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Abstract

The IBM TotalStorage 3584 Tape Library is part of a family of tape library storage solutions designed for the large, unattended storage requirements from today's midrange systems up to high-end open systems. Each aspect of the subsystem is designed to help optimize access to data and reliability. The 3584 Tape Library is designed to connect to host systems using any combination of Fibre Channel, Ultra2/Wide Low Voltage Differential (LVD) SCSI, or Ultra/Wide High Voltage Differential (HVD) SCSI interfaces.

Model Abstract 3584-L22

The IBM TotalStorage 3584 Tape Library Base Frame Model L22 has 58 to 260 cartridge slots and support for up to twelve IBM TotalStorage 3592 Tape Drive Model J1A with an incremental reduction of storage slots beyond four drives or with Additional I/O Slots. This model has the same footprint as the Model L52, which is a smaller footprint than the Model L32. Data capacity for the Model L22 using 3592 data cartridges is 17 to 78 TB native and 52 to 234 TB using 3592 data compression at 3:1 compression. Aggregate library data rates of up to 75 TB/hour for a fully configured 3584 library allow extremely high data transfer performance. Up to 15 IBM TotalStorage 3584 Tape Library Expansion Frame Models D22, D32, or D52 can be attached to the Model L22, supporting IBM TotalStorage LTO Ultrium 1 or 2 Tape Drives and cartridges or the IBM TotalStorage 3592 Tape Drive and cartridges. Up to 12 logical libraries and/or up to 12 control paths can be configured for each frame. Each Model L22 library has a standard 16-slot cartridge input/output station for importing or exporting 3592 cartridges from the library without requiring a re-inventory. Optional features can provide an additional 16 input/output slots for LTO Ultrium or 3592 tape cartridges. For bulk-loading of tape cartridges, the library door can be opened. Each time the library door is closed, a bar code reader mounted on the autochanger scans the cartridge labels enabling a re-inventory of the cartridges in the library frame in less than 60 seconds. A door lock is included to restrict physical access to cartridges in the library. The library capacity and number of drives can be expanded to meet changing needs.
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Highlights

  • Modular, scalable, automated tape library combining IBM tape and automation reliability at open system prices

  • Attachment to IBM eServer i5, iSeries, AS/400, IBM eServer p5, pSeries, RS/6000, IBM eServer xSeries, Netfinity, Sun, Hewlett-Packard, and other non-IBM servers

  • Connectivity using Fibre Channel, Low Voltage Differential (LVD) SCSI, or High Voltage Differential (HVD) SCSI interfaces

  • IBM Multi-Path Architecture designed to support redundant control paths, mixed drive configurations, and library sharing between multiple applications

Model Highlights 3584-L22

  • Includes capability to install one to twelve 3592 Model J1A Tape Drives

  • Each Model L22 Frame can have up to twelve logical libraries and twelve control paths

  • Each 3592 Model J1A Tape Drive in the Model L22 has a dual-ported 2-Gbps Fibre Channel interface

  • The 3592 Model J1A Tape Drive is portable between 3584, 3494, and stand-alone environments

  • Cartridge capacity from 58 to 260 cartridges

  • Allows cartridge expansion with the attachment of either the Model D22, D32, or D52 Expansion Frames

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Description

3584 Tape Library Overview

The IBM TotalStorage 3584 Tape Library is part of a family of tape library storage solutions designed for the large, unattended storage requirements from today's midrange systems to high-end open systems. Each aspect of the subsystem is designed to optimize access to data and reliability. The 3584 Tape Library supports the IBM TotalStorage LTO Ultrium 1, 2, and 3 Tape Drives and the IBM TotalStorage 3592 Enterprise Tape Drive. IBM LTO Ultrium tape drives are compact storage devices designed to support the highly intensive read and write operations required by today's open system servers. The 3592 Tape Drives are designed to provide high levels of performance, functionality, and cartridge capacity supporting the 3592 tape format, including Write Once Read Many (WORM) media support.

The 3584 Library Models L32 and D32 can be equipped with IBM TotalStorage LTO Ultrium 1, 2, or 3 Tape Drives, the Models L52 and D52 with IBM TotalStorage LTO Ultrium Fibre Channel Tape Drives, and the Models L22 and D22 with the IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Tape Drive 3592. The 3584 Models D22, D52, L22, and L52 have a smaller footprint than the Models D32 or L32, so they take up less floor space. The Ultrium 3 Tape Drives and data cartridges can be resident in the same 3584 Tape Library frame with Ultrium 1 or 2 Tape Drives and data cartridges, and adjacent frames can have 3592 Tape Drives and data cartridges. The 3584 supports mixed media in the same library by supporting the intermix of the Models D22, D32, and D52 within a 3584 library. Input/Output (I/O) stations are located on the Models L22, L32, or L52 to facilitate tape loading and unloading. The 3584 High Availability Model HA1 may be added to the 3584 Tape Library Base Frame Models L22, L32, or L52. In conjunction with a service bay feature on the 3584 Model D22 or D52, the Model HA1 provides for the installation and operation of a second library accessor in a 3584 Tape Library to help improve availability and performance.

The 3584 Tape Library is designed to provide an excellent network data backup/archive solution. With the granularity and scalability to follow your requirements from a few servers to hundreds of clients, from gigabytes to terabytes, this powerful pairing can grow with you, helping protect your investment.

3584 Tape Library means high performance

The IBM LTO Ultrium Tape Drives and 3592 Tape Drives are designed for high performance in a streaming mode of operation. Automatic data caching, using an expanded cache memory and read/write buffering, enhances performance even further. Aggregate library data rates for a fully configured 3584 Tape Library supports extremely high data transfer performance.

Cartridge move time within the 3584 Tape Library is typically less than 3.0 seconds in a single-frame library. The dual-gripper accessor can retrieve the next cartridge to be mounted, unload the current cartridge, and load the next cartridge, providing the following potential benefits as compared to a single gripper:

  • Save complete move operations
  • Improve overall library performance
  • Offer increased redundancy and higher reliability

3584 Tape Library defines high reliability

Leading-edge technology positions the 3592 and IBM LTO Ultrium Tape Drives as industry leaders. Highly accurate recording is supported by an exclusive thin-film write module designed by IBM with read-after-write data verification. Data read is managed by IBM's industry-leading Magneto Resistive (MR) heads, designed for accuracy, high reliability, and durability. The 3584 drives and library robotics are TapeAlert-compatible, providing tape drive, and library error and diagnostic reporting. Drive cleaning is an automatic function that can be performed by the library when required by the drive, without requiring operator intervention.

High granularity in library configurations

Features and capacities are designed to match a wide variety of customer requirements. You can attach up to 15 Model D22, D32, or D52 Expansion Frames to a Model L22, L32, or L52 Base Frame to tailor the library to match your system capacity and performance needs. This provides a cartridge capacity with Ultrium data cartridges of up to 6,887 cartridges, or with 3592 data cartridges of up to 6,260 cartridges You can intermix cartridges and drive types in different frames and have up to 192 tape drives in up to 16 total 3584 library frames.

Model L22 (Base Frame)

The 3584 Model L22 Base Frame is designed for 3592 Model J1A Tape Drives and 3592 data cartridges. The Model L22 Base Frame has 58 to 260 cartridge slots and support for up to 12 tape drives with an incremental reduction of storage slots for more than four drives or with the additional I/O station installed. This model has a smaller footprint than the Model L32. The 3584 Model L22 is designed with an optimized gripper for use with LTO or 3592 tape cartridges. Up to 12 logical libraries (one per tape drive) can be configured for each frame.

Each Model L22 library has a standard 16-slot cartridge I/O station for importing or exporting 3592 tape cartridges from the library without requiring a re-inventory. An additional 16-slot cartridge I/O is optionally available for either LTO or 3592 data cartridges. Libraries containing a mixture of LTO and 3592 drive technologies must have one LTO I/O station and one 3592 I/O station. For bulk loading of tape cartridges, the library door can be opened. Each time the library door is closed, a bar code reader mounted on the autochanger scans the cartridge labels enabling a re-inventory of the cartridges in the library frame in typically less than 60 seconds. A door lock is included to restrict physical access to cartridges in the library.

Designed for availability

If you are looking to maximize availability with minimum downtime for service-related activities, you will appreciate that the library preserves tape drive configuration settings, such as Fibre Channel World Wide Node Names (WWNN), when a tape drive is replaced. This helps to ensure that the replacement drive has the same WWNN as the original drive and may help avoid the need to re-IPL or reconfigure host systems. Fibre Channel drives require only a quiesce of the individual drive. Redundant hot-swap library and drive power supplies can also be replaced without any impact to host sytems.

ALMS is designed to eliminate outages when adding Capacity On Demand (COD) storage, adding or removing logical libraries, or when changing logical library storage allocation. The use of ALMS may also reduce outages when adding expansion frames, adding or removing tape drives, or changing logical drive allocation.

A Dual AC Power feature, supporting either 110 Volt ac or 220 Volt ac, provides a power switch to allow connection of two line cords to two independent customer branch circuits. This can enhance library availability by having an alternative power source in case of planned or unplanned power grid outages.

