Hardware Announcement

February 29, 2000

IBM Magstar 3590 Model A60 Controller Features

Enhance Connectivity



Overview

The IBM Magstar



3590 Tape

Subsystem provides high performance, reliability, data integrity, and cartridge capacity.

With this announcement, there is increased flexibility for utilizing the

Magstar 3590 Tape Drive in

ESCON



environments. The 3590

Model A60 Controller now allows up to eight ESCON attachments. In addition, by utilizing new Adjacent

Frame Support features on the IBM

Magstar 3494 Tape Library , a 3590

Model A60 Controller in a 3494

Model D14 frame can attach to 3590

Tape Drives in an adjacent

Model D12, L12, or L14 frame. This allows a customer to attach up to ten

3590 Tape Drives to a 3590

Model A60 Controller in a 3494 Tape

Library.

“Call Home” service support is also now available with the Magstar 3590

Model A60 or A50 Controller.

The features and functions described fulfill the following items from the

Product Preview included with the previously announced Magstar 3590

A60 Tape Controller:

•

Support for additional ESCON attachments up to eight ports

•

Attachment support of 3590 tape drives in adjacent 3494

Model Lxx and Dxx frames

•

“Call Home” service support

Future features and capabilities of the Magstar 3590 Model A60 that provide more function for S/390

 and open systems environments will include:

•

FICON



attachment support, with up to two FICON attachments

•

Support for SCSI attachments from 0 to 4 ports

•

Intermix of ESCON, SCSI, and

FICON attachments

Previews provide insight into IBM plans and directions. Specific availability dates, ordering information, and terms and conditions will be provided when the product is announced.

Refer to Hardware Announcement

199-183, dated July 27, 1999.

Key Prerequisites

The Magstar 3590 Model A60

Controller attaches to ESCON channels on ES/3090



, ES/9000



, or

S/390 systems. Appropriate levels of OS/390  (MVS/ESA  ),

DFSMS/MVS



, VM/ESA



,

VSE/ESA



, or TPF are required, which may vary depending on whether Magstar 3590 E Model or B

Model Tape Drives are attached.

Planned Availability Dates

April 21, 2000, except for MES features on the 3494 Models D12,

L12, and L14, which have a planned availability date of June 30, 2000.

At a Glance

The IBM Magstar 3590 Tape

Subsystem provides a high level of performance, reliability, data integrity, and cartridge capacity.

It now has these additional attachment options available for

ESCON customers that utilize the

Magstar 3590 A60 Tape Controller:

•

Support for up to eight ESCON attachments

•

Attachment of Magstar 3590

Tape Drives in a 3494

Model D12, L12, or L14 frame to a 3590 Model A60 in an adjacent 3494 Model D14 frame

•

Support for up to ten 3590 Tape

Drives attached to a 3590

Model A60 in a 3494 Tape

Library

•

“Call Home” service support

For ordering, contact:

Your IBM representative, an IBM Business

Partner, or IBM Americas Call Centers at

800-IBM-CALL Reference: YE001

This announcement is provided for your information only. For additional information, contact your IBM representative, call 800-IBM-4YOU, or visit the IBM home page at: http://www.ibm.com.

IBM United States IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation.

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Description

These enhancements to the Magstar 3590 Model A60

Controller increase the connectivity and attachment options over the predecessor 3590 Model A50 and A00

Controllers.

Included in these enhancements are the following:

•

Support for up to eight ESCON channel attachments

•

Adjacent frame attachment of Magstar 3590 Tape

Drives in one 3494 Tape Library frame to a Model A60

Controller in an adjacent frame

•

“Call Home” service support

Eight ESCON Channel Attachment Support

The initial announcement of the 3590 Model A60

Controller included support for one or two dual-ported

ESCON channel attachment features, providing attachment to two or four host ESCON channels. Now you can have one to four dual-ported ESCON channel attachment features, providing up to eight ESCON channel attachments, which is four times the attachment capability of the 3590 Model A50 Controller.

Each channel can have up to 64 logical channels and it supports multiple logical paths per MVS



image.

Adjacent Frame Support

The Adjacent Frame Support features on the Magstar

3494 Tape Library allow Magstar 3590 Tape Drives in a

3494 Model D12, L12, or L14 frame to attach to a 3490

Model A60 Controller in an adjacent 3494 Model D14

Drive Unit frame.

Up to ten 3590 Tape Drives can be attached to a single Model A60 Controller.

New 3494

Model D12 or L12 frames can be ordered from IBM with feature number 9062 (Adjacent Frame Drives — Plant) to attach to a 3590 Model A60 Controller in a new or installed 3494 Model D14 frame.

Feature number 4060

(Adjacent Frame Support) must be ordered on the

Model D14.

Tape drives in installed 3494 Model D12,

L12, and L14 frames will also be able to attach to a 3590

Model A60 Controller in a new or installed 3494

Model D14 frame by ordering feature numbers 4062

(Adjacent Frame Drives — Field).

