IBM System Storage TS3500 User manual

Introduction
This topic describes the IBM System Storage TS3500 Tape Library, a highly scalable, stand-
alone device that provides reliable, automated tape handling and storage or both
main rame and Open Systems environments.
Figure 1 shows a 6- rame version o the TS3500 Tape Library. The library consists o one
base rame and up to 15 expansion rames and can include up to 192 tape drives and more
than 20 000 tape cartridges. In addition to scalability, the TS3500 Tape Library also o ers
the ollowing enhancements:
•Enhanced data accessibility through dual accessors that increase speed and provide
ailover protection
•Enhanced data security through support or tape drive encryption and Write Once
Read Many (WORM) cartridges
•Increased storage capacity with high-density rames that greatly increase capacity
without requiring more loor space
These eatures are explained in greater detail throughout this in ormation center.
Figure 1. The TS3500 Tape Library
The TS3500 Tape Library comes with several tape drive, rame model, and eature options
in order to meet your speci ic needs. Some additional eatures o the TS3500 Tape Library
are listed below:
•Ability to attach multiple simultaneous heterogeneous servers
•Remote management using a Web browser or the TS3500 Command Line Inter ace

•Remote monitoring using SNMP or SMI-S standards-based so tware
•Multipath architecture
•Drive/media exception reporting
•In-depth reporting using the Tape System Reporter
•Host-based path ailover
•Up to 224 I/O slots (16 I/O slots standard)
Table 1 gives potential library capacity based on supported rames and con igurations.
Table 1. Frames supported by the TS3500 Tape Library
Supported Frames
A library of these models... Containing these drives...
Can contain
this many
cartridges...
And has this
maximum
native
capacity...
L5x, D5x, and S54 Ultrium Tape Drives > 20 000 30 PB
(26.65 PiB)
L32, D32, and S54 Ultrium tape drives > 20 000 30 PB
(26.65 PiB)
L2x, D2x, and S24 3592 tape drives > 15 000 15 PB
(13.32 PiB)
Notes:
•In order to support more than 6 887 slots OR to support Ultrium 5 tape drives, all
node cards in the library must be model xx3-equivalent node cards. For node cards in
model xx2 rames, this requires a xx3 model conversion OR the enhanced node card(s)
eature (FC 1700 or 1701).
•In order to increase the maximum number o cartridges to more than 6 887, logical
libraries must use LTO Ultrium 4, 3592 E05, or newer tape drives as control path
drives. Ultrium 4 control path drives require a minimum code level o 97F0.
•The maximum native capacity igures are based on library con igurations with HD
rames and all Ultrium 5 or 3592 E06 tape drives.
Parent topic: Overview
elated concepts
Structure o the library
Attachment inter aces
SNMP messaging
Web inter ace
Advanced Library Management System

Fibre Channel inter ace
SCSI inter ace
Dual accessors and service bays
Supported tape drives
LTO Ultrium tape drives
3592 tape drives
Supported tape cartridges
Structure of the library
This section de ines base and expansion rames and describes the models o the TS3500
Tape Library.
The basic TS3500 Tape Library is a single storage unit known as the base frame (Models
L32, L52, or L53 or LTO Ultrium tape drives, or Models L22 or L23 or 3592 tape drives).
The library's scalability allows you to increase capacity by adding up to i teen additional
storage units, called expansion frames (Models D32, D52, D53, and S54 or LTO Ultrium
tape drives or Models D22, D23, and S24 or 3592 tape drives). The rames join side by
side, with the base rame on the le t and the expansion rame on the right. The additional
expansion rames are supported by a common cartridge accessor that requires no pass-
through mechanism. Frame Models D22, D23, D32, D52, and D53 can contain up to twelve
Ultrium tape drives or 3592 tape drives, but cannot contain a mix o both.
High-density rames, re erred to herea ter as HD rames, greatly increase library capacity.
HD rame Model S54 can contain up to 1 320 Ultrium tape cartridges and HD rame Model
S24 can contain up to 1 000 IBM 3592 tape cartridges. The HD rames o er increased
capacity without increasing rame size or required loor space by using high density storage
slots or tape cartridges, re erred to herea ter as HD slots.
Note: Base rame models L22, L23, L52, L53, and L32 are re erred to herea ter as base
frames, unless model-speci ic in ormation is discussed. Expansion rame models D22, D23,
D52, D53, D32, S24, and S54 are re erred to herea ter as expansion frames, unless model-
speci ic in ormation is discussed.
The TS3500 Tape Library eatures an optional second cartridge accessor. I you order dual
accessors, two rames that are used as service bays are required. Service bay A is known as
Model HA1 and service bay B is a Model D23, D22, D52, D53, S24, or S54 rame.
Note: In order to support mixed media in an HD library with dual accessors, service bay B
must be a model Dxx rame. This con iguration requires eature code 1697, which ensures
that the service bays provide both LTO and 3592 HD test slots.
For bulk media handling, the TS3500 Tape Library supports our I/O stations in newly
purchased Models D23 and D53 rames. The D- rame with I/O installed is comprised o our
independently accessible I/O station doors with a total o 64 slots (16 in each I/O station

