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Contents
Homologation statement . . . . . . . iii
Figures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Send us your feedback . . . . . . . . xi
Safety and environmental notices . . . xiii
Safety notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
Environmental notices . . . . . . . . . . xiv
Publication description. . . . . . . . xv
Who should read this book . . . . . . . . . xv
Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv
Related information . . . . . . . . . . . xv
Publications about the TS4500 tape library . . . xv
IBM i, System i, and i5/OS source . . . . . xvi
IBM Power Systems and System p source . . . xvi
IBM System z source . . . . . . . . . . xvi
Authorized suppliers of bar code labels. . . . xvi
Data storage values . . . . . . . . . . . xvii
Chapter 1. Overview . . . . . . . . . 1
Introduction to the IBM TS4500 tape library . . . . 1
Structure of the TS4500 tape library. . . . . . . 5
High-density technology . . . . . . . . . 7
Top rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Dual accessors and integrated Service Bays . . . 9
Components of the TS4500 tape library . . . . 11
Supported tape drives . . . . . . . . . . . 18
LTO tape drives . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
3592 tape drives . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Physical and logical addresses of drives . . . . 24
Control path drives. . . . . . . . . . . 25
Methods of cleaning drives . . . . . . . . 25
Supported tape cartridges . . . . . . . . . 26
Automatic media verification . . . . . . . . 27
Elastic capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
TS7700 backend switch support . . . . . . . 32
Mixed drives in frames . . . . . . . . . . 32
Mixed media in drives. . . . . . . . . . . 32
Mixed drives in a logical library . . . . . . . 35
Supported device drivers . . . . . . . . . . 36
Communication with TSLM . . . . . . . . 36
Compatible servers and software . . . . . . . 37
Attachment interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Fibre Channel interface . . . . . . . . . 38
Library sharing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Multipath architecture . . . . . . . . . . 42
Multiple logical libraries . . . . . . . . . 42
Multiple control paths . . . . . . . . . . 43
Advanced Library Management System . . . . . 44
Storage slot pooling . . . . . . . . . . 45
Transparent addition or removal of storage
capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Configuration of storage capacity without
disruption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Virtual I/O slots. . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Power structure of the TS4500 tape library . . . . 46
TS4500 frame control assembly (FCA) . . . . 46
Control path failover, data path failover, and load
balancing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Library Control Card failover . . . . . . . . 48
SNMP configuration query . . . . . . . . . 49
VOLSER ranges . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Increasing capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Intermediate and Base Capacity on Demand . . 50
High-Density Capacity on Demand . . . . . 50
TS4500 command-line interface . . . . . . . . 51
Remote support . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Remote support through a system console . . . 52
Remote support security . . . . . . . . . 54
Alerts and logging . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
TapeAlert support . . . . . . . . . . . 58
SNMP messaging . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Secure Socket Layer (SSL) functions . . . . . . 61
Remote authentication . . . . . . . . . . . 61
IPv6 functionality . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
IPv4 and IPv6 address formats . . . . . . . 62
Drive performance . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Library performance . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Inventory times . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Mount performance . . . . . . . . . . 69
Chapter 2. Planning . . . . . . . . . 71
Height and length of the frames of the library . . . 71
Frame model physical specifications . . . . . . 71
Physical specifications for Models L25 and D25
Physical specifications for Models L55 and D55
Physical specifications for Model S25 . . . . . 73
Physical specifications for Model S55 . . . . . 73
Library placement . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Floor requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Delivery route . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Move restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Additional library grounding (bonding) . . . . . 77
Clearance specifications for the library . . . . . 77
Cable routing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Network connections . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Web cameras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Fire suppression . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Environmental specifications . . . . . . . . 86
Acoustical specifications . . . . . . . . . . 87
Acoustical specifications for models L25, D25,
L55, and D55 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Air Flow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Powering the components within the frame . . . 89
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