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 4, 3, or 2 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 4 Cartridges: up to 16 PB (32 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 4, 3, 2 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)
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
3953 Tape System at a glance
Characteristics
Frame
3953 Model F05 + feature code 5505—base 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 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.
