IBM 3590 Introduction and Planning Guide

The IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Tape System 3590 comes in different models and offers several attachment options to meet your needs. Each drive can have an automatic cartridge facility (ACF) with a 10 cartridge magazine. The drives have a small computer system interface (SCSI) or Fibre Channel interface. Each drive can connect to an IBM 3590 or 3592 tape controller for Enterprise Systems CONnection (Enterprise Systems Connection (ESCON)) or FIbre CONnections (FICON) attachment. The FICON connection, which now supports 2–Gbps links, is only available through the A60 or J70 Controller. Large scale automation offerings, which include the IBM 3494 and StorageTek Silo, support the 3590.

The IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Tape System 3590 provides a high level of performance, reliability, data integrity, and cartridge capacity. The new 3590 Model H11 and H1A (H Model) Tape Drives offer increased cartridge capacity and are intended to meet the growing needs of new and existing customers across a broad range of computing environments. These include selected IBM zSeries™, S/390®, IBM Eserver iSeries™, Application System/400® (AS/400), IBM pSeries, RS/6000, IBM Eserver xSeries™, Sun, and Hewlett Packard (HP) servers, as well as Intel compatible servers running Microsoft Windows NT, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, and Linux. The appropriate attachment adapter and software are required. The new H Models can also attach to selected S/390 and zSeries servers with ESCON and FICON attachment through the IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Tape Controller 3590 Model A60 or 3592 Model J70. The H Model is supported by the IBM Total Storage Enterprise Tape Library 3494, IBM TotalStorage Silo Compatible Tape Drive Frame 3590 Model C12 or C14, IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Tape Drive Frame 3590 Model A14, and standalone racks.

The IBM 3590 has the following functions:

• The 3590 creates tapes for archival files.
• The 3590 backs up and restores systems in case of system or disk storage problems.
• The 3590 stores high-speed, high-capacity sequential application data sets.
• The 3590 stores temporary data sets. v The 3590 satisfies offsite data storage needs for disaster recovery.
• The 3590 provides data interchange with other systems that use 3590 subsystems.
• The 3590 meets data acquisition needs.

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