3584 High Availability Frame Model HA1

The 3584 High Availability Frame Model HA1 is designed to improve the performance and availability of the 3584 Tape Library. The Model HA1, in conjunction with service bay features on the 3584 Models D22 and D52, provide for the installation of a second library accessor that is designed to operate simultaneously with the first accessor and service mount requests in the 3584 Tape Library at the same time. It is designed to non-disruptively failover to a redundant accessor when any component of either accessor fails, which helps maintain availability and relibility. Additionally, this design includes the ability to add one or more Model D52 or D22 Frames to a 3584 Tape Library that has an attached Model HA1 with minimal disruption.

Dual active accessor support is provided in a mixed media library. This includes any combination of 3592 and LTO Ultrium media types. Advanced Library Management Systems (ALMS) will be required for support of dual accessors and two or more 3584 frames are required in a high availability configuration.

A dual accessor library will have two garage areas called service bays. Service Bay A (the 3584 High Availability Frame Model HA1) is to left of and adjacent to the L-frame, when facing the front door. Service Bay B (a modified 3584 Model D22 or D52) is to the right of the last active frame in the library. The service bays will be regular library frames but they will not have any drives, power supplies, or node cards. Storage slots within the service bays will only be used to test service actions.

The actual performance of the 3584 Tape Library 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.

Multi-Path support

The Multi-Path Architecture of the 3584 Tape Library provides the capability for sharing of the library robotics. This is accomplished by partitioning the library into up to 192 multiple logical libraries (up to the number of drives installed), and providing each logical library its own separate and distinct drive(s), storage slots, and control path(s). I/O slots are shared on a first-come-first-served basis. This type of partitioning allows heterogeneous applications to share the library robotics independent of each other. Cartridges under library control are not shared between logical libraries, nor allowed to be moved between logical libraries. An example of heterogeneous sharing is a Microsoft Windows 2000 application using the drive and storage slots of one logical library, while a UNIX application uses the drive and slots of another logical library.

Logical libraries can also be used for separating different generations of Ultrium Tape Drives and cartridges, or 3592 Tape Drives and cartridges, for applications which do not support mixing the drives in the same logical library.

Advanced Library Management System

The Advanced Library Management System (ALMS) is the next generation of patented IBM Multi-Path Architecture. ALMS provides a license key to enable dynamic management of cartridges, cartridge storage slots, tape drives, and logical libraries. Tape drives can be assigned to any logical library using a Web user interface. Logical libraries can be added, deleted, or easily changed non-disruptively. Storage capacity can typically be changed without any impact to host applications. ALMS is required when a 3584 High Availability Frame Model HA1 is installed in the 3584 Tape Library.

Control Path Failover

Two types of path failover capabilities exist: Control Path Failover (CPF) and Data Path Failover (DPF). Control refers to the command set that controls the library (the SCSI Medium Changer command set on LUN 1 of the tape drives). Data refers to the command set that carries the customer data to and from the tape drives (the SCSI-3 Stream Commands (SSC) device on LUN 0 of the tape drives). Path failover means the same thing in both: that is, where there is redundancy in the path from the application to the intended target (the library accessor or the drive mechanism), the device driver transparently fails over to another path in response to a break in the active path.

Both types of failover include host-side failover when configured with multiple host bust adapter (HBA) ports into a switch, but CPF includes target-side failover through the control paths that are enabled on more than one tape drive. DPF includes target-side failover for 3592 Tape Drives only by using the dual-ported interface of the drive.

For enhanced availability you may use CPF. This optional feature is designed to provide automatic control path failover to a preconfigured redundant control path in the event of a loss of a host adapter or control path drive, without aborting the current job in progress. Today support is provided under AIX, Solaris, and Linux when the IBM device driver is used. Additional operating systems support will be provided in the future for installed CPF users.

Data Path Failover and Load Balancing

Data Path Failover (DPF) and Load Balancing exclusively supports native Fibre Channel Ultrium Tape Drives and 3592 Tape Drives in the 3584 Tape Library using the IBM device driver. Today support is provided for AIX, Linux, and Solaris. Additional operating systems support will be provided in the future for installed DPF users. DPF is designed to provide a failover mechanism in the IBM device driver, which enables you to configure multiple redundant paths in a SAN environment. In the event of a path or component failure, the failover mechanism is designed to automatically provide error recovery to retry the current operation using an alternate, preconfigured path without aborting the current job in progress. This allows you flexibility in SAN configuration, availability, and management.

When accessing a tape drive device that has been configured with alternate pathing across multiple host ports, the IBM device driver automatically selects a path through the HBA that has the fewest open tape devices, and assigns that path to the application. This autonomic self-optimizing capability is called Load Balancing. The dynamic load balancing support is designed to optimize resources for devices that have physical connections to multiple HBAs in the same machine. The device driver is designed to dynamically track the usage on each HBA as applications open and close devices, and balance the number of applications using each HBA in the machine. This may help optimize HBA resources and improve overall performance. Further, DPF provides autonomic self-healing capabilities similar to CPF, with transparent failover to an alternate data path in the event of a failure in the primary host-side path.

Note: DPF and Load Balancing for Ultrium 3 Tape Drives, or Ultrium 2 Tape Drives attached to operating systems other than AIX, requires an optional feature. Load Balancing is not currently supported for Solaris.

Fibre Channel connectivity

Tape drives in the 3584 Tape Library Models D22, D52, L22, and L52 are designed to connect to host systems using Fibre Channel interfaces. An LTO Ultrium Tape Drive with a Fibre Channel interface or 3592 Tape Drive can be selected for attachment to host systems and servers utilizing Fibre Channel adapters. Fibre Channel connection distances up to 300 meters (at 2-Gbps) are possible. By utilizing selected Fibre Channel Switches, distances exceeding 300 meters are possible.

3592 Tape Drive

The 3592 Model J1A Tape Drive has a native data rate of up to 40 MB/sec. With the use of the IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Tape Cartridge 3592, it provides a native cartridge capacity of up to 300 GB (900 GB with 3:1 compression). It uses an optimal dynamic compression method called byte level compression scheme swapping which is designed to achieve maximum data compression, and unlike other tape drive compression methods, it is designed to prevent data expansion. The 3592 Model J1A Tape Drive is designed for automation and uses a tape cartridge with a form factor similar to the 3590 and 3480 tape cartridges.

The 3592 Model J1A Tape Drive has dual-ported 2-Gbps native switched fabric Fibre Channel interfaces. This offers attachment flexibility in an open systems environment. The drives can be directly attached to open systems servers with Fibre Channel attachments. The 3592 Model J1A uses SARS to assist in isolating failures between media and hardware. It is designed to use the cartridge performance history saved in the cartridge and drive performance history kept in the drive to determine the more likely cause of failure. It is designed to cause the drive to mark the media as degraded, and to indicate that the hardware has degraded.

The 3592 Model J1A also has additional enhancements that may help improve performance, capacity, and availability including:

  • Large 128 MB internal data buffer

  • Digital speed matching to adjust the drive's native data rate to the net host data rate (after data compressibility has been factored out) throughput performance.

  • Channel calibration which is designed to allow for customization of each read/write data channel for optimum performance

  • High resolution tape directory plus enhanced search speed to improve nominal and average access times

  • Streaming Lossless Data Compression (SLDC) algorithm which is designed to offer an improvement over previous IBM lossless compression algorithms

Refer to the 3592 Model J1A Sales Manual for more information.

3592 Tape Cartridge

The 3592 Model J1A uses the IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Tape Cartridge 3592, which contains an advanced metal particle tape specifically optimized for the enterprise tape environment, providing a native cartridge capacity of up to 300 GB (or up to 900 GB with 3:1 compression). This can be very beneficial in space savings and economy of data storage since it can help lower the cost of storage per megabyte. For applications that fill current data cartridges, this can help reduce the number of tape cartridges required. The reduced number of cartridges may also help free up floor space for other requirements.

The robust 3590-style cartridge shell is designed to sustain a 1 meter drop. The cartridge has a similar form factor as the 3590 and 3490 tape cartridges. It contains cartridge memory that is a passive, contactless silicon storage device. It is used to hold information about the specific cartridge, including the VOLSER, the media in the cartridge, and the drive.

Economy cartridges with a native cartridge capacity of up to 60 GB (or up to 180 GB with 3:1 compression) are available. In addition, WORM cartridges in both sizes are available. The 3584 Tape Library supports the use of Ultrium 1, Ultrium 2, Ultrium 3, and 3592 data cartridges within the same library.
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Product Positioning

As you compare competitive tape solutions, consider:

  • Library scalability: 1 to 16 active frames, 1 to 192 tape drives, 58 to 6,887 cartridge slots
  • Capacity, performance, and library management requirements
  • Data integrity, reliability, and availability
  • Storage usage and application requirements
  • Affordability
  • Loyalty to legacy or existing tape formats, including LTO and 3592 drive technology
  • Server attachment and operating system support

The 3584 Tape Library and IBM software applications excel in addressing these requirements and can constitute a functionally rich tape storage solution incorporating LTO Ultrium and 3592 tape technology. You also gain flexibility of automated tape library management and unattended save/restore operations.

