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The IBM TotalStorage 3588 Tape Drive Model F3A is an IBM Linear
Tape-Open (LTO) Ultrium 3 Tape Drive designed for the heavy demands of
backup tape storage. The 3588 Tape Drive Model F3A is designed to mount
in an IBM TotalStorage 3584 Tape Library and has a 2-Gbps Fibre Channel
interface for attachment to IBM eServer p5 or pSeries, IBM eServer i5 or
iSeries, IBM eServer xSeries, AS/400, RS/6000, HP, Sun, UNIX, and Intel
servers.
The 3588 Tape Drive Model F3A incorporates third-generation IBM LTO
Ultrium technology. It offers the following significant improvements
over the Ultrium 2 Tape Drive:
- Maximum tape drive throughput data rate performance is more than
doubled, up to 80 MB/sec native data transfer rate. Data tracks are now
written 16 at a time. IBM Ultrium 3 Tape Drives can read and write, at
eight data tracks at a time, LTO Ultrium 2 Data Cartridges at Ultrium 2
rates, and read LTO Ultrium 1 Data Cartridges at Ultrium 1 rates.
Note: Although the 3588 Tape Drive provides the capability for excellent
tape performance, other components of the system may limit the actual
performance achieved. Also, although the compression technology used in
the tape drive can typically double the amount of data that can be stored
on the media, the actual degree of compression achieved is highly
sensitive to the characteristics of the data being compressed.
- The tape cartridge capacity is doubled over the Ultrium 2 Data
Cartridge up to 400 GB native physical capacity (800 GB with 2:1
compression), with the use of the new IBM TotalStorage LTO Ultrium 400 GB
Data Cartridge. This is achieved by increasing the linear density, the
number of tape tracks, and the media length. The tape itself is an
advanced metal particle tape developed to help provide durability and
capacity.
- Ultrium 2 cartridge compatibility - The Ultrium 3 Tape Drive can read
and write on Ultrium 2 cartridges.
- 2-Gbps Fibre Channel attachment - The 3588 Model F3A comes with a
2-Gbps Fibre Channel interface for connection to a wide spectrum of open
system servers. They are supported on AIX, OS/400, i5/OS, Sun Solaris,
HP-UX, Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows 2003, Linux, and other open
systems.
- New dual stage 16 channel head actuator - designed to provide
precision head alignment to help support higher track density and
improved data integrity.
- New independent tape loader and threader motors and positive pin
retention - designed to help improve the reliability of loading and
unloading a cartridge, and to retain the pin even if tension is dropped.
With an independent loader motor coupled with the positive pin retention,
the tape threads with a higher level of reliability.
- Larger internal data buffer - There is a 128 MB internal data buffer
in the Ultrium 3 Tape Drive as compared to a 64 MB internal data buffer
in the Ultrium 2 Tape Drive.
- Highly integrated electronics using IBM engineered copper technology
- designed to reduce the total number of components in the drive, lower
chip temperatures, and reduce power requirements, helping to provide for
a more reliable drive. The generation 3 drive electronics are also
designed to provide "on-the-fly" error correction capability for soft
errors in the memory arrays in data and control paths.
- Graceful dynamic braking - In the event of power failure, reel motors
are designed to maintain tension and gradually decelerate instead of
stopping abruptly, helping reduce tape breakage, stretching, or loose
tape wraps during a sudden power-down.
Proven IBM LTO Ultrium features enhanced in IBM LTO Ultrium 3 Tape
Drive include:
- Servo and track layout technology - There are 704 data tracks in
Ultrium 3 verses 512 data tracks in Ultrium 2. High bandwidth servo
system features a low-mass servo to help more effectively track servo
bands and improve data throughput with damaged media in less-than-optimal
shock and vibe environments.
- Surface Control Guiding Mechanism - IBM's patented Surface Control
Guiding Mechanism is designed to guide the tape along the tape path in
the IBM 3588 Tape Drive. This method uses the surface of the tape,
rather than the edges, to control tape motion. This helps reduce tape
damage (especially to the edges of the tape) and tape debris, which comes
from the damaged edges and can accumulate in the head area.
- Magneto Resistive (MR) head design - Use of flat lap head technology
in MR heads for Ultrium 3 helps minimize contact, debris accumulation,
and wear on the tape as it moves over the read/write heads.
