IBM United States Hardware Announcement 115-132
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logical library its own separate and distinct drives, storage slots, and control paths.
You can partition the library into as many logical libraries as there are drives in the
library. Each logical library must contain at least one drive.
Note:
This type of partitioning is designed to allow heterogeneous applications to
share the library robotics independent of each other. Cartridges under library control
are not shared between logical libraries, nor allowed to be moved between logical
libraries. An example of heterogeneous sharing is a Microsoft Windows application
using the drive and storage slots of one logical library while a UNIX
TM
application
uses the drive and slots of another logical library.
Product preview
IBM intends to introduce IBM Spectrum Archive
TM
Single Drive Edition and Spectrum
Archive Library Edition support for LTO Ultrium 7 tape drives in the fourth quarter of
2015.
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Product number
Description
Machine type
Model
Feature number
Ultrium 7 Fibre
Channel Drive
3573
L2U, L4U
8444
Ultrium 7 Half-
High SAS Drive
3573
L2U, L4U
8447
Ultrium 7 Half-
High Fibre Channel
Drive
3573
L2U, L4U
8448
Business Partner information
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Publications
The following publications are available.
Title
Order number
IBM TS3100/TS3200 Tape Library Setup,
Operator, and Service Guide
GA32-0545
IBM TS3100/TS3200 Tape Library Getting
Started Guide
GA32-0548
The publication listed above and the following publications are also available at
http://www.ibm.com/storage/tape/lto
The device driver publications are also available at