IBM 3494-D12 TotalStorage Enterprise Tape Drive Expansion Frame
© IBM Corporation 2002
IBM U.S. Product Life Cycle Dates
Type Model / Announced / Available / Marketing Withdrawn / Service Discontinued / Replaced By3494-D12 / 1995/04/10 / 1995/09/28 / - / - / -
Abstract
The IBM TotalStorage (TM) Enterprise Automated Tape Library 3494 is a tape cartridge library designed to provide high availability to customer data in both S/390 and Open Systems environments. Its affordable, modular design allows the 3494 to grow as your business grows. Flexible configuration choices start at a single frame with up to two tape drives and up to 240 tape cartridges. Optional drive, storage, and Virtual Tape Server units may be added as needed, to create an automated tape library with up to 76 physical tape drives, 512 virtual tape drives, or up to 6,240 tape cartridges. Choices in tape drives for the 3494 can be either the IBM 3490E or the high-capacity, high-performance designed IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Tape Drive 3590, or a mix of both. The 3494 supports a variety of IBM and Open Systems hosts including IBM eServer zSeries, S/390*, IBM eServer pSeries, RS/6000*, IBM eServer iSeries, AS/400*, Sun**, HP**, and Intel-compatible servers running Microsoft Windows NT** and Windows 2000**. Also available are unique optional models such as the IBM TotalStorage Enterprise High Availability Tape Frames (HA1 Frames) and the IBM TotalStorage Virtual Tape Server (VTS). The HA1 Frames provide a second tape cartridge accessory and library manager for higher library availability and performance. The VTS is designed to combine the speed of disk, the advantages of virtual tape drives, the capacity and reliability of IBM 3590 tape technology, and the automation of the 3494 to create an industry-leading self-contained hierarchical storage management subsystem. All this, in addition to remote console support, Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) reporting capabilities, multi-host attachment, and modular design, assist in making the 3494 flexible, easy to use, and well suited for automated tape library solutions.
Model Abstract 3494-D12
The IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Tape Drive Expansion Frame Model D12 for the Enterprise Tape Library 3494 supports the 3590 Model H1A, E1A, or B1A Tape Drive and is designed to grow as your storage and tape drive needs grow. The base configuration of no tape drive unit and 400 tape cartridge storage cells can be expanded with up to a total of six tape drive units and 250 tape storage cells.
The Model D12 must be attached to an IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Tape Library Base Frame Model L10, L12, or L14. The Model D12 Frame with three, four, five or six 3590 Tape Drives can be integrated with a VTS to provide an ESCON-attached hierarchical storage management system.
Highlights
· Modular, expandable, automated tape libraries with a low entry price providing an automated tape solution to a variety of system environments and capacities
· Provides a solution for automating tape operations such as save/restore, migration of data between direct access storage devices (DASD) and tape, and other mass data applications
Model Highlights 3494-D12
· Supports up to six IBM Magstar 3590 Tape Subsystems
· Cartridge capacity 250 to 400
· Attachable to Model L10, L12 or L14
· Can be integrated with a VTS to provide a hierarchical storage management system.
Description
The Enterprise Tape Library 3494 is a cost-effective, highly reliable, and space-efficient tape automation solution for a variety of user environments. The 3494 can be shared across multiple host systems such as S/390, AS/400, RS/6000, and others. It is a modular system that contains a cartridge accessor, a library manager, and storage cells for tape cartridges. The 3494 supports the IBM 3490E Model C1A, C2A, and F1A Tape Drives, the 3590 Model H1A, E1A, and B1A Tape Drives the 3590 Model A00, A50, and A60 Controllers, and can include the 3494 VTS Model B16. A Model B10, B18, or B20 VTS can be externally attached to the 3494. The VTSs are cost/performance solutions to provide attached host systems a hierarchical storage management system and exploit the capacity and performance of attached Magstar 3590 Tape Drives. The Model HA1 Frames provides a second accessor and library manager for high availability and improved performance. The 3494 provides a cost-effective solution for automating tape operations such as save/restore, migration of data between disk and tape, and other mass data applications. Cost savings result from high performance and reduced requirements in tape drives, cartridges, floor space, power, and personnel.