- Digital speed matching - The Ultrium 3 Tape Drive is designed to
perform dynamic speed matching (at one of five speeds, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80
MB/sec) to adjust the drive's native data rate as closely as possible to
the net host data rate (after data compressibility has been factored
out). This helps reduce the number of backhitch repositions and improve
throughput performance. Speed matching on Ultrium 3 ranges from 40 to 80
MB/sec versus 17.5 to 35 MB/sec on Ultrium 2.
- Robust drive components optimized for automation environments - Drive
designed using some of the most robust components available, such as: 1)
all metal clutch, 2) steel ball bearings in loader, 3) robust leader
block design, 4) single circuit card, to help enhance reliability and
prolong the life of the drive.
- Power management - The Ultrium 3 Tape Drive power management function
is designed to control the drive electronics to be either completely
turned off or to be in a low-power mode when the circuit functions are
not needed for drive operation.
- Adaptive read equalization - designed to automatically compensate for
dynamic changes in readback signal response.
- Dynamic amplitude asymmetry compensation - designed to dynamically
optimize readback signals for linear readback response from magneto
resistive read head transducers.
- Separate writing of multiple filemarks - Separate writing of multiple
filemarks is designed to cause any write command of two or more filemarks
to cause a separate data set to be written containing all filemarks after
the first. This feature has two advantages, first it helps improve
performance if a subsequent append overwrites somewhere after the first
filemark. Second, write of multiple filemarks typically indicates a
point where an append operation might occur after the first of these
filemarks. This change helps prevent having to rewrite datasets
containing customer data and the first filemark in cases if such an
append occurs.
- LTO Data Compression (LTO-DC) - The Ultrium 3 uses LTO-DC which is an
implementation of a Lempel-Ziv class 1 (LZ-1) data compression algorithm.
LTO-DC is an extension of Adaptive Lossless Data Compression (ALDC) and
an improvement over previous IBM lossless compression algorithms. IBM's
patented "Scheme-Swapping" compression is designed to look ahead at
incoming data, and determine the most efficient storage method (either
ALDC or pass-thru mode) to help provide optimal data compression and
increased data throughput.
- LTO Cartridge Memory (LTO-CM) - Contained within the LTO Ultrium data
cartridge is the LTO-CM, which is a passive, contactless silicon storage
device that is physically a part of the cartridge. The LTO-CM is used to
hold information about that specific cartridge, the media in the
cartridge, and the data on the media. The storage capacity of the LTO-CM
is 4,096 bytes. Communication between the drive and the LTO-CM is via a
low-level RF field transmitted by the drive to the cartridge.
- Statistical Analysis and Reporting System (SARS) - The Ultrium 3 Tape
Drive uses SARS to help isolate failures between media and hardware. The
SARS use the cartridge performance history saved in the CM module and the
drive performance history kept in the drive flash EEPROM to help
determine the more likely cause of failure. SARS can cause the drive to
request a cleaner tape, to mark the media as degraded, and to indicate
that the hardware has degraded.
With support for LTO Ultrium-format tape data cartridges, the 3588
Tape Drive with the 3584 Tape Library can be a cost-effective solution
for backup, save-and-restore, and archiving functions.
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As you compare competitive tape solutions, consider:
- Capacity and performance requirements
- Data integrity, reliability, and availability
- Storage usage and application requirements
- Affordability
- Loyalty to legacy or existing tape formats
The 3588 Tape Drive and software applications are designed to address
these requirements and constitute a functionally rich tape storage
solution incorporating LTO Ultrium 3 Tape Drive technology.
The 3588 Tape Drive Model F3A is an excellent choice if you use tape
drives that require larger-capacity or higher-performance tape backup.
The 3588 is the answer to growing storage requirements and shrinking
backup windows.
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 and pSeries, RS/6000, i5 and 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:
- 3592 Tape Drives are required in the 3584 Tape Library.
- A lower capacity, lower price library than the IBM TotalStorage
Enterprise Tape Library 3494 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 1 or 2 Tape Drives. The Model D52 provides
up to 440 slots for LTO media, and can contain up to 12 Ultrium 2 or 3
Fibre Channel Tape Drives. 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 or 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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Models
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Model Summary Matrix
| Model |
Cart Slots |
Data Capacity (Native) |
Data Capacity (Comp.) |
IBM Ultrium Tape Drives |
| F3A |
1 |
400 GB |
800 GB |
1 |
Customer Setup (CSU)
Yes.
