IBM TS3500 with ALMS: Introduction and Planning Guide

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IBM TS3500
with ALMS
Introduction and Planning Guide
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Contents
Homologation statement . . . . . . . iii FICONandESCONinterfaces . . . . . . . 32
Mixingdrivesinframes . . . . . . . . . . 34
Figures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix Mixingdrivesinalogicallibrary . . . . . . . 35
Mixingmediaindrives . . . . . . . . . . 37
Multipatharchitecture. . . . . . . . . . . 40
Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
Librarysharing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Usingmultiplelogicallibraries. . . . . . . 43
Read this first . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
Multiplecontrolpaths. . . . . . . . . . 44
What'snewinthisedition(October2014) . . . . xiii AdvancedLibraryManagementSystem . . . . . 45
Eighthedition(October2012) . . . . . . . . xiii Dynamicpartitioning . . . . . . . . . . 46
Seventhedition(June2011). . . . . . . . . xiii Transparentadditionorremovalofstorage
Sixthedition(June2010). . . . . . . . . . xiii capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Fifthedition(March2010) . . . . . . . . . xiv Configurationofstoragecapacitywithout
Fourthedition(September2009) . . . . . . . xiv disruption. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Thirdedition(December2008). . . . . . . . xiv VirtualI/Oslots. . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Secondedition(November2008) . . . . . . . xiv Cartridgeassignmentpolicy. . . . . . . . . 48
Firstedition(September2008) . . . . . . . . xiv Insertnotificationsetting . . . . . . . . . . 50
Sendusyourfeedback . . . . . . . . . . xv PowerstructureoftheTS3500tapelibrary . . . . 50
Framecontrolassemblyanddualacpower. . . 51
Safety and environmental notices . . xvii Enhancedframecontrolassembly . . . . . . 51
Safetynotices . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii Controlpathfailover,datapathfailover,andload
Environmentalnotices . . . . . . . . . . xviii balancing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Lasersafetyandcompliance . . . . . . . . xviii ExpandedI/Ocapacity . . . . . . . . . . 53
ClassIIlaserproduct . . . . . . . . . xviii Increasingcapacity . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
ClassIlaserproduct . . . . . . . . . . xix CapacityexpansionfeatureforModelL32 . . . 55
Intermediate,Full,andCapacityOnDemand
About this publication. . . . . . . . xxi featuresforModelsL22,L23,L52,andL53. . . 55
HighDensityCapacityOnDemand . . . . . 56
Whoshouldreadthisbook. . . . . . . . . xxi
Webinterface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Terminologyusedinthisbook. . . . . . . . xxi
TS3500TapeLibraryCommandLineInterface. . . 57
Relatedinformation . . . . . . . . . . . xxi
IBMTapeSystemReporter . . . . . . . . . 57
PublicationsabouttheTS3500tapelibrary. . . xxi
Remotesupport . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
IBMi,Systemi,andi5/OSsource . . . . . xxii
Remotesupportthroughamodem . . . . . 59
IBMPowerSystemsandSystempsource. . . xxii
Remotesupportthroughasystemconsole . . . 60
IBMSystemzsource. . . . . . . . . . xxii
Remotesupportsecurity . . . . . . . . . 63
Othersources . . . . . . . . . . . . xxii
Methodsofcleaningdrives . . . . . . . . . 70
Authorizedsuppliersofbarcodelabels . . . xxiii
TapeAlertsupport . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Datastoragevalues . . . . . . . . . . . xxiv
SNMPmessaging . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
SNMPauditlogging . . . . . . . . . . 72
Chapter 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . 1
SMI-Ssupport . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 SecureSocketLayer(SSL)functionality . . . . . 75
Structureofthelibrary . . . . . . . . . . . 3 StorageAuthenticationService . . . . . . . . 75
Dualaccessorsandservicebays . . . . . . . 7 IPv6functionality . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
High-densitytechnology . . . . . . . . . 9 IPv4andIPv6addressformats . . . . . . . 77
Componentsofthelibrary . . . . . . . . 12 Driveperformance . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Structureoftheshuttlecomplex . . . . . . . 15 Libraryperformance . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Supportedtapedrives. . . . . . . . . . . 17 Inventorytimes . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