The 3584 Tape Library models are a smart choice for tape automation for p5 or pSeries, RS/6000, i5 or iSeries, AS/400, zSeries Linux, xSeries, and other popular open systems. The IBM 3584 utilizes the patented Multi-Path Architecture, designed to allow homogeneous or heterogeneous open systems applications to share the library robotics, with ALMS for storage slot pooling and flexible drive assignment. Additional 3584 features include: Capacity on demand entry library frames, LTO and 3592 drive technology choices and integration, dual active accessors, and 16-frame expansion.

The 3584 Tape Library with 3592 Model J1A Tape Drives should be considered when:

  • Both LTO and 3592 tape drives are required in the same library.
  • A lower capacity, lower price library than the IBM TotalStorage 3494 Enterprise Tape Library is needed.
  • A smaller footprint, higher density library than the 3494 is desired.
  • ESCON or FICON connections are not required.

The 3584 Tape Library Base Frame Model L52 offers 64 to 287 slots for LTO Ultrium tape cartridge media and up to 12 IBM LTO Ultrium Fibre Channel Tape Drives. It is designed to provide excellent price/performance in the open systems environments.

The 3584 Tape Library Base Frame Model L22 offers 58 to 260 slots for 3592 tape cartridge media and up to 12 IBM 3592 Tape Drives. The 3592 Tape Drives are designed to provide high capacity, performance, and reliability in open systems environments with tape drive flexibility to accommodate capacity as well as fast access where these requirements are needed.

Up to 16 3584 Tape Library Expansion Frame Models D22, D32, or D52 can be added to either the Model L22, L32, or L52. The Model D22 provides up to 400 cartridge slots for 3592 media, and can contain up to 12 3592 Tape Drives. The Model D32 provides up to 440 slots for Ultrium media, and can contain up to 12 Ultrium Tape Drives. The Model D52 provides up to 440 slots for LTO media, and can contain up to 12 Ultrium Fibre Channel Tape Drives. 12 Ultrium Fibre Channel Tape Drives. This can provide a total 3584 library capacity of up to 192 IBM LTO Ultrium or 3592 Tape Drives, with up to 6,887 Ultrium cartridge slots, or with up to 6,260 3592 cartridge slots. When a Model HA1 is attached, the last Model D22 or D52 in the 3584 Tape Library functions as a Service Bay B for the second accessor.

The 3584, part of a family of IBM TotalStorage LTO Ultrium tape products, is the answer to growing storage requirements and shrinking backup windows.

If you have existing digital linear tape experience or require high-performance automated tape backup, the 3584 Tape Library constitutes an excellent tape storage solution. The IBM LTO Ultrium Tape Drives in the 3584 Tape Library provide an excellent functional alternative to DLT/SDLT, 1/4-inch, 4mm, 8mm, or IBM Magstar MP 3570 tape drives.

For capacity requirements less than 25 TB (native), a wide spectrum of tape libraries are available from the IBM TotalStorage Ultrium Tape family of products, depending on your customer's storage usage and requirements. Tape automation products to choose from include the IBM TotalStorage 3582 and 3583 Tape Libraries and the IBM TotalStorage 3581 Tape Autoloader.

For mission-critical data protection needs, optimized for enterprise multimode and host attachment, high-cycle and start/stop intensive tape applications, consider the proven IBM TotalStorage 3592 Tape Drive with the IBM TotalStorage 3584 Tape Library or the IBM TotalStorage 3494 Tape Library.
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Model

Model Summary Matrix

Model Tape Drives Library Cart Slots Library Data Capacity (TB) (Native) Library Data Capacity (TB) (Comp.)
L22 0-12 58-260 17-78 52-234

Note: Compression technology can increase the amount of data stored on the media. Data characteristics impact the actual degree of compression. Compression values are listed at 3:1 compression.

Customer Setup (CSU)

Some features are customer setup.

None.

Devices Supported

  • 3584 Model D22
  • 3584 Model D32
  • 3584 Model D52
  • 3584 Model HA1
  • 3592 Model J1A Tape Drive

Model Conversions

  • Model L22 to Model L52
  • Model L52 to Model L22

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Technical Description
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The 3584 Tape Library is a high-performance, reliable, scalable tape library subsystem, designed for tape automation. Tape drives in the 3584 Tape Library can be attached to i5, iSeries, AS/400, p5, pSeries, RS/6000, xSeries, Netfinity, Sun, Hewlett-Packard, and other open systems servers.

The Model L22 uses 3592 Model J1A Tape Drives with a dual-ported 2-Gbps Fibre Channel interface for fast access and high capacity, performance, and reliability in automated library service. Each aspect of the library subsystem has been optimized for repeated, dependable unattended tape handling. The optimized dual gripper accessor moves cartridges within the library and the tape drives. The 3592 Tape Drives is designed for environments that require reliable, high performance tape support for backup, restore, archive, and data interchange.

The 3592 Model J1A Tape Drives in the 3584 Model L22 have sustained data rates of up to 40 MB/sec native. The tape capacity of the 3592 data cartridge is 300 GB per cartridge in native format (900 GB with 3:1 compression).

Cartridge slot capacity of the Model L22 is 58 to 260 cartridge slots with incremental reduction of capacity beyond four tape drives or with an additional I/O station installed. Data capacity is 17 to 78 TB in native mode and 52 to 234 TB in compressed (3:1) mode. The Model L22 supports plant or field installation of up to twelve Fibre Channel attached 3592 Model J1A Tape Drives.

The 3584 Tape Library can have up to 192 tape drives and be configured to have up to 192 control paths and up to 192 logical libraries. The library contains the electronics and logic for autochanger operations. Each 3592 Tape Drive contains the electronics and logic for reading and writing data, control of the tape drive, management of the data buffer, and error recovery procedures. The 3584 Tape Library has its own power and cooling components.

Physical Specifications

  • Width: 782 mm (30.8 in)

  • Depth: 1212 mm (47.7 in)

  • Height: 1800 mm (70.9 in)

  • Approximate weights:
    • Minimum weight: 364 kg (802 lb) (with 0 drives and 0 cartridges)
    • Maximum weight: 535 kg (1,179 lb) (with 12 drives and 238 cartridges)

Operating Environment

Note: Values shown are for a library with twelve 3592 tape Drives installed.

  • Temperature: 16 to 32 degrees C (61 to 90 degrees F)
  • Wet bulb (Temperature): 23 degrees C (73.4 degrees F) operating
  • Relative humidity: 20 to 80 percent
  • Caloric value: 4.8 kBTU/Hour
  • Electrical power: 8.0 amps at 200-240 V ac, 1.6 kVA
  • Capacity of exhaust: 5.8 cubic meter/min (204 CFM)
  • Leakage current: 18 ma
  • Inrush current: 200 amps peak for 1/2 cycle at 200-240 V ac

The 3584 tape library is classified as a Category 1 product as defined in C-S 1-1710-006. The following table shows the maximum (operating/idle) Sound Power Level (in bels) and the average 1 meter bystander Sound Pressure Level (in dB) for a Model L22:

  • Sound Power Level (LwAd):
    • Idle: 7.2 bels
    • Operating: 7.5 bels

  • Sound Pressure Level:
    • Idle: 53 dB(A)
    • Operating: 57 dB(A)

Limitations

Although the compression technology can increase the amount of data stored on the media, the actual degree of compression achieved is highly sensitive to the characteristics of the data being compressed.

Fibre Channel cable lengths are limited to 500 m (1640 ft.) at 1-Gbps and 300 m (990 ft.) at 2-Gbps.

Although multiple systems may be attached to a 3592 Model J1A Tape Drive, the systems cannot use the drive simultaneously. The 3592 Model J1A can only be varied online to one system at a time.

LTO Ultrium data cartridges cannot reside in the same library frame with 3592 data cartridges.

Hardware Requirements

The 3584 Tape Library can be attached to i5, iSeries, p5, pSeries, xSeries, AS/400, RS/6000, RS/6000 SP systems, Netfinity, and non-IBM servers, workstations, and personal computers. The 3584 Tape Library Expansion Frame Model L22 takes less floor space than the Model L32. It comes with raven black covers, and has a look and feel consistent with other IBM TotalStorage products. The Model L22 can contain up to 12 of the 3592 Tape Drive Model J1A per frame. The 3592 Tape Drives have a dual-ported 2-Gbps Fibre Channel interface.

For the latest details on specific hardware, software, and Fibre Channel support for the 3592, refer to the following Web site:

http://www.storage.ibm.com/tape/drives/3592/3592opn.pdf

The cartridge storage capacity of the Model L22 or L52 can be expanded by enabling the Capacity On-Demand features in that frame. An Intermediate Capacity feature (#1641 or #1643) is required to add a Full Capacity feature (#1642 or #1644). The Full Capacity feature (#1642 or #1644) is required to add an Additional I/O Slots feature (#1658 or #1659), or to attach the optional Expansion Frame Models D22, D32, or D52.

One First Expansion Frame Attachment feature (#9002) or one Additional Expansion Frame Attachment feature (#9003) must be added to the 3584 Model L22 or L52 for each Model D22, D32, or D52 frame that is attached. This assures the proper cables are shipped and configuration records are correct. Up to 15 Model D22, D32, or D52 Expansion Frames can be attached to the Model L22 or L52, for a total of 16 frames without a Model HA1 in the 3584 Tape Library. One additional Model D22 or D52 can be attached when a Model HA1 is present, for a total of 18 frames.