Devices Supported
The 3588 Tape Drive Model F3A can be installed in the following
machines:
- 3584 Model D32
- 3584 Model D52
- 3584 Model L32
- 3584 Model L52
Model Conversions
None.
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Technical Description
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The IBM TotalStorage 3588 Tape Drive Model F3A is a Linear Tape-Open
(LTO) IBM TotalStorage Ultrium 3 Tape Drive designed for installation in
a IBM TotalStorage 3584 Tape Library. The IBM LTO Ultrium 3 Tape Drive
is the third-generation LTO Ultrium Tape Drive in the IBM TotalStorage
LTO Ultrium family of products. Tape drive performance is up to 80
MB/sec native data transfer rate. It has a 2-Gbps Fibre Channel
interface for attachment to IBM eServer p5 and pSeries, IBM eServer i5
and iSeries, IBM eServer xSeries, AS/400, RS/6000, HP, Sun, UNIX, and PC
servers.
The Ultrium 3 Tape Drive has other improvements over the IBM Ultrium 2
Tape Drive including a dual stage 16 channel head actuator, an
independent tape loader, threader motors with positive pin retention,
adaptive read equalization, dynamic amplitude asymmetry compensation,
larger 128 MB internal data buffer, highly integrated electronics using
IBM engineered copper technology, and graceful dynamic breaking of reel
motors.
The 3588 Model F3A is designed to use the IBM TotalStorage LTO Ultrium
400 GB Data Cartridge, with a capacity of up to 400 GB native physical
capacity (800 GB with 2:1 compression). The tape is an advanced metal
particle tape. IBM Ultrium 3 Tape Drives can read and write LTO Ultrium
2 Data Cartridges at Ultrium 2 capacities, and can read LTO Ultrium 1
Data Cartridges.
3588 Model F3A
- Width: 186 mm (7.3 in)
- Depth: 455 mm (17.9 in)
- Height: 89 mm (3.5 in)
- Weight: 4.96 kg (10.9 lb)
3588 Model F3A
- Temperature: 16 to 38 degrees C (60 to 100 degrees F)
- Relative humidity: 20 to 80 (percent)
- Wet bulb: 26 degrees C (78.8 degrees F) maximum
- Voltage: 5 V dc and 12 V dc
- Electrical power: 5.0 amps at 5 V dc and 2.0 amps at 12 V dc
- Heat output: 49 watts (0.17 kBTU/hour)
- Capacity of exhaust: 0.34 Cubic meter/min (12 CFM)
- Maximum sound power levels: 6.2 bels idle, 6.3 bels operating
- 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 meters (1650 ft).
- Although multiple systems may be attached to a tape drive, the
systems cannot use the drive simultaneously.
The 3588 Tape Drive Model F3A is designed for installation in the 3584
Tape Library Models D32, D52, L32, or L52. Up to 12 3588 Tape Drives can
be installed in one of these frames (for a total of up to 192 Ultrium
Tape Drives in a 16 frame library). The 3588 Tape Drives can be
installed and intermixed within the same frame with other Ultrium 1 or 2
Tape Drives.
The 3588 Tape Drives have a 2-Gbps Fibre Channel interface for either
point-to-point or Fibre Channel-Arbitrated Loop attachment. An LTO Fibre
Drive Mounting Kit feature (#1504) is required on a 3584 Frame to install
a 3588 Tape Drive. The 3588 Tape Drive Model F3A must be ordered
separately, and is designed for customer setup in the 3584 Tape Library.
When ordered with a new 3584 coming from the plant, the following feature
number should be specified on the 3588 Tape Drive and the 3584 Tape
Library Frame into which it will be installed:
- 9678 - 3588 Drive Plant Install
The 3588 Model F3A is designed for customer setup. However, if the
customer desires assistance with the installation, the following feature
can be ordered on the 3584 Frame (one feature for each drive that is
needed):
- 1678 - 3588 Field Install Assist
Customer-owned 3588 Tape Drives, or 3588 Tape Drives removed from a
3584 library frame can be installed in another 3584 Frame. A LTO Fibre
Drive Mounting Kit feature (#1504) is required for installing a 3588 Tape
Drive in a drive slot in a 3584 Model D32, D52, L32, or L52 Frame.
