Nteroperability And; Compatibility; Interface Specifications; Component Interface Connectors - Spectra TFinity User Manual

Appendix C — Specifications
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NTEROPERABILITY AND

You can find complete interoperability listings, as well as a list of the types
of software that have been tested and proven compatible with the library
on the Spectra Logic website at https://support.spectralogic.com/
documentation/compatibility/compatibility.
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NTERFACE PECIFICATIONS
This section provides information about the interfaces used to connect the
library and tape drives to the host systems. It also provides information
about the Ethernet interface used to access the library's BlueScale web
interface.
The Robotics Interface Module (RIM) supports a Fibre Channel host
interface. The RIM does not provide connectivity for SCSI drives. Direct‐
attached tape drives have a native Fibre Channel interface; direct‐attached
SCSI drives are not supported.
For information about how IBM drives support Fibre Channel
communications, refer to the tape drive documentation, available from
IBM at https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/.

Component Interface Connectors

Component
Drive, direct‐attached Fibre Channel
RoCE drives
RIM, Fibre Channel
a. Only one port at a time can be used to connect the drive to a Fibre Channel network. If desired, the two ports can be used to create a
failover configuration.

Network Interface Cable Requirements

The type of cables required to connect the library and its drives to the
network depend on the type of interface being used.
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OFTWARE OMPATIBILITY
Physical Interface
Two dual port multimode optical LC connectors
Two 10GBASE‐SR SFP+
Two dual port optical SFPs with LC connectors
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