When a 3584 Model HA1 is installed in a 3584 Tape Library, the following feature numbers must be added to the 3584 Model L22, L32, or L52 in that library:

  • 1690 - Advanced Library Management System (if not already present)

  • 9003 - Additional Expansion Frame Attachment (at least one additional frame to serve as Service Bay B)

  • 9040 - High Availability Library

A 3584 Model D22 or D52 must be ordered with the Model HA1 to provide the second accessor and serve as the Service Bay B for that accessor. It must be ordered with the following feature:

  • 1440 - Service Bay B Configuration and Second Accessor

When a 3584 Model HA1 is installed in a 3584 Tape Library, the following feature numbers must be present on one 3584 Model Dxx in that library (other that the one used as a Service Bay B):

  • 1453 - Frame Control Assembly (or feature number 1452 if the frame is a Model D32)

  • 1902 - Additional Power Supply (one is required, but it is recommended that two of these be present for redundancy)

It is also recommended that the Dual AC Power feature (#1901) be installed on the Model Lxx and Dxx Frames in a 3584 Tape Library containing a Model HA1.

Each 3584 Tape Library configuration containing a Model HA1 requires a different set of X-Track cables for the dual accessors in the library, depending on the total number of frames in that 3584 Tape Library. The following feature number must be ordered every time the number of attached frames is changed (either added or removed) in a 3584 Tape Library that has a Model HA1:

  • 1840 - Change HA X-Track Cable

This feature number will enable the proper X-Track cables to be shipped based on the presence of feature number 9040 and the quantity of feature number 9003 on the Model Lxx Frame.

Note: Feature number 1840 is not required with the first installation of a Model HA1. It is only required when the number of attached frames is changed after the installation of the Model HA1.

In a 3584 Tape Library without an attached Model HA1 and the total number of frames in the 3584 library coming from the plant is going to number 8 to 14 frames (7 to 13 Expansion Frames), the 7-14 Frame X-Track Cable will be shipped with the library unless the 8-16 Frame X-Track Cable feature (#9316) is specified on the Model L22 or L52. The 8-16 Frame X-Track Cable feature (#9316) must be specified on the Model L22 or L52 if there will be a total of 15 or 16 frames (14 or 15 Expansion Frames) in the 3584 library without a Model HA1.

When frames are added to a 3584 Tape Library without an attached Model HA1 as a field upgrade, a new X-Track Cable may be required according to the following table of total installed frames:

Installed       New       X-Track Cable
Frame Qty    Frame Qty    feature number required
---------    ---------    ----------------------------
 1 - 2         3 - 6      1806
 1 - 6           7        1814
 1 - 6         8 - 14     1814 or 1816
 1 - 14       15 - 16     1816 (if 9316 not installed)
 

When frames are removed from a 3584 Tape Library without an attached Model HA1 as a field upgrade, a new X-Track is required according to the following:

Installed       New       X-Track Cable
Frame Qty    Frame Qty    feature number required
---------    ---------    -----------------------------
 8 - 16          7        1814 (if 9316/1816 installed)
 7 - 16        3 - 6      1806
 3 - 16        1 - 2      1802
 

3584 Model L22

The 3584 Tape Library Models D22 or L22 can contain a maximum of 12 of the Enterprise Tape Drive 3592 Model J1A per frame (for a total of up to 192 3592 Tape Drives in a 16 frame library). The 3592 Tape Drive comes with a dual-ported 2-Gbps Fibre Channel interface, for redundancy.

A 3592 Fibre Drive Mounting Kit feature (#1503) is required for installing a 3592 Tape Drive in a drive slot. The 3592 Model J1A Tape Drive must be ordered separately, and is installed in a 3584 frame with one of the following feature numbers:

  • 1674 - 3592 Model J1A Drive Field Install
  • 9677 - Plant Install 3592 Model J1A in 3584

If one of these drive features is not on the Model D22 or L22, then the following feature number must be specified on that Model D22 or L22:

  • 9001 - Driveless Frame

A power cord feature number, if applicable, should also be specified.

Unlabeled and uninitialized 3592 Tape Cartridges can be included with the order of a 3584 Model D22 or L22 frame (by specifying feature number 8820). Labeled or initialized 3592 Tape Cartridges can be ordered using machine type 3599. Refer to the Supplies section for additional information.

Note: The 3584 requires that cartridges have appropriate bar code labels.

Customer owned 3592 Tape Drives, or 3592 Tape Drives removed from a 3584 library frame by ordering the Drive Removal feature (#1663), can be installed in another 3584 Frame with the 3592 Drive Field Install feature (#1674). A 3592 Fibre Drive Mounting Kit feature (#1503) is required for installing a 3592 Tape Drive in a drive slot in a 3584 Model D22 or L22 Frame.

Cables

Cables are required to attach tape drives in the 3584 Tape Library to each server connection (up to the number of tape drive attachments installed). An interposer may also be required for attachment to various server adapters. If no host attachment cables are required to be shipped with 3584 frame from the plant, then the No Host Cables From Plant feature (#9700) should be specified on the frame. Otherwise, one or more of the following Fibre Channel cables should be specified on the frame.

Fibre Channel cables

A Fibre Channel cable is required to attach a LTO Ultrium 3 Fibre Channel Tape Drive (3588 Model F3A), LTO Ultrium 2 Fibre Drive Canister (#1479), or 3592 Tape Drive, in the 3584 Tape Library via the Fibre Channel patch panel feature (#1462), to host Fibre Channel adapters, the IBM 2109 SAN Fibre Switch, or other Fibre Channel components. The cable can be customer supplied, or ordered with the 3584 Tape Library in the lengths shown. The attaching Fibre Channel cable must be a 50.0/125 micrometer short wavelength fiber-optic cable. These tape drives come with LC Duplex connectors. One LC-LC Fibre Channel drive-to-patch panel cable is included with each Fibre Mounting Kit (#1503 or #1504). If additional cables are required, for example to attach the second interface on a 3592 Tape Drive, they can be ordered with the following feature number:

  • 1461 - Additional LC/LC Patch Panel Cable

Features available for Fibre Channel cables, and their respective lengths, are available with the following feature numbers:

  • 5907 - 7 m SC-LC Fibre Channel Cable
  • 5913 - 13 m SC-LC Fibre Channel Cable
  • 5922 - 22 m SC-LC Fibre Channel Cable
  • 5961 - 61 m SC-LC Fibre Channel Cable
  • 6005 - 5 m LC-LC Fibre Channel Cable
  • 6013 - 13 m LC-LC Fibre Channel Cable
  • 6025 - 25 m LC-LC Fibre Channel Cable
  • 6061 - 61 m LC-LC Fibre Channel Cable

An interposer is available to connect a tape drive or server LC Duplex adapter to a SC Duplex cable with the following feature number:

  • 5096 - Interposer SC-LC Fibre

Refer to the Special Features section of the Sales Manual for detailed descriptions of these features.

Software Requirements

The 3584 Model HA1 and IBM Ultrium Tape Drives or 3592 Tape Drives in the 3584 Tape Library are supported on the following operating systems at the minimum levels indicated:

  • OS/400 V5R1, V5R2, V5R3, or later
  • AIX 5L V5.1, V5.2, V5.3, or later
  • Sun Solaris 8 or 9
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 (build 2195, or greater)
  • Microsoft Windows 2003 (build 3790, or greater)
  • HP-UX 11.00 and 11i (64 bit)
  • Linux distributions: Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 3 and SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 8 (SLES 8)

For a current list of host software versions and release levels that support the 3584, refer to the following Web site:

http://www.ibm.com/servers/storage/tape/compatibility/pdf/3584opn.pdf

For details on supported software versions and release levels for the 3592, as well as hardware support information, refer to the following Web site:

http://www.storage.ibm.com/tape/drives/3592/3592opn.pdf

The installation of a 3592 Tape Drive may require code updates for supported open systems device drivers or storage management software. Per the Solutions Assurance Product Review (SAPR) Guide, the account team or Business Partner should ensure that the customer checks the support levels required for their particular software environment prior to the installation of the 3592 Model J1A. A Solutions Assurance call is required at a minimum for the installation of the first 3592 in an account.

An update of the open systems device drivers can be obtained via anonymous FTP from:

ftp.software.ibm.com

Look under the directory storage/devdrvr.

Further information can be found in the IBM Ultrium Device Driver's Installation and User's Guide (GA32-0430), or the IBM TotalStorage Tape Device Driver Installation and User's Guide (GC35-0154), also available at the above FTP site.

