IBM 3576-L5B TS3310 Tape Library

Model abstract 3576-L5B

The IBM 3576 System Storage TS3310 Tape Library Model L5B is a 5U base library unit which contains the library control module, fixed tape cartridge storage of 35 slots with the M2 Picker, a configurable I/O station of 6 slots, a touch screen display, cartridge handling robotics, and up to two LTO Ultrium tape drives. The library comes standard with enablement allowing access to one half of the total storage slots of the first Model E9U Expansion Module for future expansion of the TS3310 Tape Library.

The TS3310 Tape Library combines IBM tape automation, reliability, and scalability at open systems prices. Features include:

• A space-efficient design with modular, stackable growth expansion to 41U
• Improved Ultrium 8 tape drive data transfer rate, delivering up to 360 MB/sec native as compared to Linear Tape-Open (LTO) Ultrium 7 at 300 MB/sec native
• Support for LTO Generation 8 media specification tape cartridge compressed capacity of up to 30 TB with 2.5 to 1 compression
• 8 Gbps native switched fabric Fibre Channel attachment Ultrium 8 Tape Drives
• Support for two encryption management methods: Application Managed and Library Managed;Library Managed Encryption management is available through theLTO Library Managed Encryption feature
• Support for media partitioning and self-describing tape
• Support for mixed generations of Ultrium tape drives and media
• Adherence to LTO Generation 8 media specification
• Support for Ethernet connections between the library and each LTO Ultrium 5 or newer tape drive for reducing the time required to obtain logs and update drive firmware
• Optional path failover for control and data paths
• Rack-mount option
• Capacity on Demand expansion units
• Dual power (additional power supply)
• Support for IBM TS3310 command-line interface (CLI) program
• Support for IBM Tape System Reporter (TSR) application