door). Additionally, two LED indicators are provided or each I/O station in a D- rame in
order to indicate i the I/O station is empty or ull and i the I/O station door is locked or
unlocked. This plant eature reduces the rame storage slot capacity by 160 or a Model D23
and by 176 or a Model D53. The I/O stations increase the maximum library I/O slot
capacity rom 32 to 224. The multiple I/O stations can double the maximum insert and eject
throughput since both accessors can be used. The D23 and D53 models remain compatible
with existing Models L22, L32, L52, D22, D32, and D52.
The models o the TS3500 Tape Library vary depending on the type o media they contain
and whether the rame is a service bay, a base rame, or an expansion rame. Table 1 lists
each rame and its characteristics.
Table 1. TS3500 Tape Library rame models
Frame
model Type Depth
Media type and
capacity Other
HA1 Service Bay
AShort N/A N/A
•Required when an
optional second accessor
is ordered
•Contains slots or
diagnostic cartridges only
L22 Base rame Short 3592
Up to 12
drives and
up to 260
cartridges
•May require L23 model
conversion OR
installation o FC 17001
L23 Base rame Short 3592
Up to 12
drives and
up to 260
cartridges
•Equipped with the
enhanced rame control
assembly
•Optionally equipped
with TS7700 backend
switches
D22 Expansion
rame Short 3592
Up to 12
drives and
up to 400
cartridges
•Optionally con igured
as service bay B
•May require D23 model
conversion OR
installation o FC 17011
D23 Expansion
rame
Short 3592 Up to 12
drives and •Optionally equipped

Table 1. TS3500 Tape Library rame models
Frame
model Type Depth
Media type and
capacity Other
up to 400
cartridges
with the enhanced rame
control assembly
•Optionally equipped
with TS7700 backend
switches
•Optionally equipped
with our I/O stations
•Optionally con igured
as service bay B, i not
equipped with our I/O
stations
S24 Expansion
rame Short 3592 Up to 1 000 cartridges
•Optionally con igured
as service bay B
L32 Base rame Long LTO
Ultrium
Up to 12
drives and
up to 281
cartridges
•May require installation
o FC 17001
D32 Expansion
rame Long LTO Ultrium
Up to 12
drives and
up to 440
cartridges
•May require installation
o FC 17011
L52 Base rame Short LTO
Ultrium
Up to 12
drives and
up to 287
cartridges
•May require L53 model
conversion OR
installation o FC 17001
L53 Base rame Short LTO
Ultrium
Up to 12
drives and
up to 287
cartridges
•Equipped with the
enhanced rame control
assembly
D52 Expansion
rame
Short LTO
Ultrium
Up to 12
drives and
up to 440
cartridges
•Optionally con igured
as service bay B
•May require D53 model
conversion OR