LTOUltriumtapedrives . . . . . . . . . 18 Mountperformanceandcartridgemovetime . . 88
3592tapedrives. . . . . . . . . . . . 20 ImportandexportperformancewithvirtualI/O
Supportedtapecartridges . . . . . . . . . 26 slots. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Compatibleserversandsoftware . . . . . . . 27 HDframeperformanceconsiderations . . . . 91
Supporteddevicedrivers. . . . . . . . . . 29 Shuttlecomplexperformanceconsiderations . . 92
CommunicationwithTSLM . . . . . . . . 29
Attachmentinterfaces . . . . . . . . . . . 30
FibreChannelinterface . . . . . . . . . 31
SmallComputerSystemInterface . . . . . . 31
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Chapter 2. Physical planning WORMfunctionalityforLTOtapedrivesand
specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . 93 media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
LTOdatacartridge . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Heightandlengthoftheframesofthelibrary. . . 93
LTOcleaningcartridge . . . . . . . . . . 153
Libraryplacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
LTOdiagnosticcartridge . . . . . . . . . 154
PhysicalspecificationsforModelsL22andD22 . . 94
LTObarcodelabel . . . . . . . . . . . 155
PhysicalspecificationsforModelsL23andD23 . . 95
GuidelinesforusingLTObarcodelabels . . . 156
PhysicalspecificationsforModelsL32andD32 . . 96
Settingthewrite-protectswitchonanLTOtape
PhysicalspecificationsforModelsL52andD52 . . 97
cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
PhysicalspecificationsforModelsL53andD53 . . 98
HandlingLTOtapecartridges. . . . . . . . 158
PhysicalspecificationsforHA1Frame . . . . . 99
ProvidetrainingforusingLTOtapecartridges 158
PhysicalspecificationsforModelS24 . . . . . 100
EnsureproperpackagingofLTOtapecartridges 159
PhysicalspecificationsforModelS54 . . . . . 101
Provideproperacclimationandenvironmental
Floorrequirements . . . . . . . . . . . 102
conditionsforLTOtapecartridges . . . . . 160
Deliveryroute . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
PerformathoroughinspectionofLTOtape
Deliveryandsubsequenttransportationofthe
cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
HandletheLTOtapecartridgecarefully . . . 161
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
ExamplesofproblemswithLTOtapecartridges 162
Moverestraints. . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Repositioningorreattachingaleaderpininan
Clearancespecificationsforthelibrary . . . . . 105
LTOtapecartridge . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Clearancespecificationsformodelsofthe
RepositioningaleaderpininanLTOtape
Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Clearancespecificationsfortheshuttlecomplex 109
ReattachingaleaderpininanLTOtape
RoutingFibreChannelcablesthroughthetopofa
cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
EnvironmentalandshippingspecificationsforLTO
Routingcablesthroughthetopforinstallationson
tapecartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
asolidfloor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
DisposingofLTOtapecartridges. . . . . . . 171
Mountingawebcamera. . . . . . . . . . 113
OrderingadditionalLTOcartridgesandmedia
Firesuppressionforthelibrary . . . . . . . 115
supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
FiresuppressionforModelsL32andD32 . . . 116
OrderingbarcodelabelsforLTOtapecartridges 175
Firesuppressionforallothermodels . . . . 116
Attachmentofcables,wiring,andpipes
Chapter 5. Using 3592 tape drive
betweenframes. . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Environmentalspecifications . . . . . . . . 119 media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Acousticalspecifications. . . . . . . . . . 120 Overviewof3592tapedrivemedia . . . . . . 177
AcousticalspecificationsforModelsL32and WORMfunctionalityfor3592tapedrivesand
D32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
AcousticalspecificationsforModelsL22,D22, Capacityscalingandsegmentation . . . . . . 182
L52,andD52 . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 3592datacartridge . . . . . . . . . . . 183
AcousticalspecificationsforModelsL23,D23, Cartridgememoryin3592tapecartridges. . . 185
L53,andD53 . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 3592cleaningcartridge . . . . . . . . . . 186
Powerandcoolingrequirements . . . . . . . 122 3592diagnosticcartridge . . . . . . . . . 188
PowerandcoolingspecificationsforModels 3592barcodelabel . . . . . . . . . . . 189