Model Description 3494-D12
The Tape Drive Expansion Frame Model D12 is a single frame that contains up to six 3590 Model H1A, E1A, or B1A Tape Drives and storage cells for 1/2" tape cartridges. When integrated with a VTS, the Model D12 must contain a minimum of three Magstar 3590 Tape Drives. The cartridge capacity is determined by the number of drive units installed. With no tape drive units installed the cartridge storage capacity is 400. With one or two drive units installed the cartridge storage capacity is 335, with three or four drive units installed the cartridge storage capacity is 290, and with five or six drive units installed the cartridge storage capacity is 250.
Investment Protection
The Model D12 offers granularity and flexibility by simply adding tape transports as your requirements change. Up to six 3590 Model H1A, E1A, or B1A Tape Drives can be installed in one Model D12. As your need for additional drives in the 3494 increases, up to fifteen Model D12 Tape Drive Expansion Frames may be added to the library configuration.
System Management
The Model D12 is part of a tape automation solution to satisfy a wide range of system management requirements. Benefits include: improved accuracy/security in tape handling, automated data migration/management, potential for reducing DASD growth, enables new applications, reduces access time to data, reduces or may eliminate operator labor and the potential for floor space reduction. These benefits should result in increased system availability, improved system reliability, and reduced overall system management cost.
Business Solutions
The Model D12 is part of a solution that significantly reduces tape handling, resulting in reduced operations cost and improved data accuracy and security. Automated save/restore and data migration reduces access time to data and increases system utilization.
Model
Model Summary Matrix
Cartridge Flexible Technology
Model Capacity Growth Supported
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D12 400 0 drives 3590 H1A, E1A, or B1A
335 1 to 2 drives
290 3 to 4 drives
250 5 to 6 drives
Maximum
A single Model D12 can support up to six Magstar 3590 Model B1A or E1A Tape Drives. When integrated with a VTS, the Model D12 must contain a minimum of three Magstar 3590 Tape Drives.
Customer Setup (CSU)
No.
Devices Supported
None.
Model Conversions
· Model D10 to Model D12
· Model D12 to Model D14
· Model D14 to Model D12
Technical Description
The Model D12 consists of six compartments, each capable of holding one 3590 Tape Drive, and storage cells for one-half inch tape cartridges. The six compartments are arranged in three rows, each row containing two compartments. One 3590 can be installed in each compartment and are filled starting with the bottom left and ending with the top right. The bottom row contains drives 1 and 2, center row drives 3 and 4, top row will contain drives 5 and 6.
The quantity of storage cells is determined by the quantity of 3590s installed. With no tape drive units installed the cartridge storage capacity is 400. With one or two drive units installed the cartridge storage capacity is 335, with three or four drive units installed the cartridge storage capacity is 290, and with five or six drive units installed the cartridge storage capacity is 250.
When integrated with a VTS, the Model D12 must contain a minimum of three Magstar 3590 Tape Drives.
With Adjacent Frame Support, the Magstar 3590 Tape Drives in a Model D12 can be attached to a 3590 Model A60 Controller in an adjacent Model D14. This allows the Model A60 to attach up to ten 3590 drives in a 3494. This support is available for both SCSI-attached and Fibre-channel attached tape drives.
Physical Specifications
Model D12
· Width: 750 mm (29.3 inches)
· Depth: 1.525 M (60.04 inches)
· Height: 1.8 M (70.9 inches)
· Weight: 320 kg (704 lb) Without drives and cartridges
· Weight: 592 kg 1,303 lb) With six drives and cartridges
Operating Environment
· Temperature: 10.0 to 37.8C (50 to 100F)
· Relative Humidity: 20 to 80 percent
· Wet Bulb Temperature: 23.0 C (73.4F)
· Caloric Value: 6,800 BTU/Hour
· Electrical Power:
o KVA per six drives = 2.0 kVA
· Capacity of Exhaust per drive unit: Cubic meter/min. 16.90
· Noise Level: Operating 6.8B, Idle 6.5B
Limitations
Up to fifteen Model D12s can be attached to a Model L10, L12, or L14. When integrated with a Model B16 VTS, the Model D12 must be attached adjacent to the Model B16 VTS. If more than eight frames are attached to a 3494, one drive frame (Model D10, D12, or D14 or feature number 5300, 5302, or 5304) must be located in the first eight frames.
