T61 - DVD or CD?

On my order form, the device is described as "Optical Device - DVD Recordable, Ultrabay Slim".
On the machine, the device is labelled as "DVD-Multi CD-RW".
I genuinely believed I was ordering a machine with a DVD writer on it ... does this mean I got the wrong device?
When I open MyComputer, the device appears as "CD Drive (D CD drive". If I RightMouseButton on that and choose Properties and then select the Hardware tab, I see 2 items in "all disk drives".
The first is Hitachi HTS722016K9SA00 with type "disk drive".
The second item is HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-U10N DVD/CD-RW.
On my invoice, it shows the line "Optical Device DVD Recordable, UBS.
So ... is it a DVD or CD. If it's a DVD is it read only or read-write? Can anyone tell me where I stand? Thanks!

(Yeah, I couldn't find it either, but I was looking on Mike's server which is not always complete - and heaven knows what area it was in!)
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