrix so that our customer base knows which we have fully tested.

Should a customer have an HBA or switch that is not listed on our matrix or recommended by a Spectra Logic associate, Spectra Logic will assist the customer by testing the HBA or switch for the customer. The customer may place a request through Spectra Logic Technical Support or Professional Services to have the component in question tested. The customer should expect to provide the component to Spectra Logic, on loan, for at least thirty days for this testing and should expect a thirty to forty-five day lead time to schedule the testing. The component will be returned to the customer as soon as practical after the testing is complete. The customer may expect a full report of testing completed and the component’s compatibility with published specifications.

Recommended HBA Manufacturers

SCSI

  • ATTO
  • Adaptec

Fibre Channel

  • Brocade Emulex
  • JNI
  • QLogic

Serial Attached SCSI (SAS)

  • LSI
  • Adaptec

Recommended Switch Manufacturers

  • QLogic
  • Brocade
  • McDATA
  • CISCO

Recommended LTO Tape/Media Vendors

Only the following LTO media manufacturers are recommended and approved for use in Spectra data protection products, including T-Series libraries, iSCSItape and DAStape:

  • Spectra Logic
  • HP
  • IBM
  • Maxell
  • Fuji
  • TDK
  • SONY

Caution: Do not use any type of tape drive or media that has not been approved by Spectra Logic for use in the Spectra Logic data protection products. If you intend to use unapproved media, or media other than those listed as approved above, please contact Spectra Logic for more information.

Spectra T-Finity

Document Title Type Size Last Modified
Host Bus Adapter (HBA) Compatibility Table download pdf version of this document 22 KB 06/08/10
Independent Software Vendors (ISV) Compatibility List download pdf version of this document 763 KB 08/12/10
All Spectra T-Finity Documents

 

Spectra T950 (Python)

Document Title Type Size Last Modified
Host Bus Adapter (HBA) Compatibility Table download pdf version of this document 22 KB 06/08/10
Independent Software Vendors (ISV) Compatibility List download pdf version of this document 763 KB 08/12/10
Virtual Tape Library (VTL) Compatibility List download pdf version of this document 27 KB 06/24/09
iSCSI Compatibility Matrix T-Series download pdf version of this document 24 KB 02/25/05
All Spectra T950 (Python) Documents

 

Spectra T200/T380/T680

Document Title Type Size Last Modified
Host Bus Adapter (HBA) Compatibility Table download pdf version of this document 22 KB 06/08/10
Independent Software Vendors (ISV) Compatibility List download pdf version of this document 763 KB 08/12/10
Virtual Tape Library (VTL) Compatibility List download pdf version of this document 27 KB 06/24/09
All Spectra T200/T380/T680 Documents

 

Spectra T120

Document Title Type Size Last Modified
Host Bus Adapter (HBA) Compatibility Table download pdf version of this document 22 KB 06/08/10
Independent Software Vendors (ISV) Compatibility List download pdf version of this document 763 KB 08/12/10
Virtual Tape Library (VTL) Compatibility List download pdf version of this document 27 KB 06/24/09
iSCSI Compatibility Matrix T-Series download pdf version of this document 24 KB 02/25/05
All Spectra T120 Documents

 

Spectra T50e

Document Title Type Size Last Modified
Host Bus Adapter (HBA) Compatibility Table download pdf version of this document 22 KB 06/08/10
Independent Software Vendors (ISV) Compatibility List download pdf version of this document 763 KB 08/12/10
Virtual Tape Library (VTL) Compatibility List download pdf version of this document 27 KB 06/24/09
All Spectra T50e Documents

 

Spectra T50

Document Title Type Size Last Modified
Host Bus Adapter (HBA) Compatibility Table download pdf version of this document 22 KB 06/08/10
Independent Software Vendors (ISV) Compatibility List download pdf version of this document 763 KB 08/12/10
Virtual Tape Library (VTL) Compatibility List download pdf version of this document 27 KB 06/24/09
All Spectra T50 Documents

 

Spectra T24

Document Title Type Size Last Modified
Independent Software Vendors (ISV) Compatibility List download pdf version of this document 763 KB 08/12/10
All Spectra T24 Documents