Table 1. TS3500 Tape Library rame models
Frame
model Type Depth
Media type and
capacity Other
installation o FC 17011
D53 Expansion
rame Short LTO Ultrium
Up to 12
drives and
up to 440
cartridges
•Optionally equipped
with the enhanced rame
control assembly
•Optionally equipped
with our I/O stations
•Optionally con igured
as service bay B, i not
equipped with our I/O
stations
S54 Expansion
rame Short LTO Ultrium
Up to 1 320
cartridges
•Optionally con igured
as service bay B
Note:
1. Prerequisite or any rame with a node card installed in a library string with code
level 9500 or higher.
Models L22, D22, L23, D23, L52, D52, L53, D53, S24, and S54 are compatible with Models
L32 and D32, but require additional eatures because they use di erent side and rear
covers. I you change rom a Model L32 or D32 to a Model D22, D23, D52, D53, S24, or
S54 (or rom a Model D22, D23, D52, D53, S24, or S54 to a Model D32) within the same
library you may also need the appropriate side covers.
When expanding an installed library, an expansion rame is installed at the end o the
library string (end of the library string re ers to the very last rame or, i requested by the
customer, the last rame be ore service bay B). In order to have the expansion rame
installed somewhere other than the end o the library string, the Service Representative
must obtain a "Services Contract" to uninstall additional rames as necessary to
accommodate the customer's request.
The IBM® System Storage™ Tape Library Specialist Web inter ace and 10/100 Ethernet
support are included with Models L22, L23, L52, and L53. For Model L32, they are available
as eature codes 1662 and 1660, respectively.
Figure 1 shows an example o a base rame and an expansion rame.

Figure 1. Frames in the BM System Storage TS3500 Tape Library. A Model L23 or L53
(base rame) is on the le t. A Model D23 or D53 (expansion rame) is on the right and
attaches to the base rame.
•Dual accessors and service bays
This section describes dual accessors and service bays and how they can enhance
library per ormance.
•High density technology
This section describes high density technology in the TS3500 Tape Library.
Parent topic: Overview
elated concepts
Supported tape drives
Web inter ace
Dual accessors and service bays
High density technology
elated reference
Mixing drives in rames
Mixing drives in a logical library
Mixing media in drives
Dual accessors and service bays

This section describes dual accessors and service bays and how they can enhance library
per ormance.
When an optional second accessor is installed, the TS3500 Tape Library eatures enhanced
availability by utilizing an additional accessor, and by operating without disruption i any
component o the working accessor ails.
I the library is installed with the optional second accessor, cartridge mount per ormance is
also optimized. (A mount occurs when the accessor removes a cartridge rom a drive,
returns it to its storage slot, collects another cartridge rom a random storage slot, moves
it, and loads it into the drive.) The second accessor is part o eature code 1440 (Service
Bay B Con iguration), which can be ordered with expansion rames used as service bay B. I
you order a second accessor you must also order a 3584 high availability (HA1) rame,
which is also known as service bay A.
As you view the library rom the ront, service bay A is on the ar le t and service bay B is
on the ar right. Figure 1 shows the location o service bays in the TS3500 Tape Library.
Figure 1. Location of service bays in the TS3500 Tape Library. Service bay A (the HA1
rame) is on the ar le t. Service bay B is on the ar right and contains the second accessor.
When dual accessors are installed and an attached host issues a command or cartridge
movement, the library automatically determines which accessor can per orm the mount in
the most timely manner. I the library's primary accessor ails, the second accessor
assumes control and eliminates system outage or the need or operator intervention.

Although the library uses de aults to speci y the zones (areas) in which the accessors
operate, you can speci y particular zones by using the Tape Library Specialist Web inter ace.
This process is called setting the pre erred zone.
Service bay A (the HA1 rame) contains only gripper test slots ( 1 in Figure 2) or
diagnostic cartridges. Service bay B contains gripper test slots 2 or diagnostic cartridges,
and also contains unusable storage slots 3 . The storage slots in service bay B are not used
i the rame is con igured as a service bay. Figure 2 shows the location o slots in an
example o a service bay.
Figure 2. Cartridge slots in the service bays of the TS3500 Tape Library. Service bay A is on
the le t and contains only gripper test slots or diagnostic cartridges. An example o a
Service bay B is on the right and contains both gripper test slots or diagnostic cartridges
and unusable storage slots.
I you already have an installed TS3500 Tape Library and you want to add a second
accessor, your IBM Service Representative can add the accessor and its service bays.
Converting rom a single accessor to a dual accessor library requires that the Service
Representative take down the entire library.
Should your library already contain the service bays and you decide to add one or more
expansion rames, your IBM Service Representative can convert service bay B to an
expansion rame, add the new rame or rames to the right, and convert the last rame on
the right to service bay B. This process requires no scheduled downtime (downtime is
designed to be less than one hour). To convert the existing service bay to an expansion
rame, the service representative removes the test slots and replace them with storage
slots. Similarly, to convert an expansion rame to a service bay, the service representative
removes speci ic storage slots and replaces them with the test slots. For more in ormation,
contact your IBM Service Representative.
Notes:

