The Enterprise Tape Library 3494 now provides the highest level of availability with the addition of the IBM TotalStorage High Availability Tape Frames Model HA1. The Model HA1 Frames consist of two service bay frames with one added at each end of a configuration to provide accessor service area and parking area. A second library manager, in the same service bay as the second accessor, is added to the subsystem to improve library availability in the event of a library manager failure. A second hard drive is required in both library managers for duplication of library database information. The dual library manager design is based on the 3495 implementation. It also adds a second accessor so the library can automatically continue operations in the event of an accessor failure. One accessor will be active at a time, the second is available as a hot standby. With the addition of the Dual Active Accessor (DAA) feature on the Models L10, L12, and L14, both accessors can be working at the same time. The DAA feature is designed to increase the mount performance of the library while still providing high availability and high reliability of the Model HA1 Frames. The actual performance of the 3494 is determined by a number of factors, such as: accessor capacity, number of library frames, number of tape drives, location of tape drives and tape cartridges, and tape cartridge residency. When an accessor requires servicing, either accessor can push the other into its service bay and then take control for the entire library. Concurrent maintenance on an accessor is supported. The library can continue to function as a failed accessor is being serviced. This also minimizes library down time when library manager code is being installed. A new library manager PC will be included to enhance performance.

Enterprise Tape Library configurations of 1 to 16 frames are allowed when the 3494 configuration does not contain a Model HA1. When Model HA1 Frames are attached, configurations of 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, and 16 frames are allowed in addition to the two service bays of the Model HA1 Frames. There must be a minimum of 4 library frames if the DAA feature is installed. The Model B16 VTS can be installed anywhere within the 16 frames. The IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Tape Drive Expansion Frames (Models D10, D12 and D14) and the IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Tape Storage Frames (Model S10) can also be installed in any location in the 3494. Remote console support using Distributed Console Access Facility (DCAF) for both library managers is also available. No additional host software changes are needed to support the Data Facility Storage Management Subsystem (DFSMS) and Basic Tape Library Support (BTLS) MVS environments or to TPF, Virtual Machine/Enterprise Systems Architecture (VM/ESA), and VSE/ESA guests of VM/ESA.
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Model Summary Matrix Cartridge Flexible Technology Model Capacity Growth Supported -------- --------- ------------ ------------ HA1 0 Service bays   Maximum One. Customer Setup (CSU) No. Devices Supported None. Model Conversions None. Back to top   Technical Description Physical Specifications Operating Environment Limitations Hardware Requirements Software Requirements Physical Specifications Model HA1 Frames (each service bay) Width: 750 mm (29.5 in) Depth: 1525 mm (60.0 in) Height: 1800 mm (70.9 in) Weight: 444kg (999 lb) maximum Operating Environment Temperature: 10 to 37C (50 to 110F) Relative Humidity: 20 to 80 percent Wet Bulb Temperature: 23.0 C (73.4F) Caloric value: 300 Btu/Hour (left bay); 1,000 Btu/Hour (right bay) Electrical power: 0.1 kVA (left bay); 0.3 kVA (right bay) Noise Level: 6.5 bels idle; 6.8 bels operating Limitations When the Model HA1 Frames are attached to the 3494, the configurations are limited to 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, or 16 frames not including the service bays of the Model HA1 Frames. There must be a minimum of 4 frames if the Dual Active Accessor (DAA) feature is installed. Hardware Requirements The Model HA1 Frames consist of two service bays, with one installed at each end of the Enterprise Tape Library. When the Model HA1 Frames are attached to the 3494, the configurations are limited to 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, or 16 frames not including the service bays. These frames can consist of a library control unit frame and one Virtual Tape Server frame and any combination of drive unit or storage unit frames. Feature number 9040 must be added to the Model L10, L12, or L14 Tape Library Base Frame when the Model HA1 Frames are