Tivoli Storage Manager and other compatible software offerings provide storage and tape management software for the 3584. Supporting software and applications must be obtained separately from IBM, IBM Business Partners, or ISVs. A list of compatible software is available from your IBM representative or at:

http://www.ibm.com/servers/storage/tape/compatibility/pdf/ lto_isv_matrix.pdf

IBM continues to work together with ISVs to support the 3584 Tape Library. Individual application vendors should be contacted for specific information and availability dates. Consult with ISV providers for their support of mixed drive types and media types in the same logical library.
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Publications

The following publications are shipped with the product. Additional copies are available. To order, contact your IBM representative:

                                      Order
           Title                      Number
   --------------------------------   ---------
   IBM TotalStorage 3584 Tape         GA32-0468
   Library Operator Guide
   IBM TotalStorage 3584 Tape         GA32-0469
   Library Introduction and
   Planning Guide
   IBM Ultrium Device Driver's        GA32-0430
   Installation and User's Guide
   (English)
   IBM TotalStorage Tape Device       GC35-0154
   Driver Installation and User's
   Guide (English)
   Translated Safety Notices for      SA26-7197
   External Storage Devices
 

The publications listed above are available at the following Web site:

http://www.ibm.com/servers/storage/tape

The following publications are also available at the above Web site:

           Title
  --------------------------------------------------------------------
  3584 Tape Library SCSI Reference (English)
  IBM Ultrium Device Driver Programming Reference (English)
  IBM TotalStorage Tape Device Drivers Programming Reference (English)
 

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Features -- Specify/Special/Exchange
TOC Link No Charge Specify Codes TOC Link Special Feature Codes -- Chargeable TOC Link Feature Exchanges

No Charge Specify Codes

                                                           Plant/
                                                           Field
                                                           Only
                         Machine               Feature     Install
Description              Type        Model     Number      Feature
-----------------------  -------     -----     -------     -------
Tape Library Base Frame  3584        L22
Capacity & Frame Features
-------------------------------------
Driveless Frame                                9001        Both
First Expansion Frame Attachment               9002        Both
Additional Expansion Frame Attachment          9003        Both
High Availability Library                      9040        Both
System Attachment Features
--------------------------------
Attached to HP-UX System                       9210        Both
Attached to Sun System                         9211        Both
Attached to Windows System                     9212        Both
Attached to other Non-IBM System               9213        Both
Attached to other Linux System                 9215        Both
Attached to zSeries Linux System               9216        Both
Attached to 3953 Library Manager               9217        Both
Attached to iSeries or AS/400                  9400        Both
Attached to pSeries or RS/6000                 9600        Both
Additional Features
-------------------------------------------
8-16 Frame X-Track Cable from Plant            9316        Plant
Plant Install 3592 Model J1A in 3584           9677        Plant
No Host Cables From Plant                      9700        Plant
4.3M Power Cord                                9960        Both
1.8M Chicago Power Cord Watertight             9961        Both
4.3M Power Cord Non-Watertight                 9962        Both
4.3M Power Cord Watertight                     9963        Both
1.8M 110V Chicago Power Cord Non-Watertight    9964        Both
4.3M 110V Power Cord Non-Watertight            9965        Both
Dual 4.3M Power Cord                           9970        Both
Dual 1.8M Chicago Power Cord Watertight        9971        Both
Dual 4.3M Power Cord Non-Watertight            9972        Both
Dual 4.3M Power Cord Watertight                9973        Both
Dual 1.8M 110V Chicago Power Cord Non-Water    9974        Both
Dual 4.3M 110V Power Cord Non-Watertight       9975        Both
 

Capacity and Frame Features

The Model L22 can be ordered without any tape drives by specifying feature #9001.

(#9001) Driveless Frame

This feature directs the plant to ship the 3584 Tape Library Model L22 without any tape drives installed.

  • Feature type: No Charge
  • Required feature: This feature is required if there is no feature #9677 or #1674 ordered on the Model L22.
  • Maximum number of features: One
  • Installation: Plant or Field

Expansion Frame Attachments

These features notify the plant of control that expansion frames are attached to the Model L22. Feature #9002 must be applied to the L22 frame for the first Model D22, D32, or D52 attached. Feature #9003 must be applied to the L22 frame for each additional expansion frame attached, to assure that proper cables are shipped and configuration records are correct.

(#9002) First Expansion Frame Attachment

  • Feature type: No Charge
  • Required feature: One feature #9002 is required for the first Model D22, D32, or D52 attached to the Model L22 (as the second frame).
  • Prerequisite: The Full Capacity Storage feature (#1642 or #1644) is required to attach the optional Expansion Frame Models D22, D32, or D52.
  • Maximum number of features: One
  • Installation: Plant or Field

(#9003) Additional Expansion Frame Attachment

  • Feature type: No Charge
  • Required feature: One feature #9003 is required for each additional Model D22, D32, or D52 attached to the Model L22 after the first expansion frame.
  • Prerequisites: The First Expansion Frame Attachment (#9002)
  • Maximum number of features: 15
  • Installation: Plant or Field

(#9040) High Availability Library

This feature must be specified on the 3584 Model Lxx of a 3584 Tape Library that contains a 3584 High Availability Frame Model HA1. This feature notifies the plant that a Model HA1 is attached so the proper associated hardware and interface cables are provided for the 3584 Tape Library. This feature is required for all new Model HA1 orders including when adding a Model HA1 to an installed 3584 Tape Library.

  • Feature type: No Charge
  • Minimum: Zero
  • Maximum: One
  • Prerequisite: The Advanced Library Management System feature (#1690) must be installed
  • Corequisite: A minimum of one Model D22 or D52 Frame must be ordered when this feature is ordered, to serve as a Service Bay B for the second accessor (at least one feature #9003 must be added)
  • Installation: Plant or Field

System Attachment

The following specify codes indicate the type of server or servers to which the 3584 Tape Library is attached:

(#9210) Attached to HP-UX

(#9211) Attached to Sun System

(#9212) Attached to Windows System

(#9213) Attached to Other Non-IBM System

(#9215) Attached to Other Linux System

(#9216) Attached to zSeries Linux System

(#9217) Attached to 3953 Library Manager

(#9400) Attached to iSeries or AS/400 System

(#9600) Attached to pSeries or RS/6000 System

The following attributes apply to the system attachment codes listed above:

  • Feature type: No Charge
  • Required feature: No
  • Maximum number of features: None
    • Prerequisites for feature number 9217:
      • The Advanced Library Management System feature (#1690) must be installed and enabled.
      • The Model L52 must have the 16 Additional 3592 Slots feature number (#1659).
      • At least one Model Dxx frame with 10/100 Ethernet Support feature (#1660) is recommended to improve first-time-data-capture for exception events using an Ethernet connection from the 3584 Model Dxx Frame to the Master Console for Service feature of the 3953.
  • Initial order only: No

Additional Specify Features

(#9316) 8-16 Frame X-Track Cable - Plant

This feature must be added to any 3584 Tape Library coming from the plant that will have 15 to 16 frames (14 or 15 Expansion Frames attached to the Model L22). For ease of future expansion to 15 or 16 frame configurations, this feature can be added to any 3584 Tape Library coming from the plant that will have eight or more frames (seven or more Expansion Frames attached to the Model L22).

  • Feature type: No Charge
  • Required feature: No
  • Maximum number of features: One
  • Installation: Plant Only

(#9677) Plant Install 3592 Model J1A in 3584

This feature tells the plant to install one 3592 Tape Drive Model J1A Tape into a 3584 Model L22 coming from the plant. Installation of a 3592 Model J1A Tape Drive canister requires that a 3592 Fibre Drive Mounting Kit feature (#1503) be installed to contain the canister.

  • Feature type: No Charge
  • Minimum: Zero
  • Maximum: 12 per frame, of feature #9677 plus #1674
  • Prerequisites: The quantity of feature #1503 must be equal to or greater than the quantity of features #9677 plus #1674.
  • Installation: Plant Only

Note: An additional LC/LC Patch Panel Cable (#1461) is required to attach the second port of the 3592 Tape Drive.

(#9700) No Host Cables From Plant

This feature must be placed on any 3584 frame shipping from the plant with no host attachment cables specified when a tape drive is ordered on the Frame. This feature is not required if the Driveless Frame feature (#9001) is specified. When this feature is on the order, the plant will not include any Fibre Channel tape drive host attachment cables with the shipment of this 3584 frame. Any required cables must be supplied by the customer.

  • Feature type: No Charge
  • Required feature: No
  • Maximum number of features: None.
  • Installation: Plant Only

Power Cords

If any power cord other than the default is required, it must be specified from one of the following specify codes:

(#9960) 4.3 Meter Power Cord

This feature provides a 4.3 meter (14-foot) 250 volt (V) AC 30 Amp power cord with no connector. A connector can be attached per local requirements. This is the default power cord if no other feature is specified, in all countries except the United States, Canada, Japan, Korea, Philippines, and Taiwan.

(#9961) 1.8 Meter Chicago Power Cord Watertight

This feature provides a 1.8 meter (6-foot) 250 volt (V) AC 30 Amp power cord with a Russellstoll 9P33U0 watertight connector for connection to a Russellstoll 3753 or 9R33U0W receptacle, or a Russellstoll 3933 or 9C33U0 connector.

(#9962) 4.3 Meter Power Cord Non-Watertight

This feature provides a 4.3 meter (14-foot) 250 volt (V) AC 30 Amp power cord with a non-watertight connector NEMA L6-30P for connection to a NEMA L6-30R receptacle. This is the default power cord if no other feature is specified, in the United States, Canada, Japan, Korea, Philippines, and Taiwan.