L22,D22,L32,D32,L52,andD52 . . . . . 122 Guidelinesforusing3592barcodelabels . . . 190
PowerandcoolingspecificationsforModels GuidelinesforusingSilo-stylebarcodelabels 190
L23,D23,L53,andD53 . . . . . . . . . 123 Settingthewrite-protectswitchona3592cartridge 192
Powerrequirementsforframes . . . . . . 124 Handling3592tapecartridges. . . . . . . . 193
Powerrequirementsforremotesupportfeatures 127 Providetrainingforusing3592tapecartridges 193
PowercordsforModelsL32andD32 . . . . 128 Ensureproperpackagingof3592tapecartridges 193
PowercordsforModelsL22,D22,L52,andD52 131 Provideproperacclimationandenvironmental
PowercordsforModelsL23,D23,L53,andD53 132 conditionsfor3592tapecartridges . . . . . 194
Performathoroughinspectionof3592tape
Chapter 3. Standard features of the cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 Handlethe3592tapecartridgecarefully . . . 194
Repositioningaleaderpinina3592cartridge . . 195
Elementsinthelibrary . . . . . . . . . . 138
Environmentalandshippingspecificationsfor3592
Featurecodesforelementsinthelibrary . . . . 139
tapecartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Disposingof3592cartridges . . . . . . . . 198
Chapter 4. Using LTO tape drive
Cartridgequalityandlibrarymaintenance. . . . 198
media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Ordering3592mediasupplies. . . . . . . . 198
OverviewofLTOtapedrivemedia . . . . . . 149 Ordering3592mediasuppliesbyusingthe3599
tapemediamethod . . . . . . . . . . 199
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Ordering3592mediasuppliesbyusingpart Planningforapplication-managedencryption 223
numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Planningforsystem-managedencryption . . . 224
Orderingsuppliesforrepairs . . . . . . . 203 Planningforlibrary-managedencryption . . . 225
Ordering3592barcodelabels. . . . . . . 204 Configurationprerequisitesforencryption. . . . 225
Chapter 6. Using the Fibre Channel Accessibility. . . . . . . . . . . . 229
interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
OverviewofFibreChannelinterface. . . . . . 205 Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
PhysicalcharacteristicsoftheFibreChannel Homologation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205 Trademarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
CablesandspeedsofFibreChanneldrives . . . 206 Electronicemissionnotices . . . . . . . . . 234
Supportedtopologies. . . . . . . . . . . 207 FederalCommunicationsCommissionStatement 234
Two-nodeswitchedfabrictopology . . . . . 208 IndustryCanadaComplianceStatement . . . 234
Two-nodedirectconnectiontopology . . . . 209 EuropeanUnionElectromagneticCompatibility
FibreChanneladdressing . . . . . . . . . 209 Directive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
LUNassignments . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 People'sRepublicofChinaClassAStatement 236
UsingWorldWideNames . . . . . . . . . 212 TaiwanClassAStatement . . . . . . . . 236
UsingpersistentbindingtoensureSCSIID TaiwanContactInformation . . . . . . . 236
assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 JapanVoluntaryControlCouncilforInterference
Usingzoningtoisolatedevicesandenhance ClassAStatement. . . . . . . . . . . 237
security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 JapanElectronicsandInformationTechnology
Connectorsandadapters . . . . . . . . . 213 IndustriesAssociationStatement . . . . . . 237
ConnectingthelibrarytoIBMi,Systemi,and KoreanCommunicationsCommissionClassA
iSeries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214 Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
SharingdrivesonaStorageAreaNetwork . . . 215 RussiaElectromagneticInterferenceClassA
Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Chapter 7. Frame capacity. . . . . . 217
CapacityofModelL22,D22,L23,D23,andS24 Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
CapacityofModelL32andD32Frames . . . . 218 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
CapacityofModelL52,D52,L53,D53,andS54
Frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Chapter 8. Tape encryption overview 221
Managingencryption. . . . . . . . . . . 222
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Figures
1. Lasersafetycautionlabel. . . . . . . . xix 32. Typesofreceptaclesforpowercordsusedby
2. TheTS3500tapelibrary. . . . . . . . . 2 modelsL32andD32oftheTS3500tape
