Chapter 1. Product Description; Slot - IBM System Storage TS3310 Setup And Operator Manual

Chapter 1. Product Description

"Front Panel Components" on page 1-2
"Rear Panel Components" on page 1-5
"Interior Components" on page 1-6
"Optional Features" on page 1-8
"Library Configurations" on page 1-2
"Location Coordinates" on page 1-11
"Media" on page 1-14
"Multi-Path Architecture" on page 1-15
"Specifications" on page 1-15
"Product Environment" on page 1-16
"Supported Servers, Operating Systems, and Software" on page 1-17
"Supported Device Drivers" on page 1-17
The IBM System Storage
and technology designed for reliability and the heavy demands of tape storage.
This library is highly modular with scalability varying from the base library 5U
control module to additional expansion units of 9U height each. This automated
tape library incorporates high-performance IBM LTO Ultrium 3 Tape Drives for the
midrange to enterprise open systems environment. Tape cartridge physical capacity
has doubled to 400 GB native capacity (800 GB with 2:1 compression) with the IBM
TotalStorage
format tape drives), and drive performance has more than doubled to 80
MB/second native data transfer rate with the IBM TotalStorage LTO Ultrium 3
Tape Drives compared to IBM LTO Ultrium 2 Tape Drives. IBM LTO Ultrium 3
tape drives can read and write original LTO Ultrium 2 data cartridges and read
LTO Ultrium 1 data cartridges.
The 5U library contains the library control module, fixed tape cartridge storage of
30 slots, I/O station of 6 slots, a touch screen display, cartridge handling robotics,
and up to two LTO Ultrium 3 tape drives.
The 14U library contains the 5U library plus an optional 9U expansion module.
Each 9U expansion module can accommodate up to 4 LTO Ultrium 3 Tape Drives
and up to 80 tape cartridge slots, and 12 configurable I/O station slots.
This library supports LTO Ultrium 3 Tape Drives with either LVD Ultra160 SCSI or
2 Gbps switched fabric Fibre Channel attachment for connection to a wide
spectrum of open system servers.
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TS3310 Tape Library offers high performance, capacity,
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LTO Ultrium 400 GB Data Cartridge (for use only with Ultrium 3
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