External Optical Storage; Ibm 3995 Optical Library Cxx Models - IBM eserver i5 Handbook

Draft Document for Review October 18, 2004
writes to DVD-RAM, but only reads CD-RW and other CD-recordable media.
DVD disk capacities of 2.6 GB, 4.7 GB, 5.2 GB, and 9.4 GB are supported. The
high performance IBM 7210 External DVD-RAM Drive enhances the function and
capabilities of the Eserver i5 and iSeries servers.
The capacity of the DVD media is over seven times larger than CD-ROM.
Software that is distributed on multiple CDs may now need only one DVD-RAM
cartridge, reducing the cost of media. The 7210-030 can be used as an alternate
IPL device.
The 7210-030 supports Ultra-3 SCSI LVD attachment to IBM Eserver i5 and
iSeries servers.
For additional information about the 7210-030, see the following Web site:
http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/storage/tape/7210/index.html67

External optical storage

This section describes select external storage optical devices supported by the
current Eserver i5 and iSeries product line.

IBM 3995 Optical Library Cxx models

The IBM 3995 Optical
Library C-Models feature
high capacity 5.2G or
Extended Multifunction
optical drives, known as
8X technology
times the capacity of the
first generation optical
technology.
The following table
summarizes the 3995
C-Models supported on
the Eserver i5 and
iSeries servers.
3995
Model
. It is eight
3995 Optical Library Models C40, C42, C46, and C48
Capacity Number of
drives
GB Disks
External tape, DVD-RAM, optical, disk storage, and SAN components
Attachment Number of auto
changer grippers
5486ExtStor.fm
Supported
Controllers
425