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3590 B11
B1A
(cont.)
3590 11 and B1A TotalStorage Enterprise Tape Drive, continued
Minimum operating system level to support #2749 attachment: OS/400 V4R5
Minimum operating system level to support #6501 attachment: OS/400 V3R1
Minimum operating system level to support #6534 or #2729 attachment: OS/400 V4R1
3590-B1A attaches to all iSeries or AS/400e models that support #6501 Tape/Disk Device Controller,
#6534 Magnetic Media Controller or #2729 on AS/400e models, or #2749 on iSeries servers.
The following features are required for each iSeries or AS/400 attached:
#5112 12.0 m (39-ft) SCSI Cable
#5118 18.0 m (59-ft) SCSI Cable
#5125 25.0 m (82-ft) SCSI Cable
#5145 45.0 m (150-ft) SCSI Cable
#9400 AS/400 Attach Specify
#9410 Interposer for #6501
Minimum operating system level to support #2749 attachment: OS/400 V4R5
Minimum operating system level to support #6501 attachment: OS/400 V3R1
Minimum operating system level to support #6534 or #2729 attachment: OS/400 V4R1
For detailed operating system and server support, see:
http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/storage/tape/compatibility/pdf/3590opn.pdf
3590 E11
E1A
#5145
#5112
#5118
#5125
#9410
#5805
#5813
#5825
#5861
#5907
#5913
#5922
#5961
IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Tape Drive
Also known as the 3590 High Performance Tape Subsystem, the IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Tape
Drive Models E11 and E1A are ½-inch cartridge rack mountable tape drives that provide up to 34 MB
per second sustained data rate on Ultra SCSI interface or 42 fibre, and up to 20 GB capacity per
cartridge (up to 60 GB when compressed). With Extended Media Support and Extended High
Performance Media capacity is up to 40 GB per cartridge (up to 120 GB when compressed).
A 10-cartridge random access ACF provides data capacity up to 1.8 TB unattended (not on the E1A
models). With SCSI, the 3590-E11 or E1A can simultaneously attach to any combination of two iSeries,
AS/400e, pSeries, and RS/6000 systems. The E1A is supported in the 3494 Tape Library Dataserver
and the E11 can upgrade to the E1A or the H11.
Supported iSeries and AS/400e adapters:
#2729 PCI Magnetic Media Controller
#2749 PCI Ultra Magnetic Media Controller
#2765 PCI Fibre Channel Tape Controller, either direct attach or to SAN with a 3534-1RU SAN
Fibre Channel Managed Hub or 2109 or 3534-F08 switches in QuickLoop mode. Full switch
support is available with OS/400 V5R2.
#5704 PCI-X Fibre Channel Tape Controller
#6501 Tape/Disk Device Controller (#9410 Interposer is required)
#6534 Magnetic Media Controller
The 3590 fibre drive port requires an SC connection. The #2765 and #5704 require an LC connection.
Connections on the switches and SAN components between the drive and the iSeries can be either SC
or LC.
Cable features:
4.5 m (15-ft) SCSI cable Maximum: Two. This is the minimum length SCSI cable required to connect a
3590 Model E11 or an E1A to a SCSI port on a host system.
12.0 m (39-ft) SCSI cable Maximum: Two
18.0 m (59-ft) SCSI cable Maximum: Two
25.0 m (82-ft) SCSI cable Maximum: Two
Interposer for AS/400 (#6501 attachment only)
5 m SC/SC Fibre Cable Maximum: Two
13 m SC/SC Fibre Cable Maximum: Two
25 m SC/SC Fibre Cable Maximum: Two
61 m SC/SC Fibre Cable Maximum: Two
7 m LC/SC Fibre Cable Maximum: Two
13 m LC/SC Fibre Cable Maximum: Two
22 m LC/SC Fibre Cable Maximum: Two
61 m LC/SC Fibre Cable Maximum: Two
4x0, 5x0,
6x0, Sx0,
720, 730,
740, 170,
250, 270,
SB2,
SB3, 820,
830, 840
Machine Description 9406
models
