Firmware for each model of 3592 tape drive (TS1130, TS1120, or J1A) will only work in that 
specific model.
The 3592 tape drive supports four types of the IBM® TotalStorage® 3592 Enterprise Tape 
Cartridge. 
Parent topic: Supported tape drives
Related concepts
Capacity scaling and segmentation
Tape encryption overview
Related tasks
Setting or changing a drive's method of encryption
Related reference
Mixing media in drives
Drive performance
Related information
Using 3592 tape drive media
Supported tape cartridges
This section gives information about the tape cartridges that you can use in the TS3500 
Tape Library.
Note: Management and handling of media cartridges is a customer function and 
responsibility.
In the TS3500 Tape Library, frames that are installed with Ultrium tape drives use Ultrium 
tape cartridges; frames that are installed with 3592 tape drives use 3592 tape cartridges. A 
frame cannot house both Ultrium tape drives and 3592 tape drives. Similarly, in an HD 
library, Model S24 contains HD slots that house only 3592 tape cartridges and Model S54 
contains HD slots that house only Ultrium tape cartridges. However, in a library that 
includes both types of frames, you may insert 3592 tape cartridges into the lower I/O 
station of a Model L53, L52, or L32 frame for transport (by the cartridge accessor) to a 
Model D23, D22, or S24 frame (your library must contain an I/O station that will accept 
3592 tape cartridges). Similarly, you may insert Ultrium tape cartridges into the lower I/O 
station of a Model L23 or L22 frame for transport (by the cartridge accessor) to a Model 
D53, D52, D32, or S54 frame (again, your library must contain an I/O station that will 
accept Ultrium tape cartridges). 
Table 1 shows the capacity of supported Ultrium tape cartridges. Table 2 shows the capacity 
of supported 3592 tape cartridges.