Supported Tape Drives; Tape Drives That Are Supported By The Ts3500 Tape Library - IBM TS3500 Manual

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Supported tape drives

This section introduces the types of drives that can be installed in the TS3500 Tape Library.
The LTO Ultrium tape drives and the 3592 tape drives are high-performance, 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 frame of the library, but the two types of drives may
not be mixed in the same frame. You can identify a drive by examining the logo at the front
of the drive canister or by inspecting the label at the rear of the drive canister.
Note: No drives are installed in the storage-only frames (Models S24 and S54).
Table 1 provides an overview of supported tape drives.
Table 1. Tape drives that are supported by the TS3500 Tape Library
Type of Drive
IBM® System Storage™
TS1050 Tape Drive 1
IBM System Storage TS1040
Tape Drive
IBM System Storage TS1030
Tape Drive Model F3B
IBM System Storage 3588
Tape Drive Model F3A
IBM TotalStorage® LTO
Ultrium 2 Tape Drive
IBM TotalStorage LTO Ultrium
1 Tape Drive
IBM System Storage TS1130
Tape Drive
Supported Tape Drives
Speed of Native Data
Connectivity
8 Gbps Fibre 140 MB/s
4 Gbps Fibre 120 MB/s
4 Gbps Fibre 80 MB/s
2 Gbps Fibre 80 MB/s
2 Gbps Fibre
160 MB/s (LVD
SCSI) 35 MB/s
40 MB/s (HVD
SCSI)
1 Gbps
80 MB/s (LVD
SCSI) 15 MB/s
40 MB/s (HVD
SCSI)
4 Gbps Fibre 160 MB/s
Native
Rate Capacity
1 500 GB
(1396.98 GiB)
800 GB
(745.06 GiB)
400 GB
(372.53 GiB)
400 GB
(372.53 GiB)
200 GB
(186.26 GiB)
100 GB
(93.13 GiB)
1 000 GB
(931.32 GiB)
640 GB
Other
Information
Also known as
the Ultrium 5
tape drive or
the 3588
Model F5A
Also known as
the Ultrium 4
tape drive or
the 3588
Model F4A
Both of these
drives are also
known as the
Ultrium 3 tape
drive
Also known as
the Ultrium 2
tape drive
Also known as
the Ultrium 1
tape drive
2 Also known as
the 3592
3 Model E06 or