attached. This is to assure that the proper cables and other components are shipped and that configuration records are correct. If feature numbers 5219 (Token Ring Adapter), 5220 (Ethernet Adapter), 5229 (Expansion Attachment Card), 5227 (32 Port Attachment), or 5215 (Dual Gripper) are installed on the Model L10, L12, or L14, then these same features must be also installed on the Model HA1. When feature number 9040 is installed on the Model L10, L12, or L14, feature number 5228 is not required on that model. To enable both accessors to operate simultaneously, the Dual Active Accessor (DAA) feature number 5050 must be specified on the Model L10, L12, or L14 Tape Library Base Frame. If the 3494 is attached to a host SCSI or LAN, then feature number 9041 must be installed on all frames of the 3494 when the Model HA1 Frames are attached. If a 3494 Model B10 or B20 VTS, or a Model B18 VTS with feature #5264 (64 Additional Virtual Drives), is attached to the 3494 Tape Library Base Frame (and Model HA1), then feature #9021 (Virtual Drives Enhancement) must be installed on both the Model HA1 Frames and the Model L10, L12, or L14. Software Requirements Operating environments that perform library control on the OEMI (parallel), ESCON, or FICTON channel (MVS/ESA, VM/ESA, VSE/ESA running under VM/ESA, and TPF) require no additional software. Operating environments that use direct-attach (LAN or RS232) library control (AS/400, RS/6000, Sun, HP, and native VSE/ESA) require the Open System Device Drivers feature (#9200) available on the Tape Library Base Frame Model L10, L12, or L14. Back to top   Publications No publications are shipped with the product. Publications are shipped with the Models L10, L12, and L14. The following publications are available: Title Order Number Language -------------------------------- ------------ -------- IBM TotalStorage (TM) Enterprise Automated Tape Library Introduction and Planning Guide GA32-0448 English GA88-8238 Japanese IBM TotalStorage (TM) Enterprise Automated Tape Library Operator's Guide GA32-0449 English GA88-8239 Japanese Back to top   Features -- Specify/Special/Exchange No Charge Specify Codes Special Feature Codes -- Chargeable Feature Exchanges No Charge Specify Codes Unless indicated otherwise, these features are available only at time of manufacture. Power Cords The appropriate power cord is attached at the factory based on the order designation country code except for the following: 6 ft Chicago (#9986) Factory or Field installable Machine Nomenclature English (#2924) French (#2928) Japan (#2930) (Operator Panel Only) Spanish (#2931) Italian (#2932) French Canadian (#2935) (Keyboard Only) If no language is specified, English (#2924) is supplied. Attached System Types The following codes indicate the attached system types: #9104 Attached to AS/400 or iSeries system #9106 Attached to RS/6000 or pSeries system #9109 Attached to ES/3090, ES/9000, S/390, or zSeries system Other Specify Codes (#9021) Virtual Drives Enhancement This feature notifies the plant that a 3494 Model B10 or B20 VTS, or a Model B18 VTS with feature #5264 (64 Additional Virtual Drives), is attached to the Model L1x Tape Library Base Frame (and Model HA1 if present). One feature is required on each 3494 Model HA1, L10, L12, and L14 for each Model B18 VTS with feature #5264, or Model B10 or B20 VTS, that is attached to the Model L10, L12, or L14 Tape Library Base Frame. Maximum: Two. Minimum: None. Plant or Field Installable. (#9041) High Availability Direct Attachment (No Longer Available as of December 31, 1998) If any device in the 3494 that contains Model HA1 Frames attaches to a host system that uses direct attachment for library control (AS/400, RS/6000, Sun, HP, and native VSE/ESA), then this feature must be specified on all models of the 3494 shipping from the plant with the Model HA1 Frames. Maximum: One. Field Installation: No. Corequisite: Must be on all other models of the 3494 that are shipping new with the Model HA1 Frames. (#9046) PCI Library Manager - Plant (No Longer Available as of October 29, 2004) This feature indicates that this machine was shipped from the plant with a library manager with PCI architecture including a faster 1.2 Ghz processor and a mirrored dual disk drive, for performance and availability improvements in the 3494. This feature code is for new machine orders only, and should be on every machine shipped after February 28, 2003. For currently-installed machines, refer to feature #5046. Maximum: One. Field Installation: No. (#9047) LAN PCI Library Manager - Plant Install This feature provides the plant installation of a library manager (LM) that supports EASH attachment of tape drives attached to open systems