IBM TS3100/TS3200 Tape Library in Driveless Configurations

The IBM System Storage TS3100 Tape Library Model L2U Driveless and the IBM System Storage TS3200 Tape Library Model L4U Driveless are designed to offer high capacity, enhanced performance, and technology for the midrange open systems environments. The products are included as part of the IBM System Storage tape library family of offerings.

These new driveless versions of the TS3100 and TS3200 Tape Library are being introduced in HVEC/Xcc to mimic the product structure available in AAS where the Tape Library is a base automation device and drives of various LTO generations and attachment types are available as features. These driveless versions of the TS3100 and TS3200 Tape Library in HVEC/Xcc will allow simplification in stocking and inventory of libraries, particularly for business partners and customers, with the flexibility of matching the drive of choice at time of need.

For full functionality, the TS3100 and TS3200 Tape Libraries Driveless models require IBM LTO Ultrium Tape Drives. Ultrium 4 drive features are offered as 4 Gbps Fibre Channel in full-high format, or LVD Ultra160 SCSI or 3 Gbps Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) in either full-high or half-high formats. IBM Ultrium 4 Fibre Channel and SAS tape drives support encryption. Ultrium 3 drive features are offered as 4 Gbps Fibre Channel in full-high format, or LVD Ultra160 SCSI or 3 Gbps Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) in either full-high or half-high formats.

The TS3100 Tape Library is an external 2U stand-alone or rack-mountable unit that can incorporate a single IBM LTO Ultrium Full High Tape Drive or two IBM LTO Ultrium Half High Tape Drives and has two removable cartridge magazines, one on the left side and one on the right side, providing 24 data cartridge slots, including a single I/O slot. The TS3100 provides a media physical capacity of up to 19.2 TB (38.4 TB with 2:1 compression) data storage per unit with Ultrium 4 media.

The TS3200 Tape Library is an external 4U stand-alone or rack-mountable unit that incorporates up to two LTO IBM Ultrium Full High Tape Drives or four IBM LTO Ultrium Half High Tape Drives and has four removable cartridge magazines, providing 48 data cartridge slots, including one three-slot I/O station. The TS3200 provides a media physical capacity of up to 38.4 TB (76.8 TB with 2:1 compression) data storage per unit with Ultrium 4 media.

The TS3100 and TS3200 Tape Libraries incorporate IBM’s Multi-Path Architecture with logical libraries equal to the number of drives installed. The TS3200 also accommodates an optional power supply (part number 23R7262).

For Xccelerator (Xcc) and HVEC ordering, the following IBM Ultrium tape drives can be ordered and are supported in the TS3100 and TS3200 Tape Library Driveless models:

• Ultrium 4 LVD SCSI Drive (SEO/part number 95P5002)
• Ultrium 4 Fibre Channel Drive (SEO/part number 95P5004)
• Ultrium 4 SAS Drive (SEO/part number 95P5006)
• Ultrium 4 Half High SAS Drive (SEO/part number 45E2243)
• Ultrium 3 LVD SCSI Drive (SEO/part number 23R7260)
• Ultrium 3 Fibre Channel Drive (SEO/part number 23R7261)
• Ultrium 3 Half High LVD SCSI Drive (SEO/part number 95P4998)
• Ultrium 3 Half High SAS Drive (SEO/part number 95P5000)

Other HVEC/Xcc options available for the TS3100
or TS3200 Tape Libraries include:

• Path Failover (part number 45E9503)
• Transparent LTO Encryption (part number 45E3081)
• Rack Mount Kit (part number 23R6998)
• Left Side 2U Magazine (part number 45E2237)
• Left Side Upper 4U Magazine (part number 45E2225)
• Left Side Lower 4U Magazine (part number 45E2231)
• Ultrium Tape Cartridges (part number 95P4278 for Ultrium 4 media and part number 95P2020 for Ultrium 3 media)
• Ultrium Cleaning Cartridge (part number 23R7008)
• L4U Additional Power Supply (part number 23R7262)
• SCSI, Fibre Channel, and SAS cables

Key prerequisites
Appropriate levels of host software are required to attach the TS3100 or TS3200 Tape Libraries with any of the supported tape drives to selected IBM System p, IBM System i, IBM System z, IBM System x, HP-UX, Sun, UNIX, Linux, and Windows servers. Refer to the Technical information section for details.

Planned availability date: September 4, 2009