 

nTier Deduplication

Document Title Type Size Last Modified
Spectra nTier Deduplication Tape Drive Compatibility List download pdf version of this document 41 KB 05/22/08
Spectra nTier500/700/Dedupe Independent Software Vendor (ISV) Compatibility List download pdf version of this document 40 KB 08/03/09
All nTier Deduplication Documents

 

nTier500

Document Title Type Size Last Modified
Spectra nTier500/700/Dedupe Independent Software Vendor (ISV) Compatibility List download pdf version of this document 40 KB 08/03/09
All nTier500 Documents

 

nTier700

Document Title Type Size Last Modified
Spectra nTier500/700/Dedupe Independent Software Vendor (ISV) Compatibility List download pdf version of this document 40 KB 08/03/09
All nTier700 Documents

 

Spectra 64K (64000, Gator)

Document Title Type Size Last Modified
Host Bus Adapter (HBA) Compatibility Table download pdf version of this document 22 KB 06/08/10
Independent Software Vendors (ISV) Compatibility List download pdf version of this document 763 KB 08/12/10
NDMP Compatibility Table download pdf version of this document 19 KB 02/25/05
Spectra 12K/20K/64K Fibre Compatibility Table download pdf version of this document 49 KB 06/17/03
Virtual Tape Library (VTL) Compatibility List download pdf version of this document 27 KB 06/24/09
iSCSI Compatibility Matrix download pdf version of this document 30 KB 02/25/05
All Spectra 64K (64000, Gator) Documents

 

Spectra 20K (20000, Gator)

Document Title Type Size Last Modified
Host Bus Adapter (HBA) Compatibility Table download pdf version of this document 22 KB 06/08/10
Independent Software Vendors (ISV) Compatibility List download pdf version of this document 763 KB 08/12/10
NDMP Compatibility Table download pdf version of this document 19 KB 02/25/05
Spectra 12K/20K/64K Fibre Compatibility Table download pdf version of this document 49 KB 06/17/03
Virtual Tape Library (VTL) Compatibility List download pdf version of this document 27 KB 06/24/09
iSCSI Compatibility Matrix download pdf version of this document 30 KB 02/25/05
All Spectra 20K (20000, Gator) Documents

 

Spectra 12K (12000, Gator)

Document Title Type Size Last Modified
Host Bus Adapter (HBA) Compatibility Table download pdf version of this document 22 KB 06/08/10
Independent Software Vendors (ISV) Compatibility List download pdf version of this document 763 KB 08/12/10
NDMP Compatibility Table download pdf version of this document 19 KB 02/25/05
Spectra 12K/20K/64K Fibre Compatibility Table download pdf version of this document 49 KB 06/17/03
All Spectra 12K (12000, Gator) Documents

 

Spectra 10K (10000, BullFrog)

Document Title Type Size Last Modified
Host Bus Adapter (HBA) Compatibility Table download pdf version of this document 22 KB 06/08/10
Independent Software Vendors (ISV) Compatibility List download pdf version of this document 763 KB 08/12/10
Spectra 10K Fibre Compatibility Table download pdf version of this document 17 KB 06/17/03
All Spectra 10K (10000, BullFrog) Documents

 

Spectra 2K (2000, TreeFrog)

Document Title Type Size Last Modified
Host Bus Adapter (HBA) Compatibility Table download pdf version of this document 22 KB 06/08/10
Independent Software Vendors (ISV) Compatibility List download pdf version of this document 763 KB 08/12/10
NDMP Compatibility Table download pdf version of this document 19 KB 02/25/05
Spectra 2K Fibre Compatibility Table download pdf version of this document 61 KB 06/17/03
iSCSI Compatibility Matrix download pdf version of this document 30 KB 02/25/05
All Spectra 2K (2000, TreeFrog) Documents

 

RXT150

Document Title Type Size Last Modified
Host Bus Adapter (HBA) Compatibility Table download pdf version of this document 22 KB 06/08/10
Independent Software Vendors (ISV) Compatibility List download pdf version of this document 763 KB 08/12/10
All RXT150 Documents