•In order to support mixed media in an HD library with dual accessors, service bay B
must be a model Dxx rame. This con iguration requires eature code 1697, which
ensures that the service bays provide both LTO and 3592 HD test slots.
•Expansion rame Model D32 cannot be used as service bay B.
Parent topic: Structure o the library
elated concepts
Advanced Library Management System
Library per ormance
High density technology
This section describes high density technology in the TS3500 Tape Library.
The TS3500 Tape Library o ers high-density, storage-only rame models (HD rames)
designed to greatly increase storage capacity without increasing rame size or required loor
space. The new HD rames (Model S24 or 3592 tape cartridges and Model S54 or LTO
Ultrium tape cartridges) contain HD storage slots.
HD slots contain tape cartridges in a tiered architecture. The cartridge immediately
accessible in the HD slot is a Tier 1 cartridge. Behind that is Tier 2 and so on. The maximum
tier in an LTO Ultirum (Model S54) HD slot is Tier 5. The maximum tier in a 3592 (Model
S24) HD slot is Tier 4 because the 3592 tape cartridge is slightly longer than the LTO
Ultrium cartridge. The single-deep slots on the door side o HD rames are re erred to as
Tier 0 slots. On the le t, Figure 1 shows the inside o an HD rame rom the side. On the
right, Figure 1 shows a top-down view o one row o an HD rame with cartridges in Tiers 0
(door side), 1, 2, and 3.
Figure 1. The HD frame (left) and top-down view of row in an HD frame (right)

Attention: The HD slots have a constant orce spring or maintaining orward pressure on
the tape cartridges. Use caution when inserting or removing cartridges rom HD slots.
HD rame model S24 provides storage or up to 1 000 IBM 3592 tape cartridges, while the
HD rame model S54 provides storage or up to 1 320 LTO Ultrium tape cartridges. The base
capacity o Model S24 is 600 cartridges, which are stored in Tiers 0, 1, and 2. The base
capacity o Model S54 is 660 cartridges, which are stored in Tiers 0, 1, and 2. In order to
increase capacity to the maximum or each rame, it is necessary to purchase the High
Density Capacity on Demand (HD CoD) eature. This eature provides a license key that
enables you to utilize the storage space available in the remaining tiers.
Note: These numbers represent raw capacity and do not re lect actual recommended
capacity. It is recommended that actual capacity does not exceed 99% o the raw capacity
due to the need to maintain unused slots in order to per orm a shuffle operation.
In HD rames, the cartridge accessor per orms a shuffle operation in order to access the
cartridges stored in Tier 2 and beyond. A shu le is the process o moving cartridges in lower
tiers into the gripper, or other available slots, to access cartridges in higher tiers (Tier 2 or
greater). In order to reduce the occurrence o shu le operations and to take advantage o
repeated accesses o certain cartridges, the role o cartridge cache is assigned to all single-
deep (Tier 0) slots in an HD library. In order to maintain e icient shu le operations, the
library per orms a load balancing o the tiers, which stores cartridges across all HD slots in
the library string. In other words, all HD slots are illed to a minimum tier level until that tier
is ull across the library.
HD rame models S24 and S54 can be attached to installed Dx2, Dx3, Lx2, and Lx3 rames
and these rames can be intermixed in the same library con iguration.
Notes:
•In order to support mixed media in an HD library with dual accessors, service bay B
must be a model Dxx rame. This con iguration requires eature code 1697, which
ensures that the service bays provide both LTO and 3592 HD test slots.

