Library Specifications
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Library Specifications: Dell™ PowerVault™ ML6000 Tape
Library User's Guide
PowerVault ML6000 libraries follow the specifications described in this chapter.
Supported Components
The PowerVault ML6000 library supports the following components.
Supported
Cartridges
• LTO-1 (read-only in LTO-3 drives)
• LTO-2 (read/write in LTO-3 drives; read-only in LTO-4 drives)
• LTO-3 (read/write in LTO-3 and LTO-4 drives; read-only in LTO-5 drives; supports write-once, read-many
(WORM) functionality)
• LTO-4 (read/write in LTO-4 and LTO-5 drives; supports WORM functionality)
• LTO-5 (read/write in LTO-5 drives; supports WORM functionality)
Supported
Tape Drive
Types
• IBM LTO-3 (SCSI and Fibre Channel)
• IBM LTO-4 (Fibre Channel and SAS)
• IBM LTO-5 Single Port Fibre Channel Tape Drive
• IBM LTO-5 Dual Port SAS Tape Drive
Supported
SAS Cable
SFF-8088
Library
Robot
Control
Logical Unit Number (LUN)
Connectivity Native drive interface
Power 350W with optional redundant power supply and line cord
Library
Management
• Operator panel touch screen
• Web client
• SNMP protocol
• SMI-S protocol
System Requirements
The PowerVault ML6000 Web client interface supports the following browsers:
• Firefox version 1.0.6 and above
•
Microsoft
®
internet Explorer™ version 6.0 and above
Library Capacity
Library capacity is as follows.
Note: Slot counts in this user's guide do not include five inaccessible slots in the bottom row of any library
configuration. For more information about these slots, see Unused Slots.