IBM Linear Tape File System

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IBM Linear Tape File System Single Drive Edition
Hardware requirements
Tape systems IBM System Storage TS2250 Tape Drive (3580S5E)
IBM System Storage TS2260 Tape Drive (3580S6E)
IBM System Storage TS2350 Tape Drive (3580S5X)
IBM System Storage TS2360 Tape Drive (3580S6X)
IBM System Storage TS1140 Tape Drive
Tape media LTO Ultrium 6 and 5, System Storage 3592 JB, JC and JK
IBM System x® or Intel servers For details on supported hardware configurations, please refer to the System Storage Interoperation Center (SSIC)
Apple Macintosh server For details on supported hardware configurations, please refer to the SSIC
Host bus adapter For details on supported hardware configurations, please refer to the SSIC
Supported operating systems Linux:
RHEL 5.5, 5.6, 5.7, 5.8, 6.1 and 6.2
SLES 11 SP1 and SP2
Apple Mac OS X:
Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard (32-bit), 10.6 Snow Leopard (32-bit) and 10.7 Lion (32-bit or 64-bit)
Microsoft Windows:
Windows 7 SP1 (32-bit or 64-bit)
Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
Warranty AS IS software
Open source for Linux and Mac OS X versions
Object code only for Windows version
IBM Linear Tape File System Library Edition
Hardware requirements
Tape systems IBM System Storage TS2900 Tape Autoloader Express
IBM System Storage TS3100 Tape Library Express
IBM System Storage TS3200 Tape Library Express
IBM System Storage TS3310 Tape Library
IBM System Storage TS3500 Tape Library*
IBM System Storage TS1140 Tape Drive support on IBM System Storage TS3500 Tape Library
Tape media LTO Ultrium 6 and 5, System Storage 3592 JB, JC and JK
IBM System x or Intel server For details on supported hardware configurations, please refer to the SSIC
Host bus adapter For details on supported hardware configurations, please refer to the SSIC
Supported operating systems Linux:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5.5, 5.6, 5.7, 5.8, 6.1 and 6.2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 11 SP1 and SP2
Microsoft Windows:
Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
Warranty Multi-year warranty agreement
Object code only license under International Program License Agreement (IPLA)
IBM Linear Tape File System Storage Manager
Hardware requirements
Tape systems IBM System Storage TS2900 Tape Autoloader Express
IBM System Storage TS3100 Tape Library Express
IBM System Storage TS3200 Tape Library Express
IBM System Storage TS3310 Tape Library
IBM System Storage TS3500 Tape Library
IBM System Storage TS1140 Tape Drive support on IBM System Storage TS3500 Tape Library
Tape media LTO Ultrium 6 and 5, System Storage 3592 JB, JC and JK
IBM System x or Intel server For details on supported hardware configurations, please refer to the SSIC
Host bus adapter For details on supported hardware configurations, please refer to the SSIC
Supported operating systems Linux:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5.5, 5.6, 5.7 and 6.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 11 SP1
Software requirements IBM Linear Tape File System Library Edition is a pre-requisite in order to install IBM Linear Tape File System Storage Manager

LTFS Library Edition

Navigate data on tape as easily as any other file system with IBM Linear Tape File System Library Edition

System Storage Interoperation Center (SSIC)

Supported servers, operating systems, host bus adapters, clustering applications and SAN switches and directors