IBM Virtualization Engine TS7700

Outstanding virtualization capabilities for continuous data protection of IBM System z data

TS7740 Virtualization Engine at a glance
Specifications Single node 2 cluster grid 3 cluster grid 4 cluster grid 5 cluster grid 6 cluster grid
Usable RAID array cache* (TB) Up to 28.8 Up to 57.6 Up to 86.4 Up to 115.2 Up to 144 Up to 172.8
Virtual drives 256 512 768 1.024 1.280 1.536
TS1100 or 3592 tape drives 4 to 16 8 to 32 12 to 48 16 to 64 20 to 80 24 to 96
Virtual volumes 4,000,000 4,000,000 4,000,000 4,000,000 4,000,000 4,000,000
FICON channels 4 8 12 16 20 24
Warranty 1 year on-site repair – – – – –
Physical specifications
Width 644 mm (25.4 in.)
Depth 1,102 mm (43.4 in.)
Height 1,804 mm (71.0 in.)
Weight 481.9 kg (1,062 lb.)
Supported environments† IBM z/OS v1R11 or higher
IBM z/VM® v5.4 or higher
IBM z/VSE® v4.2 or higher
IBM z/TPF v1.1 or higher

TS7720 Virtualization Engine at a glance
Specifications Single node 2 cluster grid 3 cluster grid 4 cluster grid 5 cluster grid 6 cluster grid
Usable RAID array cache* (TB) Up to 624 Up to 1,248 Up to 1,872 Up to 2,496 Up to 3,120 Up to 3,744
Virtual drives 256 512 768 1,024 1,280 1,536
Virtual volumes 4,000,000 4,000,000 4,000,000 4,000,000 4,000,000 4,000,000
FICON channels 4 8 12 16 20 24
Warranty 1 year on-site repair – – – – –
Physical specifications
Width 644 mm (25.4 in.)
Depth 1,102 mm (43.4 in.)
Height 1,804 mm (71.0 in.)
Weight 669.1 kg (1,475 lb.)
Supported environments† IBM z/OS v1R11 or higher
IBM z/VM v5.4 or higher
IBM z/VSE v4.2 or higher
IBM z/TPF v1.1 or higher

* Not all array cache capacity is useable. Cache capacities would vary with grid configurations including a combination of both TS7740 and TS7720 models.

† 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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