IBM 7214 Model TT2 to Attach External Tape or Optical SAS Drives

The 7214 Model TT2 is designed to attach to specific models of the IBM Power Systems through an external Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) adapter. The SAS electronic interface offered on the IBM 7214 Model TT2 is designed to provide faster transfer rates compared to SCSI transfer rates, and a reduction in space required for system-to-device cabling.

The 7214 Model TT2 is intended to provide external tape or optical drive options that allow customers to transfer data with similar archival storage and retrieval technologies already installed in existing IT facilities.

Optional drive technologies available in the 7214 offering are:

DAT160 80 GB Tape Drive: Read-write compatible with DDS4 data cartridges.
Half-high LTO Ultrium 4 800 GB tape drive: Read-write compatible with LTO Ultrium 3 data cartridges, and read-only compatible with Ultrium 2 data cartridges.
DVD-RAM: 9.4 GB Slim Optical Drive
DVD-ROM: 9.4 GB Slim Optical Drive

Note: Most standard DVD disks can be used in the 7214 Model TT2 DVD drive features.

A control card sensor in the 7214 can track drive function and notify the user of maintenance requirements.

The 7214 Model TT2 offers IBM’s Customer Replaceable Unit (CRU) maintenance service to help make installation or replacement of new drives efficient. Other 7214 components are also designed for CRU maintenance.

The IBM System Storage 7214 Tape and DVD Enclosure has two bays designed to accommodate up to two tape or DVD optical storage drives. The initial order of the 7214 Model TT2 must include at least one of the following drive features.

DAT160 Tape Drive (#1401): The DAT160 feature provides a migration and interchange path on IBM Power servers from other 4 mm formatted tape drives and is designed to provide a solution for save, restore, and archiving functions. This tape drive provides physical storage capacity of up to 80 GB (160 GB with 2:1 compression) per data cartridge and is designed to achieve a data rate of up to 13.8 MB per second with compression. It is designed to provide read/write compatibility with and DDS4 media formats.

The DAT160 tape drive feature includes one data cartridge, one cleaning cartridge, one test cartridge, and an internal SAS cable.

Half-High LTO Ultrium 4 Tape Drive (#1404): The HHLTO4 feature is a high-performance tape drive with a native capacity of up to 800 GB (1,600 GB with 2:1 compression). This fourth generation of LTO Ultrium tape drives provides a migration and interchange path on IBM Power servers from other LTO formatted tape drives, and is designed to provide a solution for save, restore, and archiving functions. The LTO Ultrium 4 drive offers a data rate of up to 240 MB per second with compression. It is also designed to provide read/write compatibility with Ultrium 3 and read-only compatibility with Ultrium 2 media formats. The HHLTO4 tape drive feature includes one data cartridge, one cleaning cartridge, one test cartridge, and an internal SAS cable.

DVD Sled with one DVD-RAM Drive (#1420): This Drive Sled feature allows the installation of two slim-height DVD optical drives in a single bay of the 7214 Storage Enclosure. Included in this feature is one DVD-RAM optical drive and one DVD-RAM test disk. A second DVD-RAM (#1422) or a DVD-ROM (#1423) drive may be added to the drive slot in the DVD sled by removing the DVD blank panel.

DVD Sled with one DVD-ROM Drive (#1421): This Drive Sled feature allows the installation of two slim-height DVD optical drives in a single bay of the 7214 Storage Enclosure. Included in this feature is one DVD-ROM optical drive and one DVD-ROM test disk. A second DVD-ROM (#1423) or a DVD-RAM (#1422) drive may be added to the drive slot in the DVD sled by removing the DVD blank panel.

DVD-RAM Slim Optical Drive (#1422): The flexibility and compatibility offered in the 7214 DVD-RAM feature makes it a solution for your DVD-RAM read and write requirements. One DVD-RAM test disk is also included. The DVD-RAM Slim Optical Drive can read and write on 4.7 GB and 9.4 GB DVD-RAM media. The DVD-RAM uses only bare media to help reduce media costs, and is also read compatible with multisession CD, CD-RW, CD recordable, and 2.6 GB and 5.2 GB DVD-RAM media.
Other DVD-RAM drive characteristics are:

A maximum data rate of up to 2.77 MB per second (DVD-RAM, read)
165 ms average test random access (DVD), 125 ms average access (CD-ROM and CD-RW)
A loading tray that supports 12 cm and 8 cm disks (8 cm, horizontal only)
Support of asynchronous and synchronous data transfer
Multimedia compliance (MPC-3)
CD-DA Digital Audio standard Red Book audio
The ability to read DVD-ROM, as well as to read CD-ROM media in Modes 1 or 2, XA, CDDA, and audio formats
The ability to read multisession disks, CD-recordable disks, and CD-RW disks

DVD-ROM Slim Optical Drive (#1423): The compatibility offered in the 7214 DVD-ROM feature makes it well-suited for DVD-ROM read requirements. One DVD-ROM test disk is also included. The DVD-ROM Slim Optical Drive can read 4.7 GB and 9.4 GB DVD-RAM media. This drive uses only bare media to help reduce media costs and is also read-compatible with multisession CD and CD-RW media.
Other DVD-ROM drive characteristics are:

A maximum data rate of up to 2.77 MB per second
165 ms average test random access (DVD), 125 ms average access (CD-ROM and CD-RW)
A loading tray that supports 12 cm and 8 cm disks (8 cm, horizontal only)
Support of asynchronous and synchronous data transfer
Multimedia compliance (MPC-3)
CD-DA Digital Audio standard Red Book audio
The ability to read CD-ROM media in Modes 1 or 2, XA, CDDA, and audio formats
The ability to read multisession discs, CD-recordable discs, and CD-RW discs

Key application areas include access to any information widely distributed via DVD-RAMs, CD-RW, and CD-ROMs, such as licensed software, software updates, as well as user and technical manuals and documentation. Many other multimedia applications are also well suited for capture and distribution on DVD and CD disks.