(#9963) 4.3M Power Cord Watertight

This feature provides a 4.3 meter (14-foot) 250 volt (V) AC 30 Amp power cord with a Russellstoll 9P33U0 watertight connector for connection to a Russellstoll 3753 or 9R33U0W receptacle, or a Russellstoll 3933 or 9C33U0 connector. This feature is available in the United States, Canada, Japan, Korea, Philippines, and Taiwan.

(#9964) 1.8M 110V Chicago Power Cord Non-Watertight

This feature provides a 1.8 meter (6-foot) 110 volt (V) AC 20 Amp power cord with a non-watertight NEMA L5-20P connector for connection to a NEMA L5-20R receptacle.

(#9965) 4.3M 110V Power Cord Non-Watertight

This feature provides a 4.3 meter (14-foot) 110 volt (V) AC 20 Amp power cord with a non-watertight NEMA L5-20P connector for connection to a NEMA L5-20R receptacle.

(#9970) Dual 4.3 Meter Power Cord

This feature provides dual 4.3 meter (14-foot) 250 volt (V) AC 16 Amp power cords with IEC 309 Type 2P+GND 16A connectors, Hubbell type HBL316P6W for connection to Hubbell type HBL316R6W receptacles. This is the default power cord when the Dual AC Power feature (#1901) is ordered if no other feature is specified, in all countries except the United States, Canada, Japan, Korea, Philippines, and Taiwan.

(#9971) Dual 1.8 Meter Chicago Power Cord Watertight

This feature provides dual 1.8 meter (6-foot) 250 volt (V) AC 15 Amp power cords with Russellstoll 3720DPU2 watertight connectors for connection to Russellstoll 3743U2 or 9R23U2W receptacles, or Russellstoll 3913U2 or 9C23U2 connectors.

(#9972) Dual 4.3 Meter Power Cord Non-Watertight

This feature provides dual 4.3 meter (14-foot) 250 volt (V) AC 15 Amp power cords with a non-watertight connector NEMA L6-15P for connection to NEMA L6-15R receptacles. This is the default power cord if no other feature is specified, in the United States, Canada, Japan, Korea, Philippines, and Taiwan.

(#9973) Dual 4.3M Power Cord Watertight

This feature provides dual 4.3 meter (14-foot) 250 volt (V) AC 15 Amp power cords with Russellstoll 3720DPU2 watertight connectors for connection to Russellstoll 3743U2 or 9R23U2W receptacles, or Russellstoll 3913U2 or 9C23U2 connectors. This feature is available in the United States, Canada, Japan, Korea, Philippines, and Taiwan.

(#9974) Dual 1.8M 110V Chicago Power Cord Non-Watertight

This feature provides dual 1.8 meter (6-foot) 110 volt (V) AC 20 Amp power cords with non-watertight NEMA L5-20P connectors for connection to NEMA L5-20R receptacles.

(#9975) Dual 4.3M 110V Power Cord Non-Watertight

This feature provides dual 4.3 meter (14-foot) 110 volt (V) AC 20 Amp power cords with non-watertight NEMA L5-20P connectors for connection to NEMA L5-20R receptacles.

The following attributes apply to the power cords listed above:

  • Feature type: No Charge
  • Required feature: No
  • Maximum number of features: One
  • Initial order only: No
  • Prerequisite: If feature #9970, #9971, #9972, #9973, #9974, or #9975 is specified then the Dual AC Power feature (#1901) is required.

    Note: Feature #9960 is available to qualified OEM customers only.

   Specify
    Code     Description
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Special Feature Codes -- Chargeable

                                                           Plant/
                                                           Field
                                                           Only
                         Machine               Feature     Install
Description              Type        Model     Number      Feature
-----------------------  -------     -----     -------     -------
Tape Library Base Frame  3584        L22
Drive Ordering Features
----------------------------------
Library & Drive Code Update                    0500        Field
Additional LC/LC Patch Panel Cable             1461        Both
Fibre Channel Patch Panel                      1462        Both
3592 Fibre Drive Mounting Kit                  1503        Both
Capacity and Frame Features
-------------------------------
Intermediate Capacity                          1641        Plant
Full Capacity                                  1642        Plant
Intermediate Capacity On Demand                1643        Field
Full Capacity On Demand                        1644        Field
16 Additional LTO I/O Slots                    1658        Both
16 Additional 3592 I/O Slots                   1659        Both
Remote Management & Support Features
------------------------------------
Drive Removal                                  1663        Field
3592 Drive Field Install                       1674        Both
Control Path Failover                          1680        Both
Data Path Failover                             1681        Both
Advanced Library Management System             1690        Both
1-2 Frame X-Track Cable                        1802        Field
3-6 Frame X-Track Cable                        1806        Field
7-14 Frame X-Track Cable                       1814        Field
8-16 Frame X-Track Cable                       1816        Field
Change HA X-Track Cable                        1840        Field
Dual AC Power                                  1901        Both
Remote Support Features
-------------------------
Remote Support Facility                        2710        Both
Remote Support Switch                          2711        Both
Remote Support Attachment                      2712        Both
Cables & Interposers
----------------------------------
Interposer SC-LC Fibre                         5096        Both
7 Meter LC-SC Fibre Channel Cable              5907        Both
13 Meter LC-SC Fibre Channel Cable             5913        Both
22 Meter LC-SC Fibre Channel Cable             5922        Both
61 Meter LC-SC Fibre Channel Cable             5961        Both
5 Meter LC-LC Fibre Channel Cable              6005        Both
13 Meter LC-LC Fibre Channel Cable             6013        Both
25 Meter LC-LC Fibre Channel Cable             6025        Both
61 Meter LC-LC Fibre Channel Cable             6061        Both
Cartridge Features
-----------------------------------
3592 Cleaning Cartridge                        8802        Plant
20-Pack 3592 300 GB Data Cartridges            8820        Plant

Drive Ordering Information

(#0500) Library and Drive Code Update

This feature provides an update to the firmware of an installed 3584 library and the tape drives. Newer firmware levels may be required when adding new functions or attaching tape drives in the library to new environments. For more details on minimum required levels refer to the IBM LTO or 3592 Web sites referenced in the the Hardware Requirements section.

  • Feature type: Chargeable
  • Maximum: None
  • Installation: Field Only

(#1461) Additional LC/LC Patch Panel Cable

This feature provides one additional 2.0 meter LC/LC Fibre Channel cable to attach the second interface port on a 3592 Model J1A Tape Drive to the Fibre Channel Patch Panel.

  • Feature type: Chargeable
  • Required feature: No
  • Maximum number of plant or field features: None
  • Installation: Plant or Field

(#1462) Fibre Channel Patch Panel

This feature provides a patch panel for the Fibre Channel host cables. Host connections are made to the Fibre Channel Patch Panel. Each interface port of a 3592 Tape drive (feature #1674 or #9677) installed is connected via a 2.0 m Fibre Channel cable to the Fibre Channel Patch Panel. One cable is included with each 3592 Fibre Drive Mounting Kit (#1503) to attach one 3592 Tape Drive Fibre Channel interface port to the Patch Panel. An additional cable can be ordered with the Additional LC/LC Patch Panel feature (#1461) to attach the other interface port on a 3592 Tape Drive to the Patch Panel.

  • Feature type: Chargeable
  • Required feature: Yes, with the first feature #1503 in each frame
  • Maximum number of plant or field features: One per frame
  • Installation: Plant or Field

(#1503) 3592 Fibre Drive Mounting Kit

This feature includes a Fibre-capable fixed sled, power supply, and one LC/LC drive-to-patch panel cable and coupler for installing a 3592 Tape Drive canister feature (#1674 or #9677). This feature can be pre-installed to simplify future tape drive installation.

  • Feature type: Chargeable
  • Prerequisites: Feature #1462 must be installed
  • Minimum: Zero
  • Maximum number of plant or field features: 12 per frame
  • Installation: Plant or Field

Note: An additional LC/LC Patch Panel Cable (#1461) is required to attach the second port of the 3592 Tape Drive.

(#1674) 3592 Model J1A Drive Field Install

This feature field installs one 3592 Tape Drive Model J1A Tape canister into an installed 3584 Model L22. This feature is also required to field merge a customer owned 3592 Tape Drive canister into a 3584 Frame coming from the plant. Installation of a 3592 Model J1A Tape Drive canister requires that a 3592 Fibre Drive Mounting Kit feature (#1503) be installed to contain the canister.

  • Feature type: Chargeable
  • Minimum: Zero
  • Maximum: 12 per frame, of feature #9677 plus #1674
  • Prerequisites: The quantity of feature #1503 must be equal to or greater than the quantity of tape drives installed (feature #9677 plus #1674).
  • Installation: Plant or Field

    Note: The 3592 Model J1A Tape Drive must be separately ordered. This feature is only to install that tape drive.

Capacity and Frame Features

The initial capacity of the 3484 Model L22 comes enabled to utilize 58 cartridge slots for 3592 tape cartridges. The additional storage elements in a 3584 Model L22 can be enabled to increase the available 3592 cartridge capacity to 117 slots, or 199-260 cartridges (depending on features ordered), with the addition of the Intermediate Capacity and Full Capacity features. The Full Capacity feature (#1642 or #1644) is required to add a 16-slot Additional I/O Station feature (#1658 or #1659), or to attach the optional expansion library frame models to enable the use of additional tape drives and storage elements.

