A SAS cable or Fibre Channel cable is required to attach a tape drive in the TS3100 or TS3200 Tape Library
to a host. One cable is required per one drive. The following table lists supported cable options.
Table 5. Cable options
Description
Part
number
Feature
code
Maximum qty
per one
TS3100 /
TS3200
SAS connectivity cables - Mini-SAS (SFF-8088 host) to Mini-SAS (SFF-8088 tape)
Mini-SAS/Mini-SAS 4x Interposer
00NA077
AS0Y
1 / 1**
2 m Mini-SAS/Mini-SAS 1x Cable (host SFF-8088 to target SFF-8088)
00NA009
AS0Z
2 / 4
Mini-SAS to Mini-SAS Cable (5.5 m)
00NV418
AS11
2 / 4
SAS connectivity cables - Mini-SAS HD (SFF-8644 host) to Mini-SAS (SFF-8088 tape)
HD-SAS Cable to Mini-SAS (4 m)
00NV419
AS10
2 / 4
Y SAS HD to Mini-SAS Cable (3 m)
00NV420
AS12
1 / 2*
Fibre Channel connectivity cables
13 m LC-LC Fibre Cable
00NA085
AS1A
2 / 4
25 m LC-LC Fibre Cable
00NA087
6025
2 / 4
** The interposer is used on the host side to connect up to four SAS tape drives to a single Mini-SAS x4 port on a SAS HBA
with up to four 2 m Mini-SAS to Mini-SAS cables (part number 00NA009). 5.5 m Mini-SAS to Mini-SAS cables (part number
00NV418) are not supported with the interposer.
* The Y SAS HD cable is used to connect up to two SAS tape drives to a single Mini-SAS HD x4 port on a SAS HBA.
Tape media
LTO Ultrium tape drives support the following backward compatibility for previous generations of tape
media:
LTO Ultrium 7 tape drives can read and write LTO Ultrium 7 and Ultrium 6 data cartridges, and can
read Ultrium 5 data cartridges.
LTO Ultrium 6 tape drives can read and write LTO Ultrium 6 and Ultrium 5 data cartridges, and can
read Ultrium 4 data cartridges.
LTO Ultrium 5 tape drives can read and write LTO Ultrium 5 and Ultrium 4 data cartridges, and can
read Ultrium 3 data cartridges.
The TS3100 supports up to 24 data cartridges and comes standard with two removable tape magazine with
12 cartridge slots each. The TS3200 supports up to 48 data cartridges and comes standard with four
removable tape magazines with 12 cartridge slots each. More removable tape magazines can be ordered
with the TS3100 or TS3200, if needed.
IBM TS3100 and TS3200 Tape Libraries for Lenovo
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