•When expanding an installed library, an expansion rame is installed at the end o
the library string (end of the library string re ers to the very last rame or, i requested
by the customer, the last rame be ore service bay B). In order to have the expansion
rame installed somewhere other than the end o the library string, the Service
Representative must obtain a "Services Contract" to uninstall additional rames as
necessary to accommodate the customer's request.
Parent topic: Structure o the library
elated concepts
High Density Capacity On Demand
Library per ormance
Components of the library
This section shows and describes the major parts o the TS3500 Tape Library.
The TS3500 Tape Library consists o the major components shown in Figure 1 (the igure
depicts Model L52).
1 Library rames
The base rame (Models L53, L52, or L32 or Ultrium tape drives, and Models L23 or
L22 or 3592 tape drives) and the expansion rame (Models D53, D52, D32, or S54
or Ultrium tape drives, and Models D23, D22, or S24 or 3592 tape drives). Each
rame contains a rail system, cartridge storage slots, and up to 12 tape drives. The
storage-only rames, Models S24 and S54, do not contain tape drives.
2 Rail system
The assembly on which the cartridge accessor moves through the library. The system
includes the top and bottom rails.
3 Cartridge accessor with optimized dual-gripper transport mechanism
The assembly that moves tape cartridges between storage slots, tape drives, and the
I/O stations. An optional second accessor is available with two service bays. For
libraries that have mixed drive types, the optimized dual gripper can handle both
Ultrium and 3592 tape cartridges.
4 Accessor controller
A circuit board that acilitates all accessor motion requests (such as calibrations,
moves, and inventory updates). I your library includes a second accessor, it will also
have a second accessor controller.
5 Cartridge storage slots
Cells that are mounted in the TS3500 Tape Library and used to store tape cartridges.

6 IBM LTO Ultrium tape drives or 3592 tape drives
Mounted in the TS3500 Tape Library, one or more units that read and write data that
is stored on tape cartridges. IBM LTO Ultrium tape drives and 3592 tape drives may
not be mixed in the same rame. IBM Ultrium tape drives use LTO Ultrium tape
cartridges; 3592 tape drives use IBM® TotalStorage® 3592 Enterprise Tape
Cartridges.
7 Front door
The ront door o any rame. When you order the Capacity Expansion Feature or the
Model L22, L32, or L52, the storage slots inside the ront door become enabled and
can increase the tape library's capacity.
8 Door sa ety switch
A device in each rame that shuts down the motion power to the cartridge accessor
whenever the ront door is opened.
9 I/O stations
Up to two cartridge compartments on the ront door o base rames o the TS3500
Tape Library that allow you to insert or remove tape cartridges without the library
per orming a reinventory o the rame.
10 Operator panel and operator panel controller
Located on the ront o the base rame, the operator panel is the set o indicators
and controls that lets you per orm operations and determine the status o the library.
The panel consists o the library power switch, a power-on indicator, a touchscreen
liquid crystal display (LCD), and the controller or the I/O stations. The operator
panel controller is a circuit board that acilitates communication between the
operator panel and the accessor controller.
11 Enhanced rame control assembly
An assembly o components that acilitate RS-422 communication between the drives
in a rame and the accessor controller and operator panel controller. Only Models
L23, D23, L53, and D53 are equipped with the enhanced rame control assembly,
which includes two power supplies, both o which can provide power to the library
and all drives in a rame.
12 Patch panel
A panel that houses the cable connections or the drives that use Fibre Channel
inter aces. I rame is equipped with the TS7700 backend switches (not shown), the
patch panel is removed.