and up to 64 LAN attached open system TCP/IP hosts. The LM has a PCI architecture and includes a 1.2 Ghz processor and a mirrored dual disk drive, to help improve performance and availability in the 3494. If this feature is added to a 3494 that includes Model HA1 Frames, the other LM must be feature #5046, #9046, or #9047. Note: This LM does not come with four RS232 host connections and four tape control unit serial connections. If that capability is required, the Base Tape Control Unit Attachment feature (#5225) must be ordered with this feature. Feature #5225 is also required if the other LM in the 3494 Tape Library that includes Model HA1 Frames has feature #5046 or #9046. Maximum: One. Required: Feature #9047 (or #5047) is required when adding feature #9040 (High Availability Attachment) to any installed Model Lxx that does not contain feature #5046 or #9046 (PCI Library Manager) or feature #9020 (Model B20, B18, or B10 VTS Attachment). Plant Installation Only. (#9184) EASH Enablement This feature must be installed to enable a tape drive in the 3494 Tape Library to connect to the library manager (LM) with an Ethernet Attached Serial Hub (EASH) attachment. Up to 96 open system tape drives can be connected to the LM through an EASH attachment. Maximum: One. Required feature: No. However, if open system attached tape drives are in a 3494 Tape Library with the LAN PCI Library Manager feature (#5047 or #9047), either this feature #5184 or the Base Tape Control Unit Attachment feature (#5225) must be installed. Feature #9184 is required if any frame in the 3494 Tape Library has feature #5184 (Ethernet Attached Serial Hub) installed. Corequisites: Feature #5232 (Attachment Concentrator). Feature #5246 (Dual Path Concentrator). Feature #9184 must be on both the Model HA1 and the Model Lxx Frames if the Model HA1 Frames are installed in the 3494 Tape Library. The 3494 Model Lxx must have an LM shipped after May 15, 2000, or one of the following features: Feature #5047 or #9047 (LAN PCI Library Manager). Feature #5046 or #9046 (PCI Library Manager). Feature #9020 (Model B20, B10, or B18 VTS Attachment). Plant or Field Installation. Special Feature Codes -- Chargeable Remote Support Features The following features are to provide rapid diagnostic and remote support capability. The same modem and switch may be shared between the following units: 3494 Model AX0, B10, B16, B18, B20, CX1, L10, L12, L14, L22, and HA1 3590 Model A60, A50, or A00 3490 Model F1A (or FC0) Control Unit (FC 3000 or 3500) 3592 Model J70 One of the following three features were used to provide remote support on previous installations of the 3494 Models L12 and L22. New shipments of a 3494 Model L12 or L22 should specify one of the IBM TotalStorage Master Console features (#2713, #2714, or #2715). (#2710) Remote Support Facility This feature supplies a cable and connectors for connection to an IBM supplied modem to enable remote diagnostic support. This feature should only be specified on the first unit of each set of fourteen units in an installation site. Maximum: One of FC 2710, 2711, or 2712. Field Installation: Yes. (#2711) Remote Support Switch (No Longer Available as of December 31, 2004) This feature provides a switch, cables, and connectors for the attachment of multiple units through the switch to a modem. It should be ordered on the second unit attached to the modem in an installation. One switch should be specified for every set of fourteen units in an installation site. Maximum: One of FC 2710, 2711, or 2712. Field Installation: Yes. (#2712) Remote Support Attachment (No Longer Available as of December 31, 2004) This feature provides an additional cable and connector to attach to the Remote Support Switch (FC 2711). It should be ordered on the third through the fourteenth unit attached to the Remote Support Switch in an installation site. Maximum: One of FC 2710, 2711, or 2712. Field Installation: Yes. IBM TotalStorage Master Console Features The following features #2713, #2714, and #2715 provide connection to an IBM TotalStorage Master Console (TSMC) to enable enhanced remote support to improve availability. The TSMC can remotely monitor each attached device to determine if it is working properly and report any error alerts for the early detection of problems. Use of the TSMC may expedite microcode updates, reduce service times, and enhance local service. One of these features must be ordered on any new 3494 Tape Library Model L12, or L22 instead of the Remote Support features (#2710, #2711, or #2712). They are recommended on every installed 3494 Tape Library. Any 3494 VTS, 3590 Model A60, or 3592 Model J70 in a 3494 library should also attach to the IBM