IBM TS3500 User Manual

Table 1. Compatibility among Ultrium tape drives and tape cartridges
Cartridge
Type
Drive Type
Ultrium 5
(F5A)
Ultrium 4 (F4A)
Ultrium 3
(F3A/ F3B)
Ultrium 2 Ultrium 1
IBM System
Storage™
1500 GB
LTO Data
Cartridge
(xxxxxxL5)
R/W Not compatible
Not
compatible
Not
compatible
Not
compatible
IBM System
Storage
1500 GB
LTO WORM
Data
Cartridge
(xxxxxxLV)
R/W Not compatible
Not
compatible
Not
compatible
Not
compatible
IBM System
Storage 800
GB LTO Data
Cartridge
(xxxxxxL4)
R/W R/W
Not
compatible
Not
compatible
Not
compatible
IBM System
Storage 800
GB LTO
WORM Data
Cartridge
(xxxxxxLU)
R/W R/W
Not
compatible
Not
compatible
Not
compatible
IBM System
Storage 400
GB LTO Data
Cartridge
(xxxxxxL3)
R R/W R/W
Not
compatible
Not
compatible
IBM System
Storage 400
GB LTO
WORM Data
Cartridge
(xxxxxxLT)
R R/W R/W
Not
compatible
Not
compatible
IBM System
Storage 200
GB LTO Data
Cartridge
(xxxxxxL2)
Not
compatible
R R/W R/W
Not
compatible
IBM System
Storage 100
GB Data
Cartridge
(xxxxxxL1)
Not
compatible
Not compatible R R/W R/W

IBM TS3500 Specifications

General

Type	Tape Library
Model	TS3500
Max. drives	Up to 192
Interface	Fibre Channel, SAS
Encryption	Yes
Tape Technology	LTO, IBM TS11xx
Drive support	IBM TS1160