13 Power cable hole
An optional, capped opening or a library whose power cable attaches to an outlet
mounted above the library.
14 Fibre Channel cable hole
An optional, capped opening or a library whose Fibre Channel cables are routed
above the library.
Figure 1. Components of the BM System Storage™ TS3500 Tape Library. The ront o a
Model L53 is shown at the top. The rear o Model L53 is shown on the bottom.
Parent topic: Overview

elated reference
Overview o main components
Supported tape drives
This section introduces the types o drives that can be installed in the TS3500 Tape Library.
The LTO Ultrium tape drives and the 3592 tape drives are high-per ormance, high-capacity
data-storage units that can be installed in the TS3500 Tape Library. Up to 12 drives may be
installed in each base and expansion rame o the library, but the two types o drives may
not be mixed in the same rame. You can identi y a drive by examining the logo at the ront
o the drive canister or by inspecting the label at the rear o the drive canister.
Note: No drives are installed in the storage-only rames (Models S24 and S54).
Table 1 provides an overview o supported tape drives.
Table 1. Tape drives that are supported by the TS3500 Tape Library
Supported Tape Drives
Type of Drive Speed of
Connectivity
Native Data
ate
Native
Capacity
Other
Information
IBM® System Storage™
TS1050 Tape Drive18 Gbps Fibre 140 MB/s 1 500 GB (1396.98 GiB)
Also known as
the Ultrium 5
tape drive or
the 3588
Model F5A
IBM System Storage TS1040
Tape Drive 4 Gbps Fibre 120 MB/s 800 GB (745.06 GiB)
Also known as
the Ultrium 4
tape drive or
the 3588
Model F4A
IBM System Storage TS1030
Tape Drive Model F3B 4 Gbps Fibre 80 MB/s 400 GB (372.53 GiB)
Both o these
drives are also
known as the
Ultrium 3 tape
drive
IBM System Storage 3588
Tape Drive Model F3A 2 Gbps Fibre 80 MB/s 400 GB (372.53 GiB)
IBM TotalStorage® LTO
Ultrium 2 Tape Drive
2 Gbps Fibre
160 MB/s (LVD
SCSI)
40 MB/s (HVD
SCSI)
35 MB/s 200 GB
(186.26 GiB)
Also known as
the Ultrium 2
tape drive
IBM TotalStorage LTO Ultrium
1 Tape Drive
1 Gbps
80 MB/s (LVD
SCSI)
40 MB/s (HVD
SCSI)
15 MB/s 100 GB
(93.13 GiB)
Also known as
the Ultrium 1
tape drive
IBM System Storage TS1130
Tape Drive
4 Gbps Fibre 160 MB/s 1 000 GB2
(931.32 GiB)
640 GB3
Also known as
the 3592
Model E06 or

Table 1. Tape drives that are supported by the TS3500 Tape Library
Supported Tape Drives
Type of Drive Speed of
Connectivity
Native Data
ate
Native
Capacity
Other
Information
(596.05 GiB) EU6
IBM System Storage TS1120
Tape Drive 4 Gbps Fibre 100 MB/s
700 GB2
(651.93 GiB)
500 GB3
(465.66 GiB)
Also known as
the 3592
Model E05
IBM TotalStorage 3592 Tape
Drive Model J1A 2 Gbps Fibre 40 MB/s 300 GB (279.39 GiB)
Withdrawn
rom
marketing as
o September
2006
Notes:
1. In order to support Ultrium 5 tape drives, all node cards in the library must be model
xx3-equivalent node cards. For node cards in model xx2 rames, this requires a xx3
model conversion OR the enhanced node card(s) eature (FC 1700 or 1701).
2. JB/JX cartridge
3. JA/JW cartridge
You or your IBM Service Representative can update irmware or the LTO Ultrium 2 and
newer Ultrium tape drives and all 3592 tape drives without scheduling downtime. This
enhancement is called a nondisruptive drive firmware update. It is available through the
IBM System Storage Tape Library Specialist Web inter ace and ( or IBM Service
Representatives) through CETool, but is not supported by the SCSI inter ace.
•LTO Ultrium tape drives
This section describes the LTO Ultrium tape drives.
•3592 tape drives
This section describes the 3592 tape drives.
Parent topic: Overview
elated tasks
Updating drive irmware
LTO Ultrium tape drives