With Adjacent Frame Support, all the Magstar 3590 Tape Drives in the Model D12 must be attached to a 3590 Model A60 Controller in an adjacent Model D14.
Hardware Requirements
The Model D12 Tape Drive Expansion Frame must be attached to a Tape Library Base Frame Model L10, L12,or L14. Each Magstar 3590 Tape Drive installed in a Model D12 utilizes one tape control unit connection of the attached Model L1x except when these drives are attached to a VTS or a 3590 Model A60 using Adjacent Frame Support.
Magstar 3590 Tape Drives in a Model D12, L12, or L14 frame can be attached to a 3590 Model A60 in an adjacent Model D14. Support for up to ten 3590 Tape Drives attached to a 3590 Model A60 is allowed as follows:
SCSI-Attached Tape Drives
· Model D14:
o There must be four 3590 Tape Drives in the Model D14
o Feature #4060 (Adjacent Frame Support) must be specified on new Model D14 orders or on an MES for an existing Model D14
· Model D12, L12, or L14:
o There can be up to two drives in an adjacent Model L12 or L14
o There can be up to six drives in an adjacent Model D12
o Feature #9062 (Adjacent Frame Drives - Plant) must be specified on a new Model D12 or L12 order or an MES feature #4062 (Adjacent Frame Drives - Field) must be ordered on the existing adjacent Model D12, L12, or L14
Note: Any 3590 controller in a Model L14 is no longer usable when feature #4062 is installed.
Fibre-Channel Attached Tape Drives
· Model D14:
o There must be four 3590 Tape Drives in the Model D14
o Feature #3464 (Fibre Drive Attached Model A60) must be specified on new Model D14 orders or on an MES for an existing Model D14 when the Fibre Drive Attachment feature (#3463) is installed on the contained 3590 Model A60 Controller
o Feature #3474 (LC Fibre Drive Attached Model A60) must be specified on new Model D14 orders or on an MES for an existing Model D14 when the LC Fibre Drive Attachment feature (#3473) is installed on the contained 3590 Model A60 Controller
· Model D12 or L12:
o There can be up to two drives in an adjacent Model L12
o There can be up to six drives in an adjacent Model D12
o Feature #4064 (Adjacent Frame Fibre) must be specified on a new or MES Model D12 or L12 when the Fibre Drive Attached Model A60 feature (#3464) is installed on the adjacent Model D14
o Feature #4074 (LC Adjacent Frame Fibre) must be specified on a new or MES Model D12 or L12 when the LC Fibre Drive Attached Model A60 feature (#3474) is installed on the adjacent Model D14
Note: 3590 Tape Drives with the Fibre Channel Attachment feature cannot be installed in a Model L14 (a model conversion is available to convert a Model L14 to a Model L12).
When integrated with a Model B18 VTS, features #9010 and #5233 must be specified on that Model D12 and it must contain three, four, five or six Magstar 3590 Tape Drives. These features provide the proper cables from the tape drives in that Model D12 to the feature #5233 SCSI Extender, and feature #5234 on the Model B18 VTS provides the SCSI cable from the SCSI Extender to the externally-attached Model B18 VTS. Attachment of more than six 3590 Tape Drives, up to a maximum of 12, in two Model D12s, requires the Additional Drives Support feature (#9011) on one Model D12 (or the Model L10, L12, or L14 if using the Drive Unit for the Model B18 VTS feature #5502) and the Attach Additional Drives feature (#9012) on the other Model D12. The Model B18 VTS must have the Additional VTS Drives feature (#5237) installed.
When integrated with a Model B10 VTS, features #9010 and #5233 must be specified on that Model D12 and it must contain four, five or six Magstar 3590 Tape Drives. When integrated with a Model B20 VTS, features #9010 and #5233 must be specified on that Model D12 and it must contain six Magstar 3590 Tape Drives. These features provide the proper cables from the tape drives in that Model D12 to the feature #5233 SCSI Extender, and feature #5235 on the Model B10 or B20 VTS provides the SCSI cable from the SCSI Extender to the externally-attached Model B10 or B20 VTS. Attachment of more than six 3590 Tape Drives, up to a maximum of 12, in two Model D12s, requires the Additional Drives Support feature (#9011) on each Model D12 (or the Model L10, L12, or L14 if using the Drive Unit for the Model B18 VTS feature #5502) and a second feature #5235 on the VTS.