TS3500 Tape Library

Characteristics
Frame definition	L23 base frame for TS1130, TS1120 or 3592, D23 drive capable expansion frame for TS1130, TS1120 or 3592, S24 storage only expansion frame for 3592 cartridges L53 base frame for LTO, D53 drive capable expansion frame for LTO, S54 storage only expansion frame for LTO cartridges HA1 High Availability service bay frame for use with the dual accessor feature
Tape drive types	TS1130, TS1120 or 3592 tape drives or IBM LTO Ultrium® 5, 4, 3, 2, or 1 Tape Drives
Number of frames	One base frame, up to 15 expansion frames The TS3500 Model HA1 installation provides one of the two additional frames required as service bays in a dual accessor library
Number of drives	Up to 12 per frame (up to 192 per library)
Number of tape cartridges	L23 up to 260; D23 up to 400; S24 up to 1,000; Total supported: 15,000 L53 up to 287; D53 up to 440; S54 up to 1,320; Total supported: 20,000
Number of Input/Output slots	Up to 224 (16 I/O slots standard)
Number of logical libraries	Maximum of 192 (up to number of drives installed)
Number of 3953 Systems	Maximum of four per TS3500 subsystem
Number of TS7700 Virtualization Engine	Maximum of eight per TS3500 subsystem
Capacity¹	IBM Ultrium 5 Cartridges: up to 30 PB (up to 60 PB with 2:1 compression) 3592 extended capacity cartridges: up to 15 PB (45 PB with 3:1 compression))
Media type	L23/D23/S24: IBM 3592 JA/JJ/JB and JW/JR/JX Write Once Read Many (WORM) cartridges L53/D53/S54: IBM LTO Ultrium 5, 4, 3, 2 ,1 Cartridges
Dimensions (all frames)	70.9"H x 30.8"W x 47.7"D (1,800 mm x 782 mm x 1,212 mm)
Max. weight	L23 1,079 lb (490 kg); D23 994 lb (451 kg), S24 1,160 lb (526 kg) L53 1,061 lb (481 kg); D53 970 lb (440 kg), S54 1,240 lb (563 kg)
Warranty	One Year; IBM On-site Repair (IOR)
Operating environment
Temperature	16 to 32 C (61 to 90 F)
Relative humidity	20% to 80% (non-condensing)
Wet bulb maximum	23.0 C (73.4 F)
Electrical power	8.0 amps at 200 240 VAC; 1.6 kVA
Attachment and systems support	The TS3500 tape library can attach to IBM Power Systems, System p, System i, and System x servers and non-IBM servers, workstations. Attach to System z can be made via the IBM 3953 Tape System (3953 tape system) or the IBM Virtualization Engine TS7740.
Operating systems support	Device driver support is available for IBM AIX; IBM OS/400; IBM i; Windows 2000; Windows Server 2003; Linux; Sun Solaris; and HP-UX
Characteristics
Frame	3953 Model F05 + feature code 5505base frame for the 3953 tape system, consisting of the mechanical frame, power and cabling infrastructure to support the library manager(s) and a single TS1120 tape controller Up to 5 additional F05s can be configured as expansion frames, each capable of supporting up to three TS1120 tape controllers
Library Manager	3953 Model L05 single library manager. Maximum of two (redundancy only) per 3953 tape system
Number of frames	Six total: One base frame, and up to five expansion frames
TSSC	One per 3953 tape system
TS7700 Virtualization Engine support	Maximum of two TS7700s per 3953 tape system, maximum of eight per TS3500 tape library
TS1120 Tape Controller support	Maximum of 14 with two TS7700s, up to 16 with 0 TS7700s
TSSC capability	Yes, required
Dimensions (all frames)	71"H x 43.4"W x 25.4"D (1,804 mm x 1,102 mm x 644 mm)
Weight	3953 Model F05 620.4 lb (282 kg)
Warranty	One Year; IBM On-site Repair (IOR)
Operating environment
Temperature	16 to 32 C (61 to 90 F)
Relative humidity	20% to 80% (non-condensing)
Wet bulb maximum	23.0 C (73.4 F)
Electrical power	8.0 amps at 200 240 VAC; 1.5 kVA
Attachment and systems support	The 3953 tape system enables the TS1130, TS1120 and 3592 J1A tape drives within the TS3500 tape library to attach to System z hosts or the TS7700 Virtualization Engine
Operating systems support	IBM z/OS

¹ Capacity depends on drives installed, number and type of cartridges used, and compression ratio achieved. Listed capacity is physical. Usable capacity may be less.

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