This section describes the LTO Ultrium tape drives.
There are ive generations o Linear Tape-Open (LTO) Ultrium tape drives. The newest o
these drives, the IBM® System Storage™ TS1050 Tape Drive Model F5A, is a dual-ported
drive that acilitates 8 Gbps Fibre Channel connectivity. This drive is also known as the
Ultrium 5 tape drive and is di erentiated by its model number 3588 F5A.
Note: In order to support Ultrium 5 tape drives, all node cards in the library must be model
xx3-equivalent node cards. For node cards in model xx2 rames, this requires an xx3 model
conversion OR the enhanced node card(s) reature (FC 1700 or 1701).
The ive generations o LTO Ultrium drives are listed below:
•IBM System Storage TS1050 Tape Drive (8 Gbps, dual ports)
•IBM System Storage TS1040 Tape Drive (4 Gbps, single port)
•IBM System Storage TS1030 Tape Drive Models F3B (4 Gbps, single port)
•IBM System Storage TS1030 Tape Drive Models F3A (2 Gbps, single port)
•IBM TotalStorage LTO Ultrium 2 Tape Drive (2 Gbps, single port)
•IBM TotalStorage LTO Ultrium 1 Tape Drive (1 Gbps, single port)
You can identi y all Ultrium 2 and newer Ultrium tape drives by the logo at the ront o the
drive or by the label at the rear o the drive's canister. You can identi y the Ultrium 1 tape
drive by the label at the rear o its canister. An Ultrium 3 WORM-capable drive can be
identi ied by the level o code it contains. I the code level is 54K1 or higher, the Ultrium 3
drive is capable o WORM unctionality. Ultrium 3 and newer tape drives with WORM
capability can recognize WORM-compatible media.
Ultrium 3 drives with WORM-capable irmware and newer Ultrium tape drives read and write
non-WORM media. This means that you can load WORM-capable irmware on your Ultrium 3
and newer tape drives and use any media that is supported by these drives. In this case,
only the data that is written on the WORM media is treated as WORM data; data written on
other types o media can be overwritten.
Ultrium tape drives do not read or write to 3592 tape cartridges, and 3592 tape drives do
not read or write to Ultrium tape cartridges.
The Ultrium tape drives can read tapes that have been written by non-IBM Ultrium drives.
They also write to tapes that can be read by non-IBM Ultrium drives.
All generations o Ultrium tape drives and cartridges can reside in the same rame.

When a cartridge is labeled according to proper IBM bar code label speci ications, the last
character o its volume serial (VOLSER) number indicates the generation o the media. For
example, a cartridge with a VOLSER o 000764L5 is an Ultrium 5 cartridge; a cartridge with
a VOLSER o 000764L4 is an Ultrium 4 cartridge; a cartridge with a VOLSER o 000764L3 is
an Ultrium 3 cartridge; and a cartridge with a VOLSER o 003995L2 is an Ultrium 2
cartridge.
To enhance library per ormance, Ultrium 2 and newer Ultrium tape drives include speed
matching, channel calibration, and power management. Speed matching dynamically
adjusts the drive's native (uncompressed) data rate to the slower data rate o a server.
Channel calibration customizes each read/write data channel or optimum per ormance. The
customization enables compensation or variations in the recording channel trans er
unction, media characteristics, and read/write head characteristics. Power management
reduces the drive's power consumption during idle power periods.
Encryption
Ultrium 4 and newer tape drives are encryption capable, which means they can convert data
into a cipher that ensures data security. To per orm encryption, the drive must be
encryption enabled by your selection o one o three methods o encryption management.
Two o these methods, system-managed and library-managed encryption, require the
purchase o FC 1604 (Transparent LTO Encryption). A key is required to encrypt and decrypt
the data. How a key is generated, maintained, controlled, and transmitted depends on the
operating environment where the Ultrium 4 or newer tape drive is installed. Some data
management applications are capable o per orming key management. For an alternative
solution, IBM provides a key manager that works in conjunction with the keystore o your
choice to per orm all necessary key management tasks. There is no recovery or lost
encryption keys. For more in ormation about encryption, see the links to related topics
below.. Also re er to the IBM Encryption Key Manager and Tivoli Key Li ecycle Manager
publications listed in the elated information section.
To ensure that your tape drive con orms to IBM's speci ications or reliability, use only IBM
LTO Ultrium tape cartridges. You may use other LTO-certi ied data cartridges, but they may
not meet the standards o reliability that are established by IBM.
Parent topic: Supported tape drives
elated concepts
Ultrium bar code label
Tape encryption overview
elated tasks
Setting or changing a drive's method o encryption
elated reference
Drive per ormance
Mixing drives in rames

