Media; Logical Unit Number (Lun) Scanning; Location Coordinates And Element Addresses; Ultrium Data Cartridge Compatibility With Ultrium Tape Drive - IBM TS2900 Setup, Operator, And Service Manual

Media

The TS2900 Tape Autoloader uses Ultrium tape cartridges that provide up to 12 TB native capacity (up to
30 TB with 2.5:1 hardware data compression) for Ultrium 8 tape drives.
For more information on native data capacity, see Table 3 on page 2.
Table 6. Ultrium data cartridge compatibility with Ultrium tape drive
IBM
Ultrium
12 TB 9 TB LTO
Tape
Ultrium 8
Drive
LTO8 Read/ Read/
Write Write
LTO7
LTO6
LTO5
LTO4
LTO3
LTO2
LTO1
1
Library Firmware must be at 0080 or greater to support the LTO M8 media feature. Drive firmware must be at
HB82 or greater to support the LTO M8 media feature. Ensure that any IBM device drivers are at the minimum
level that is required to support the library.
Note: The TS2900 Tape Autoloader supports the Ultrium 3 (3572-S3H) and laterTape Drives only.
For more information about media compatibility, see "Media" on page 107.

Logical Unit Number (LUN) scanning

The TS2900 Tape Autoloader uses a single SCSI ID and dual LUNs to control the tape drive (LUN 0) and
library accessor (LUN 1). The library requires a Host Bus adapter (HBA) that supports LUN scanning. If
it is not enabled, your host system cannot scan beyond LUN 0 and fails to detect the library. It sees only
the tape drive.
Important: Some HBAs, such as RAID controllers, do not support LUN scanning.

Location coordinates and element addresses

The TS2900 Tape Autoloader incorporates IBM's patented high-density (HD) slot technology, which
allows multiple cartridges to be stored in a tiered architecture. The depth of a cartridge location in a
high-density slot is known as a tier. High-density slots are designed to contain multiple cartridges in
Tiers 1 and 2.
IBM LTO Ultrium Data Cartridges
6 TB 2.5 TB
1
M8 Ultrium 7 Ultrium 6
Read/
Write
Read/ Read/
Write Write
Read/
Write
1.5 TB 800 GB 400 GB
Ultrium 5 Ultrium 4 Ultrium 3
Read only
Read/ Read only
Write
Read/ Read/ Read only
Write Write
Read/ Read/
Write
Read/
200 GB 100 GB
Ultrium 2 Ultrium 1
Read only
Write
Read/ Read only
Write Write
Read/ Read/
Write Write
Read/
Write
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