3. FramesintheIBMTS3500 . . . . . . . . 6 library. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
4. LocationofservicebaysintheTS3500tape 33. Typesofreceptaclesforpowercordsusedby
library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 ModelsL22,D22,L52,andD52oftheTS3500
5. CartridgeslotsintheservicebaysoftheTS3500 tapelibrary . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
tapelibrary . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 34. TypesofreceptaclesforModelsL23,D23,
6. TheHDframe(left)andtop-downviewofrow L53,andD53oftheTS3500tapelibrary. . . 134
inanHDframe(right) . . . . . . . . . 9 35. FC9989cablepositions . . . . . . . . 135
7. ComponentsoftheIBMTS3500. . . . . . 14 36. ElementsintheTS3500tapelibrary . . . . 138
8. TS3500tapelibraryshuttlecomplex . . . . 16 37. AnIBMLTOdatacartridgeforLTOtape
9. AttachingtheTS3500tapelibrarytothe drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Systemzserver(mainframehost) . . . . . 34 38. TheIBMLTOdatacartridge . . . . . . 152
10. ExamplesofmethodsformixingUltriumdrive 39. SamplebarcodelabelontheLTO5tape
typesinalogicallibrary . . . . . . . . 36 cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
11. Examplesofconfigurationsforsharingan 40. Settingthewrite-protectswitchonanLTO
TS3500tapelibrary . . . . . . . . . . 42 tapecartridge . . . . . . . . . . . 157
12. TapeSystemReporterdataflow. . . . . . 58 41. TapecartridgesinaTurtleCase . . . . . 159
13. Remotesupportsystemconsoleconnection 42. Double-boxingtapecartridgesforshipping 160
diagram. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 43. Gapincartridgeseam . . . . . . . . 161
14. Attachmentofthesystemconsoletothe 44. Leaderpinintheincorrectandcorrect
TS3500tapelibraryandthe3953tapesystem positionsinanLTOtapecartridge . . . . 164
forremotesupport . . . . . . . . . . 65 45. Placingthedislodgedleaderpinintothe
15. Externalcommunicationconnectionstothe correctposition . . . . . . . . . . . 165
TS3500tapelibrarycontrolsystem. . . . . 68 46. Rewindingthetapeintothecartridge 165
16. TheSNMPmessagingsystem . . . . . . 72 47. LeaderPinReattachmentKit . . . . . . 166
17. Locationofrestrainingpoints . . . . . . 105 48. Attachingtheleaderpinattachtooltoan
18. Sizeofoperatorandserviceclearancesforthe LTOtapecartridge. . . . . . . . . . 167
IBMTS3500,ModelsL22,D22,L23,D23,L52, 49. WindingthetapeoutoftheLTOtape
D52,L53,D53,S24,S54,andtheservicebays. 107 cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
19. Sizeofoperatorandserviceclearancesforthe 50. RemovingtheC-clipfromtheleaderpin 168
IBMTS3500,ModelsL32andD32 . . . . 108 51. Attachingtheleaderpintothetape . . . . 169
20. Shuttlecomplexdimensionsandclearances 110 52. IBM3592tapecartridge . . . . . . . . 177
21. OpeningforroutingFibreChannelcables 53. ComponentsoftheIBM3592tapecartridge 184
fromserversthroughthetopofaframe. . . 111 54. Leaderpininproperpositioninthe3592
22. Openingthecableaccessdooratthetopofa cleaningcartridge(thecartridgedooris
frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 manuallyretracted) . . . . . . . . . 187
23. PositioningtheFibreChannelcableinsidethe 55. Characteristicsthatidentifythe3592cleaning
frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
24. PositioningtheFibreChannelcableoutside 56. Doorofthe3592cleaningcartridge . . . . 188
theframe . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 57. SamplebarcodelabelonanIBM3592tape
25. Cablerestraintclamps . . . . . . . . 114 cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
26. Rearframeopenings . . . . . . . . . 114 58. Settingthewrite-protectswitchonthe3592
27. Cameramountingexample . . . . . . . 115 tapecartridge . . . . . . . . . . . 192
28. Cameraclearancefromaccessor . . . . . 115 59. Leaderpinintheincorrectandcorrect
29. Allowableareaformountingfire-suppression positionsina3592tapecartridge . . . . . 195
equipment(topviewofModelL32orD32 60. Placingthedislodgedleaderpinintothe
frames). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 correctposition . . . . . . . . . . . 196
30. Allowableareaformountingfire-suppression 61. Rewindingthetapeintothecartridge 196
equipment(topviewofModelsL22,D22, 62. Possiblelocationsforencryptionpolicy
L23,D23,L52,D52,L53,D53,S24,S54,orthe engineandkeymanagement . . . . . . 223
HA1frame) . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
31. Locationforroutingfire-suppression
equipmentbetweenframes . . . . . . . 118
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