Mixing drives in a logical library
Mixing media in drives
3592 tape drives
This section describes the 3592 tape drives.
There are three generations o 3592 tape drives: TS1130 (Models E06 and EU6), TS1120
(Model E05), and J1A. The TS1130 tape drive o ers the same eatures o the TS1120 tape
drive, along with the ollowing additional enhancements:
•An energy-saving cooling an motor speed (Model E06 only)
•Increased tape cartridge native capacities
•Increased data rate
•Increased linear and track densities
Note: The 3592 EU6 tape drive is a 3592 E05 tape drive canister upgraded to contain a
Model E06 drive through the MES (Miscellaneous Equipment Speci ication) process. The EU6
model name is only used when in ormation speci ic to the Model EU6 is discussed.
Data encryption is a eature o ered by the TS1120 and TS1130 tape drives. You can order a
TS1120 tape drive with encryption capability or upgrade a Model E05 canister to include
encryption capability. All TS1130 tape drives are encryption capable. For in ormation about
encryption-capable drives and media, encryption enablement, and encryption-key
management,
Like the TS1120 tape drive, the TS1130 has dual-port, 4–Gbps native switch abric Fibre
Channel inter aces. The 3592 J1A tape drive o ers the same but at a 2–Gbps rate. These
eatures o er lexibility in an Open Systems environment because the drives can directly
attach to Open Systems servers with Fibre Channel attachments. Additional enhancements
o the TS1130 tape drive are shown in Table 1.
All 3592 tape drives include an RS-422 library inter ace port or communication with the
TS3500 Tape Library. The 3592 tape drives use the Statistical Analysis and Reporting
System (SARS) to isolate ailures between media and hardware.
A 3592 tape drive cannot read or write to a 3590 High Per ormance Cartridge Tape (media
type J) or to a 3590 Extended High Per ormance Cartridge Tape (media type K).
Table 1 shows the basic eatures o each generation o the 3592 tape drive.
Table 1. Features o the 3592 tape drive
Feature
3592 tape drives
TS1130 (Model E06 or
EU6)
TS1120
(Model E05) Model J1A

Native sustained data
rate
160 MB/s (E06 ormat)
140 MB/s (E05 ormat)
70 MB/s (J1A ormat)
100 MB/s (E05
ormat)
50 MB/s (J1A
ormat)
40 MB/s (J1A ormat)
Compressed sustained
data rate (2:1
compression)
320 MB/s (E06 ormat)
200 MB/s (E05
ormat)
100 MB/s (J1A
ormat)
80 MB/s (J1A ormat)
Native Capacity
1 000 GB (931.32 GiB)1
640 GB (596.05 GiB)2
128 GB (119.21 GiB)3
500 GB
(465.66 GiB)4
300 GB
(279.39 GiB)5
300 GB (279.39 GiB)5
Write once, read many
(WORM) capability Yes Yes Yes
Capacity scaling and
short cartridge Yes Yes Yes
Read/write capability
I encryption-enabled, reads
and writes Model E06 and
Model E05 encrypted ormat
Reads and
writes Model
E05 ormat Reads and writes
Model J1A ormatReads and writes Model E06
and Model E05 ormat
Reads and
writes Model
J1A ormat
Reads Model J1A ormat
Host (server)
attachment
Supports dual-port, 4–Gbps Fibre Channel
inter ace
Supports dual-port, 2–
Gbps Fibre Channel
inter ace
Maximum inter ace burst trans er rate o 400
MB/s
Maximum inter ace
burst trans er rate o
200 MB/s
Supports N and L ports with autocon igure Supports N and L ports
with autocon igure
Encryption All TS1130 Tape Drives are
encryption capable
With eature
code 9592 or
5592
Not supported
Notes:
1. Using JB/JX media
2. Using JA/JW media
3. Using JJ/JR media