TotalStorage Master Console. The same master console for service may be shared between the following units: 3494 Model AX0, B10, B18, B20, HA1, L10, L12, L14, or L22 VTC in a 3494 Model CX1 3590 Model A60 3592 Model J70 To connect a unit to an IBM TotalStorage Master Console, one of the following three features must be selected on the unit based on the number of units attached to that master console facility in the installation. (#2713) Master Console For Service This feature provides the IBM TotalStorage Master Console, an Ethernet hub and a cable and connectors for connection of one of the above units to an IBM supplied modem to enable remote enhanced service. This feature should be specified on the first unit in an installation connected to a master console facility. The Ethernet hub provides 14 additional connections for cables supplied with feature #2714 or #2715. Minimum: One of feature #2713, #2714, or #2715 is required on all new orders of a 3494 Model L12 or L22. Maximum: One of #2713, #2714, or #2715. A maximum of one of feature #2714 may be connected to the Master Console For Service feature #2713. Plant or field installable. (#2714) Console Expansion This feature provides an attachment cable for connection of one of the above units, and an Ethernet hub for expanding the number of units that can be attached to the Master Console For Service (#2713). Up to 14 additional connections are provided by this feature for connection of #2715 or another #2714. Minimum: One of feature #2713, #2714, or #2715 is required on all new orders of a 3494 Model L12 or L22. Maximum: One of #2713, #2714, or #2715. A maximum of one other Console Expansion (#2714) may be connected to the Ethernet hub provided by this feature #2714. A maximum of two of feature #2714 may be included in a single master console facility (providing a total maximum of 43 unit connections). Plant or field installable. (#2715) Console Attachment This feature provides a cable to attach a unit to the Ethernet hub provided by the Master Console For Service (#2713) or the Console Expansion (#2714). A maximum of 40 of feature #2715 may be included in a single master console facility. Minimum: One of feature #2713, #2714, or #2715 is required on all new orders of a 3494 Model L12 or L22. Maximum: One of #2713, #2714, or #2715. Plant or field installable. Additional Special Features (#5045) Enhanced Library Manager (No Longer Available as of February 28, 2003) This feature provides an enhanced library manager with a mirrored dual disk, for performance and availability improvements in the 3494. If this feature is added to a 3494 that includes Model HA1 Frames, feature #5045 must be ordered for both the Model HA1 and the Model L10, L12, or L14. This feature code is for currently-installed units only. Maximum: One. Field Installation Only. (#5046) PCI Library Manager - Field (No Longer Available as of October 29, 2004) This feature provides the field installation of a library manager with PCI architecture including a faster 1.2 Ghz processor and a mirrored dual disk drive, for performance and availability improvements in the 3494. If this feature is added to a 3494 that includes Model HA1 Frames, feature #5046 must be ordered for both the Model HA1 Frames and the Model L10, L12, or L14. This feature code is for currently-installed units only. Maximum: One. Corequisite: Feature (#5046 or #9046) is required when adding feature #9040 (High Availability Attachment) to any installed Model L1x that does not already have feature #9020 (Model B20, B10, or B18 Attachment). Field Installation Only. (#5047) LAN PCI Library Manager - Field Install This feature provides the field installation of a library manager (LM) that supports EASH attachment of tape drives attached to open systems and up to 64 LAN attached open system TCP/IP hosts. The LM has a PCI architecture and includes a 1.2 Ghz processor and a mirrored dual disk drive, to help improve performance and availability in the 3494. If this feature is added to a 3494 that includes Model HA1 Frames, the other LM must be feature #5046, #9046, or #9047. This feature code is for installed units only. Note: This LM does not come with four RS232 host connections and four tape control unit serial connections. If that capability is required, the Base Tape Control Unit Attachment feature (#5225) must be ordered with this feature. Feature #5225 is also required if the other LM in the 3494 Tape Library that includes Model HA1 Frames is not feature #5047 or #9047. Maximum: One. Required: Feature #5047 (or #9047) is required when adding feature #9040 (High Availability Attachment) to any installed Model Lxx that has a LM shipped prior to May 15, 2000, and the