IBM TS4300

Contents
............................................................................................................................. ii
Read this FIRST.................................................................................................... iii
Accessing online technical support............................................................................................................ iii
Contacting IBM technical support.............................................................................................................. iii
Registering for My Notication....................................................................................................................iii
Feedback..................................................................................................................................................... iii
Summary of changes..............................................................................................v
Figures................................................................................................................. xi
Tables................................................................................................................xvii
Safety and environmental notices ........................................................................xx
Danger and Caution notices....................................................................................................................... xx
Possible safety hazards............................................................................................................................ xxv
Class I laser product.................................................................................................................................xxv
Acclimation.............................................................................................................................................. xxvi
Performing the safety inspection procedure.......................................................................................... xxvi
Rack safety...............................................................................................................................................xxvi
Power Cords..............................................................................................................................................xxx
Preface.............................................................................................................xxxi
Chapter1.Overview.............................................................................................. 1
Introduction................................................................................................................................................. 1
Structure and supported library congurations..........................................................................................2
Differences between 21U and 48U libraries..........................................................................................3
Components............................................................................................................................................5
Numbering scheme overview.................................................................................................................9
User interfaces...........................................................................................................................................10
Supported tape drives............................................................................................................................... 10
Control path drives...............................................................................................................................13
Mixed drives..........................................................................................................................................13
Drive sled back panels......................................................................................................................... 14
Physical and logical addresses of drives............................................................................................. 17
Drive features.............................................................................................................................................17
Media optimization...............................................................................................................................17
Recommended access order (RAO) open function ............................................................................ 18
Archive mode unthread........................................................................................................................18
Speed matching....................................................................................................................................18
Channel calibration.............................................................................................................................. 20
Data cartridge capacity scaling............................................................................................................20
Power management............................................................................................................................. 20
Encryption.............................................................................................................................................20
Supported tape cartridges.........................................................................................................................20
Library functions........................................................................................................................................ 23
Encryption.............................................................................................................................................23
Library sharing......................................................................................................................................23
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