Unlabeled and uninitialized LTO Ultrium 3 Tape Cartridges for the 3588
Tape Drive can be included with the order of a new 3584 Model D52 or L52
frame by specifying the IBM TotalStorage LTO Ultrium 400 GB Data
Cartridge feature (#8768). Labeled or bulk quantities of LTO Ultrium
cartridges can be ordered using machine type 3589 or purchased through
distributors. Refer to the Supplies section for additional
information.
Note: The 3584 requires that cartridges have appropriate bar code labels.
A 3588 Tape Drive in the 3584 Tape Library can be attached to
IBM eServer i5 or iSeries, IBM eServer p5 or pSeries, IBM eServer
xSeries, AS/400, RS/6000, RS/6000 SP systems, Netfinity, and non-IBM
servers, workstations, and Intel servers that support Fibre Channel
interfaces.
A current list of supported open system configurations for the 3588
Tape Drive is available from the following Web site:
- http://www.ibm.com/servers/storage/lto
- Select "LTO Support"
- Then the "Interoperability Matrix and Software ISVs"
- View the "Supported Servers and Operating Systems" for the product
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). One or more of the following Fibre Channel cables should be
specified on the 3584 frame.
Fibre Channel cables
A Fibre Channel cable is required to attach a 3588 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 for distances up to 500 meters. These tape drives come with LC
Duplex connectors. One 2.0 meter LC-LC Fibre Channel drive-to-patch
panel cable is included with each Fibre Mounting Kit (#1504).
Features available for Fibre Channel cables, and their respective
lengths, are available with the following feature numbers on the 3584
Frame:
- 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 3584 Tape
Library Sales Manual for detailed descriptions of these features.
The 3588 Tape Drive in the 3584 Tape Library is 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
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 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
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Information on the 3588 Tape Drive Model F3A is contained in the
following 3584 Tape Library publications. Additional copies are
available. To order, contact your IBM representative:
Order
Title Number
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IBM TotalStorage 3584 Tape Library GA32-0469
Introduction and Planning Guide
IBM TotalStorage 3584 Tape Library GA32-0468
Operator Guide
IBM Ultrium Device Driver GA32-0430
Installation and User's Guide
(English)
IBM TotalStorage Tape Device GA35-0154
Driver Installation and User's
Guide (English)
The publications listed above and the publication IBM Ultrium
Device Driver Programming Reference (English) (GC35-0483) are also
available at:
- http://www.ibm.com/servers/storage/lto
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Features -- Specify/Special/Exchange
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Description Machine Model Feature
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3588 Drive Plant Install 3588 F3A 9678
(#9678) 3588 Drive Plant Install
This feature tells the plant to install one 3588 Tape Drive Model F3A
into a new 3584 Model D52 or L52 coming from the plant. Installation of
a 3588 Tape Drive canister requires that a LTO Fibre Drive Mounting Kit
feature (#1504) be installed in the 3584 Frame to contain the canister.
Description Machine Model Feature
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Ultrium 3 Tape Drive 3588 F3A
Model Conversions: None
Feature Conversions: None
Not available.
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Accessories
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None.
Customer Replacement Parts
None.
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Machine Elements
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Not available.
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Supplies
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For end users
IBM data media supplies including labeled, initialized, bulk data
media, or cleaning cartridges can be purchased from IBM using machine
type 3589. Refer to the 3589 Sales Manual.
The part numbers for additional supplies are:
IBM Part
Number Supply Item
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24R1922 IBM TotalStorage LTO Ultrium 400GB Data Cartridge
35L2087 IBM TotalStorage LTO Cleaning Cartridge (universal)
08L9129 Leader Pin Attachment Kit
For information about IBM branded media, such as additional IBM LTO
Ultrium 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
Diskettes
None.
Trademarks
(R), (TM), * Trademark or registered trademark of International
Business Machines Corporation.
** Company, product, or service name may be a trademark or service
mark of others.
Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation.
UNIX is a registered trademark in the United States and other
countries licensed exclusively through X/Open Company Limited.
© IBM Corporation 2005.
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Physical Specifications