(#1641) Intermediate Capacity

This feature, when ordered with a 3584 Model L22 coming from the plant, enables additional storage elements within the 3584 Model L22 to increase the available 3592 cartridge capacity from 58 to 117 cartridges at the plant.

  • Feature type: Chargeable
  • Minimum: Zero
  • Maximum number of plant or field features: 1 per frame, of feature #1641 or #1643
  • Installation: Plant only

(#1642) Full Capacity

This feature, when ordered with a 3584 Model L22 coming from the plant, enables additional storage elements within the 3584 Model L22 to increase the available 3592 cartridge capacity to a maximum of 199-260 cartridges (depending on features ordered). The maximum 3592 cartridge capacity of 260 is reduced by 12 cartridges when five to eight 3592 Fibre Drive Mounting Kits (#1503) are installed, and by 11 cartridges when nine to twelve Drive Mounting Kits are installed. The installation of a 16 Additional I/O Slots feature (#1658 or #1659) reduces the maximum cartridge capacity by 38 cartridges.

  • Feature type: Chargeable
  • Minimum: Zero
  • Maximum number of plant or field features: 1 per frame, of feature #1642 or #1644
  • Prerequisite: Feature #1641
  • Required feature: Yes, if an Expansion Frame is attached (feature #9002 is installed) or if an Additional I/O Slots feature (#1658 or #1659) is installed
  • Installation: Plant only

(#1643) Intermediate Capacity On Demand

This feature provides on-demand activation of additional storage elements within the 3584 Model L22 to increase the available 3592 cartridge slot capacity from 58 to 117 cartridges.

  • Feature type: Chargeable
  • Minimum: Zero
  • Maximum number of plant or field features: 1 per frame, of feature #1641 or #1643
  • Customer Setup: Yes
  • Installation: Field only

(#1644) Full Capacity On Demand

This feature provides on-demand activation of additional storage elements within the 3584 Model L22 to increase the available 3592 cartridge capacity to a maximum of 199-260 cartridges (depending on features ordered). The maximum 3592 cartridge capacity of 260 is reduced by 12 cartridges when five to eight 3592 Fibre Drive Mounting Kits (#1503) are installed, and by 11 cartridges when nine to twelve Drive Mounting Kits are installed. The installation of a 16 Additional I/O Slots feature (#1658 or #1659) reduces the maximum cartridge capacity by 38 cartridges.

  • Feature type: Chargeable
  • Minimum: Zero
  • Maximum number of plant or field features: 1 per frame, of feature #1642 or #1644
  • Prerequisite: Feature #1641 or #1643
  • Required feature: Yes, if an Expansion Frame is attached (feature #9002 is installed) or if an Additional I/O Slots feature (#1658 or #1659) is installed
  • Customer Setup: Yes
  • Installation: Field only

(#1658) 16 Additional LTO I/O Slots

This feature provides an additional 16 I/O slots for LTO Ultrium cartridges. It is for a 3584 Model L22 with LTO mixed media requirements in the library. The additional I/O slots provide the capability to simultaneously insert or remove LTO data cartridges in addition to the insert or remove of 3592 data cartridges with the standard I/O station in the Model L22.

  • Feature type: Chargeable
  • Required feature: No
  • Prerequisite: Feature #1642 or #1644
  • Maximum number of features: One, of feature #1658 or #1659
  • Installation: Plant or Field

(#1659) 16 Additional 3592 I/O Slots

This feature provides an additional 16 I/O slots for 3592 data cartridges. It is for a 3584 Model L22 without LTO mixed media requirements in the library. The additional I/O slots provide the capability to insert or remove more cartridges than with just the standard I/O station in the Model L22.

  • Feature type: Chargeable
  • Required feature: No
  • Prerequisite: Feature #1642 or #1644
  • Maximum number of features: One, of feature #1658 or #1659
  • Installation: Plant or Field

Remote Management & Support Features

(#1663) Drive Removal

This feature provides removal of one of the 3592 Tape Drive canister features (#9677 or #1674) from an installed 3584 Model L22. This feature is intended for those customers who may have the need to remove drives from one frame and install them in another frame.

  • Feature type: Chargeable
  • Required feature: No
  • Maximum number of plant or field features: Twelve
  • Corequisite: One feature #9677 or #1674 must be removed from the 3584 frame with the order of this feature
  • Installation: Field Only

(#1680) Control Path Failover

This optional feature provides a license key that enables automatic control path failover functions for tape drives in the 3584 Tape Library using the IBM device driver. This provides automatic control path failover to a pre-configured redundant control path in the event of a loss of a host adapter or control path drive, without aborting the current job in progress. Support is provided under AIX, Linux, and Solaris when the IBM device driver is used.

  • Feature type: Chargeable
  • Required feature: No
  • Prerequisites: None.
  • Maximum number of features: One
  • Customer Setup: Yes
  • Installation: Plant or Field

(#1681) Data Path Failover

This optional feature provides a license key that enables automatic data path failover and load balancing for tape drives in the 3584 Tape Library using the IBM device driver for AIX, Linux, and Solaris.

Note: This feature is not required to provide this function for 3592 Tape Drives, or Ultrium 2 Tape Drives on AIX. Load balancing is not supported on Solaris.

Data path failover is designed to provide a failover mechanism in the IBM device driver, which enables you to configure multiple redundant paths in a SAN environment. In the event of a path or component failure, the failover mechanism is designed to automatically provide error recovery to retry the current operation using an alternate, preconfigured path without aborting the current job in progress. This allows you flexibility in SAN configuration, availability, and management.

When accessing a tape drive device that has been configured with alternate pathing across multiple host ports, the IBM device driver automatically selects a path through the host bus adapter (HBA) that has the fewest open tape devices, and assigns that path to the application. This autonomic self-optimizing capability is called Load Balancing. The dynamic load balancing support is designed to optimize resources for devices that have physical connections to multiple HBAs in the same machine. The device driver is designed to dynamically track the usage on each HBA as applications open and close devices, and balance the number of applications using each HBA in the machine. This may help optimize HBA resources and improve overall performance. Further, Data Path Failover provides autonomic self-healing capabilities similar to Control Path Failover, with transparent failover to an alternate data path in the event of a failure in the primary host-side path.

  • Feature type: Chargeable
  • Required feature: No
  • Prerequisites: Feature #1680
  • Maximum number of features: One
  • Customer Setup: Yes
  • Installation: Plant or Field

(#1690) Advanced Library Management System

This feature provides a license key to enable dynamic management of cartridges, storage slots, tape drives, and logical libraries. Tape drives can be easily assigned to any logical library using a Web user interface. Logical libraries can be added, deleted, or changed non-disruptively. The assignment of inserted cartridges to a logical library can be set manually, by the software application, or by user defined policies. Storage capacity can be changed without any impact to host applications.

  • Feature type: Chargeable
  • Required feature: No, however it is required if a Model HA1 is attached (feature #9040)
  • Maximum number of features: One
  • Customer Setup: Yes
  • Installation: Plant or Field

X-Track Cables

The proper X-Track Cable is required for proper operation of the library based on the number of Model D22, D32, or D52 Expansion Frames attached to the Model L22. Each 3584 Tape Library configuration containing a Model HA1 requires a different set of X-Track cables for the dual accessors in the library. The proper X-Track cables depends on the total number of frames in that 3584 Tape Library. When Expansion Frames are added or removed from a 3584 Tape Library without an attached Model HA1, a different X-Track Cable may be required. The MES that includes the addition of the X-Track Cable feature (#1802, #1806, #1814, #1816, or #1840) must also include the appropriate addition or removal of the Additional Expansion Frame Attachment feature (#9003) to reflect the correct number of frames attached to the Model L22.

When frames are added as a field upgrade to a 3584 Tape Library (without an attached Model HA1), a new X-Track Cable may be required according to the following table of total installed frames:

Installed       New       X-Track Cable
Frame Qty    Frame Qty    Feature Required
---------    ---------    ------------------------------
 1 - 2         3 - 6      #1806
 1 - 6           7        #1814
 1 - 6         8 - 14     #1814 or #1816
 1 - 14       15 - 16     #1816 (if #9316 not installed)
 

When frames are removed from a 3584 Tape Library (without an attached Model HA1), a new X-Track Cable is required according to the following:

Installed       New       X-Track Cable
Frame Qty    Frame Qty    Feature Required
---------    ---------    --------------------------------
 8 - 16          7        #1814 (if #9316/#1816 installed)
 7 - 16        3 - 6      #1806
 3 - 16        1 - 2      #1802
 

(#1802) 1-2 Frame X-Track Cable

This feature should be added to any 3584 Tape Library (that does not contain a Model HA1) when frames are being removed from a library that has three or more frames, such that there will only be one or two frames remaining (one Model D22, D32, or D52 Frame attached).

(#1806) 3-6 Frame X-Track Cable

This feature must be added to any 3584 Tape Library (that does not contain a Model HA1) when frames are being added to a library that has one or two frames, such that there will only be three to six frames in the 3584 library configuration (two to five Model D22, D32, or D52 Frames attached).

This feature must also be added to any 3584 Tape Library (that does not contain a Model HA1) when frames are being removed from a library that has seven or more frames, such that there will only be three to six frames remaining (two to five Model D22, D32, or D52 Frames attached).

