Table 1. Tape drives that are supported by the TS3500 Tape Library
Supported Tape Drives
Type of Drive Speed of
Connectivity
Native Data
Rate
Native
Capacity
Other
Information
(596.05 GiB) EU6
IBM System Storage TS1120
Tape Drive
4 Gbps Fibre 100 MB/s
700 GB
2
(651.93 GiB)
500 GB
3
(465.66 GiB)
Also known as
the 3592
Model E05
IBM TotalStorage 3592 Tape
Drive Model J1A
2 Gbps Fibre 40 MB/s
300 GB
(279.39 GiB)
Withdrawn
from
marketing as
of September
2006
Notes:
1. In order to support Ultrium 5 tape drives, all node cards in the library must be model
xx3-equivalent node cards. For node cards in model xx2 frames, this requires a xx3
model conversion OR the enhanced node card(s) feature (FC 1700 or 1701).
2. JB/JX cartridge
3. JA/JW cartridge
You or your IBM Service Representative can update firmware for the LTO Ultrium 2 and
newer Ultrium tape drives and all 3592 tape drives without scheduling downtime. This
enhancement is called a nondisruptive drive firmware update. It is available through the
IBM System Storage Tape Library Specialist Web interface and (for IBM Service
Representatives) through CETool, but is not supported by the SCSI interface.
• LTO Ultrium tape drives
This section describes the LTO Ultrium tape drives.
• 3592 tape drives
This section describes the 3592 tape drives.
Parent topic: Overview
Related tasks
Updating drive firmware
LTO Ultrium tape drives
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