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Revised: November 17, 2003.

Revised: April 27, 2004.

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Support for the WORM and Economy cartridges on the 3592 Model J1A
may require code updates for zSeries or storage management software.
PTFs are required for support of the 3592 Model J1A Tape Drive
and the new 3592 media types unless otherwise noted.

Note: The "Fast Access + Capacity" cartridge format,
which has a "Fast Access" segment in the first 60 GB of a 300 GB
cartridge, is not currently supported in the zSeries environment.

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Support for the 3592 WORM and Economy tape cartridges is provided
for the following minimum software levels in 3590 emulation mode:

z/OS V1.3, and subsequent releases,
with coexistence support provided at OS/390 V2.10, and above

EREP V3.5 plus PTFs

For more information on the PTFs required for the new 3592 media
support, refer to the 3592 PSP bucket and enabling APAR OA06490.

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The following minimum levels are required to support the 3592 WORM and
Economy tape cartridges in the 3592 Model J1A Tape Drive, either as a
stand-alone device or in a 3494 tape library:

z/VM V3.1 with APARs VM63325 and VM63461. In addition, VM62710 is
required for FICON attachment.

z/VM V4.3, or later, with APARs VM63325 and VM63461.

DFSMS/VM FL221 with APARs VM63353 and VM63460
is required for library attachment.

EREP V3.5 plus PTFs.

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VSE support of the 3592 WORM and Economy tape cartridges in
the 3592 Model J1A Tape Drive, will be announced at a later time.
For actual VSE information refer to the VSE home page at:

http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/os/vse/

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(#0520) Model J70 Functional Enhancement Field

This feature provides an update to the microcode of an installed
3592 Model J70 Controller and the attached tape drives to provide
the latest level of functional microcode firmware support.
Newer microcode levels may be required when adding new functions.

Maximum: None.

Field Installation Only.