(#1814) 7-14 Frame X-Track Cable

This feature must be added to any 3584 Tape Library (that does not contain a Model HA1) when one frame is being added to a library that has one to six frames, such that there will only be seven frames in the 3584 library configuration (six Model D22, D32, or D52 Frames attached). If this feature is on the Model L22, then 7 to 14 total frames can be supported without changing this feature.

This feature must also be added to any 3584 Tape Library (that does not contain a Model HA1) when frames are being removed from a library that has eight or more frames and the 8-16 X-Track Cable feature (#1816 or #9316) installed, such that there will only be seven frames remaining (six Model D22, D32, or D52 Frames attached).

(#1816) 8-16 Frame X-Track Cable

This feature can be added to any 3584 Tape Library (that does not contain a Model HA1) when frames are being added to a library that has one to seven frames, such that there will be eight to 16 frames in the 3584 library configuration (7 to 15 Model D22, D32, or D52 Frames attached).

This feature must be added to any 3584 Tape Library (that does not contain a Model HA1) when frames are being added to a library, such that there will be 15 to 16 frames in the 3584 library configuration (14 or 15 Model D22, D32, or D52 Frames attached), unless feature #9316 is installed.

For X-Track Cable features #1802, #1806, #1814, or #1816:

  • Feature type: Chargeable
  • Required feature: No
  • Prerequisites: None
  • Maximum number of features: One of feature #1802, #1806, #1814, #1816, or #9316
  • Installation: Field Installable Only

(#1840) Change HA X-Track Cable

This feature provides a different set of X-Track cables when the number of frames is changed in a 3584 Tape Library that has a 3584 High Availability Frame Model HA1. Each 3584 Tape Library configuration containing a Model HA1 requires a different set of X-Track cables for the dual accessors in the library depending on the total number of frames in that 3584 Tape Library. This feature must be ordered every time the number of attached frames is changed (either added or removed), and the proper X-Track cables will be shipped based on the number of features #9003 on the Model Lxx Frame.

  • Feature type: Chargeable
  • Required feature: No
  • Maximum number of features: None. This feature can be ordered multiple times and must be ordered every time there is a change in the number of frames when feature #9040 is installed.
  • Installation: Field Installable Only

Power Feature

(#1901) Dual AC Power

This feature provides a power switch to allow connection of two line cords to two independent branch power circuits. Two line cords, instead of a single line cord, of the default or specified line cords (either 110 V ac or 220 V ac) are provided when feature #1901 is ordered. The power switch monitors the ac line voltage on the primary power line and automatically switches to the alternate ac line feed if the incoming voltage is lost.

  • Feature type: Chargeable
  • Required feature: No
  • Prerequisites: None
  • Maximum number of features: One
  • Installation: Plant or Field

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, L10, L12, L14, L22, and HA1
  • VTC in a 3494 Model CX1
  • 3590 Model A60, A50, or A00
  • 3592 Model J70
  • 3584 Model L22, L32, or L52
  • 3490 Model F1A (or FC0) Control Unit (FC 3000 or 3500)

One of the following three features should be selected based on the number of units in the installation.

(#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 be specified on the first unit in an installation.

  • Feature Type: No-charge
  • Required Feature: No
  • Maximum Number of Features: One of 2710, 2711, or 2712
  • Field Installable: Yes

(#2711) Remote Support Switch

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.

  • Feature Type: Chargeable
  • Required Feature: No
  • Maximum Number of Features: One of 2710, 2711, or 2712
  • Field Installable: Yes

(#2712) Remote Support Attachment

This feature provides an additional cable and connector to attach to the Remote Support Switch (#2711). It should be ordered on the third through the fourteenth unit attached to the Remote Support Switch in an installation site.

  • Feature Type: No-charge
  • Required Feature: No
  • Maximum Number of Features: One of 2710, 2711, or 2712
  • Field Installable: Yes

Interposers

Interposers are provided for attachment to various servers and adapters.

(#5096) Interposer SC-LC Fibre

This feature provides a Fibre Channel cable assembly kit used to convert a 50 micron Fibre Channel cable from SC type to LC type connectors. It includes a 50 micron fibre cable 2 meters in length with a SC duplex female adapter on one end (that can connect to a 50 micron Fibre Channel cable with a SC duplex male connector, such as features #5913, #5922, or #5961) and a LC duplex male connector on the other end (for connection to a LC duplex adapter).

  • Feature type: Chargeable
  • Required feature: No
  • Maximum number of features: None
  • Customer Setup: Yes
  • Installation: Plant or Field

Fibre Channel Cables

A Fibre Channel cable is required for attaching a 3592 Model J1A Tape Drive (installed with feature #9677 or #1674) to host Fibre Channel adapters, the IBM 2109 SAN Fibre Channel Switch, or other storage area Fibre Channel components. The cable can be customer supplied, or ordered with the 3584 Tape Library in the lengths shown. The attaching Fibre Channel cable must be a 50.0/125 micrometer short wavelength fiber-optic cable for distances up to 500 meters. The 3592 Model J1A Tape Drive is a dual-ported tape drive and the canister comes with two LC duplex connectors.

Each of the following has a male LC duplex connector on one end (for connection to the tape drive) and an SC connector (for connection to a server adapter) at the opposite end:

(#5907) 7 Meter SC-LC Fibre Cable

This feature provides a 7 meter (22.9 ft.) cable.

(#5913) 13 Meter SC-LC Fibre Cable

This feature provides a 13 meter (42.6 ft.) cable.

(#5922) 22 Meter SC-LC Fibre Cable

This feature provides a 22 meter (72.2 ft.) cable.

(#5961) 61 Meter SC-LC Fibre Cable

This feature provides a 61 meter (200.1 ft.) cable.

The following cables have male LC duplex connectors on each end.

(#6005) 5 Meter LC-LC Fibre Channel Cable

This feature provides a 5 meter (16.5 ft.) cable.

(#6013) 13 Meter LC-LC Fibre Channel Cable

This feature provides a 13 meter (43 ft.) cable.

(#6025) 25 Meter LC-LC Fibre Channel Cable

This feature provides a 25 meter (82.5 ft.) cable.

(#6061) 61 Meter LC-LC Fibre Channel Cable

This feature provides a 61 meter (201 ft.) cable.

The following applies to the Fibre Channel cable features listed above:

  • Feature type: Chargeable
  • Required feature: No
  • Maximum number of features: None
  • Customer Setup: Yes
  • Installation: Plant or Field

Cartridge Features

The following are optional cartridge features for the 3584 Tape Library Model L22. Features #8802 and #8820 can be ordered only with the initial order on a new library frame.

One 3592 cleaning cartridge and one diagnostic cartridge are included with each Model L22 library order. Additional data and cleaning cartridges are optional and can be ordered with features #8802 and #8820, or by ordering Machine Type 3599. Scaled capacity and WORM cartridges are also available by ordering Machine Type 3599. All media and cleaning cartridges are warranted separately from the 3584 Tape Library.

(#8802) 3592 Cleaning Cartridge

This feature provides one 3592 cleaning cartridge, used to clean the 3592 Model J1A Tape Drive.

  • Feature type: Chargeable
  • Required feature: No
  • Maximum number of features: 10
  • Initial order only: Yes

(#8820) 3592 Data Cartridge (20-Pack)

This feature provide a package containing 20 of the IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Tape Data Cartridge 3592, for use with 3592 Model J1A Tape Drives. Each cartridge can contain a native cartridge capacity of up to 300 GB (up to 900 GB with 3:1 compression).

  • Feature type: Chargeable
  • Required feature: No.
  • Maximum number of features: 20
  • Initial order only: Yes

Feature Exchanges

Not available.
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Accessories

None.

Customer Replacement Parts

Not available.
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Machine Elements

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Supplies

For end users

IBM data media supplies can be purchased from IBM using feature numbers with the initial order of the 3584 Tape Library. These features provide unlabeled data cartridges or cleaning cartridges. Labeled, initialized, bulk data media, or cleaning cartridges can be ordered using machine type 3589 or 3599. Refer to the 3589 or 3599 Sales Manual.

For information about IBM branded media, such as additional IBM LTO Ultrium data or cleaning cartridges, or 3592 data or cleaning cartridges, call 888-IBM-MEDIA (888-426-6334) in the U.S. or Canada or refer to the following Web site:

http://www.storage.ibm.com/media

The part numbers for additional supplies are:

  IBM Part
  Number     Supply Item
  ---------  ---------------------------------------------------
  24R1922    IBM TotalStorage LTO Ultrium 400 GB Data Cartridge
  08L9870    IBM TotalStorage LTO Ultrium 200 GB Data Cartridge
  08L9120    IBM TotalStorage LTO Ultrium 100 GB Data Cartridge
  35L2087    IBM TotalStorage LTO Cleaning Cartridge (universal)
  18P7534    IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Tape Cartridge (Data)
  18P7535    IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Tape Cartridge (Cleaning)
  18P7538    IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Tape Cartridge (WORM)
  24R0316    IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Tape Cartridge (Economy)
  24R0317    IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Tape Cartridge (Economy WORM)

Diskettes

Not available.

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