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TS7700 Virtualization Engine

Outstanding virtualization capabilities support information availability and retention

  
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TS7740 Virtualization Engine at a glance
Specifications Single Node 2 Cluster GRID 3 Cluster GRID 4 Cluster GRID
Native tape volume cache* (TB) Up to 14 Up to 28 Up to 42 Up to 56
Virtual drives 256 512 768 1024
TS1100 or 3592 tape drives 4 to 16 8 to 32 12 to 48 16 to 64
Virtual volumes 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000
FICON channels 4 8 12 16
Warranty 1 year on site repair        
Physical specifications
Width: 644 mm (25.4 in)
Depth: 1102 mm (43.4 in)
Height: 1804 mm (71.0 in)
Weight: 565.6 kg (1247 lb)
Supported environments1 IBM z/OS® v1.9 or higher
IBM z/VM® v5.3 or higher
IBM z/VSE™ V4.1 or higher
IBM z/TPF™ 4.1 or higher
TS7720 Virtualization Engine at a glance
Specifications Single Node 2 Cluster GRID 3 Cluster GRID 4 Cluster GRID
Native tape volume cache (TB) Up to 70 Up to 140 Up to 210 Up to 280
Virtual drives 256 512 768 1024
Virtual volumes 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000
FICON channels 4 8 12 16
Warranty 1 year on site repair _ _ _
Physical specifications
Width: 644 mm (25.4 in)
Depth: 1102 mm (43.4 in)
Height: 1804 mm (71.0 in)
Weight: 565.6 kg (1247 lb)
Supported environments1 IBM z/OS v1.9 or higher
IBM z/VM v5.3 or higher
IBM z/VSE V4.1 or higher
IBM z/TPF 4.1 or higher



1 Lists the minimum software level requirements for basic support. Please refer to the technical documentation for specific function or feature support.
 
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