Model Lxx does not contain feature #5046 or #9046 (PCI Library Manager) or feature #9020 (Model B20, B18, or B10 VTS Attachment). Corequisite: Feature #5225, if RS232 host connection or base tape control unit serial connection to the LM is required (such as when replacing an older LM with that connection requirement). Field Installation Only. (#5215) Dual Gripper Provides accessor performance enhancement in the 3494, for longer configurations (3 or more units). Installation of dual gripper reduces the quantity of available storage cells by 10%, this is due to the top and bottom row of storage cells becoming unavailable. It is required on the Model HA1 Frames when the Dual Gripper (#5215) is installed on the Tape Library Base Frame Model L10, L12, or L14. Maximum: One. Field Installation: Yes. (#5219) Token Ring Adapter (#5219) (No Longer Available as of July 2, 2004) Allows the 3494 Manager to attach to a token ring LAN. It is required on the Model HA1 Frames when the Token Ring Adapter (#5219) is installed on the library manager of the Tape Library Base Frame Model L10, L12, or L14. Maximum: One. Field Installation: Yes. (#5220) Ethernet Adapter Allows the 3494 library manager to attach to an Ethernet LAN at up to 100 MB per second. TCP/IP and APPC protocols are supported. The iSeries supports TCP/IP LAN connections with OS/400 V5R2, and later (AAPC is the required LAN protocol prior to V5R2). The maximum processor LAN connections is 32. Maximum: One. Field Installation: Yes. (#5222) Additional 32 LAN Host Attachments This feature provides an update to the microcode firmware of an installed PCI Library Manager feature (#5046 or #9046) to support up to 64 LAN attached open system hosts. This is double the 32 LAN attached open system hosts previously available. This capability is included in the LAN PCI Library Manager feature (#5047 or #9047). The LAN interface can be through either the Ethernet LAN Adapter feature (#5220) or the Token Ring Adapter feature (#5219). Support is provided for up to 32 APPC hosts or 64 TCP/IP hosts, or combinations of those attachments. Maximum: One. Prerequisite: Feature #5046 or #9046. Field Installation Only. (#5225) Base Tape Control Unit Attachment This feature includes an attachment card that provides four RS232 open system host connections and four tape control unit serial attachments to the 3494 library manager (LM). This feature is not required if all open system attached tape drives are connected to the LM with an EASH attachment, or if LAN attachment to open system hosts is used instead of an RS232 attachment. If this feature is added to a 3494 that includes Model HA1 Frames, the other LM must also have this capability. Maximum: One. Required: If feature #5047 or #9047 is installed and any feature #53xx or #55xx frame is installed on the 3494 Model Lxx. If the 3494 includes Model HA1 Frames and the other LM has feature #5225, or does not have feature #5047 or #9047. Prerequisite: Feature #5047 or #9047. Plant or Field Installation. (#5227) 32 Port Attachment This feature provides 16 additional RS-422 tape control unit connections for the Library Manager on a 3494 Enterprise Tape Library. Use of this feature along with the Expansion Attachment Card (#5229) provides for a total of 24 RS-422 control unit connections and eight RS-232 host processor connections. When feature #5227 is installed with one or two Tape Control Unit Expansion features (#5228), the number of available tape control unit connections is increased by 16 over the numbers shown in the table with feature #5228. This allows up to 32 SCSI or Fibre Channel attached tape drives to be installed in the library. This feature is required on the Model HA1 when this feature is installed on the library manager of the Tape Library Base Frame Model L10, L12, or L14 of that Enterprise Tape Library. Maximum: One. Plant or Field Installable. Prerequisite: Feature #5229. Note: If the Model L10, L12, or L14 was installed prior to September, 1997, you must have one of the following features installed: Feature #9020 (Model B20, B10, or B18 VTS Attachment) Feature #9040 (High Availability Direct Attachment) Feature #5045 (Enhanced Library Manager) (#5229) Expansion Attachment Card This feature provides an additional attachment card in the library manager of the Model HA1 Frames. It is required on the Model HA1 when the Expansion Attachment Card (#5229) is installed on the library manager of the Tape Library Base Frame Model L10, L12, or L14. Maximum: One. Field Installation: Yes. Feature Exchanges None. Back to top   Accessories None. Customer Replacement Parts None. Back to top   Machine Elements None. 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