With Adjacent Frame

Support, all the Magstar 3590 Tape Drives in the 3494

Model L14, L12, or D12 must be attached to a 3590

Model A60 Controller in an adjacent 3494 Model D14 frame.

Any 3590 Model A50 or A00 Controller in a

Model L14 is no longer available for use. The expanded attachment available with the 3590 Model A60 in a 3494

Tape Library makes it a very cost effective solution compared to other ESCON solutions.

“

Call Home

”

The “Call Home” function automatically opens a service alert when a problem occurs with the Magstar 3590

Model A60 or A50 Controller.

A service representative can be sent to the installation and status information can be transmitted to the Support Center for problem evaluation. In addition, “Call Home” allows these alerts to be sent to a pager service so that multiple people, including the customer, can be notified. This function is implemented with no new hardware, utilizing the Remote

Support Feature 2710, 2711, or 2712 already installed.

The service representative can activate this function at the installation of the 3590 Model A60 or A50, and service menus can be used to activate or deactivate this function.

“Call Home” is supported on the 3590 Model A60 and A50 in stand-alone, Silo, and 3494 Tape Library solutions. As an added benefit, in the 3494 environment, you can initiate the “Call Home” process via the 3494 library manager operator panel.

Year 2000

This product does not have date dependencies and is therefore Year 2000 ready.

Euro Currency

This product is not impacted by euro currency.

Product Positioning

IBM provides the Magstar 3590 in a range of product offerings to meet a diverse set of customer requirements.

The Magstar 3590 Model A60 Controller was developed to exploit the higher performance of the Magstar 3590 E

Model Tape Drives and to provide the technology platform for future tape controller enhancements such as this announcement. The 3590 Model A60 Controller can be used in the following offerings:

•

IBM 3494 Automated Library (in a 3494 Model D14)

•

StorageTek Libraries (in a 3590 C10)

•

Stand-alone (in a 3590 A14 and standard 19-inch rack)

Magstar 3590

The IBM Magstar 3590 Tape Subsystem, attached to the

IBM 3590 Model A60 Controller, provides attachment of

IBM

′ s highest performance, large capacity tape subsystem to ESCON channels.

It should be the tape subsystem of choice in any ESCON environment on

ES/3090, ES/9000, or S/390 systems where a reliable, affordable, fast tape data rate or high capacity is needed.

The Magstar 3590 offers significant enhancements in performance, capacity, data integrity, reliability, and availability over IBM 3480, 3490, or 3490E tape drives.

The Magstar 3590 may also relieve backup time and space constraints and provide the increased capacity needed to support today

′ s growing disk backup requirements.

Although the 3590 provides the capability of very high tape performance, other components of the system may limit the actual performance achieved.

Magstar 3590 in a 3494

The Magstar 3590 offers the greatest performance and capacity for use in the IBM 3494.

One to four Magstar

3590 Model B1A Tape drives or one to four Magstar 3590

Model E1A Tape drives can be installed in each 3494

Model D14 with a 3590 Model A60 Controller.

A

Model A60 in a 3494 Model D14 Drive Unit frame with four Magstar 3590 Tape Drives and Adjacent Frame

Support can attach to drives in an adjacent 3494

Model L12 or L14 frame, thereby attaching up to a total of six Magstar 3590 Tape Drives. Or a Model A60 in a

3494 Model D14 Drive Unit frame with four 3590 Tape

Drives can attach to drives in an adjacent 3494

Model D12 frame, thereby attaching up to a total of ten tape drives.

Magstar Virtual Tape Server managed

Magstar 3590s, Magstar 3590 drives, Magstar 3590

Model A00, Magstar 3590 Model A50, Magstar 3590

Model A60, and 3490E drives can all be intermixed within a Magstar 3494 Tape Library.

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3590 Silo Compatible Tape Subsystem

The Magstar 3590 can be used with StorageTek 4410 and

9310 using Magstar 3590 Model B1A or E1A Tape Drives, a Magstar 3590 C12/C14 Frame, and 3590 Model A50 or

A60 Controllers. One or two 3590 Model A60 Controllers in a 3590 Model C10 Silo Compatible Frame are attached to one to four 3590 Tape Drives in a 3590 Model C12 or

C14 Silo Compatible Frame.

The “3490E” emulation provided by the 3590 Model A50 or A60 can be used for attachment of the Magstar 3590 Tape Drives in a

StorageTek automated library to ES/3090, ES/9000, or

S/390 systems.

This provides the Magstar benefits of increased capacity, reliability, and performance over

18/36-track technology in an affordable offering to

StorageTek tape library users.

The Magstar 3590 Silo

Compatible Frame (Model C12 or C14) also offers a migration path to an IBM automation solution consisting of IBM automation, 3590 and 3490 drive technology, IBM

DFSMS  , and where appropriate a Magstar Virtual Tape

Server. Integration of Magstar 3590 drive technology in

StorageTek libraries allows you to immediately benefit from Magstar 3590 technology, while planning a migration

(at your own pace) to a total IBM solution.

Moving Magstar 3590 to Different Storage Solutions

Magstar 3590 offers configuration flexibility and long range customer investment protection in its unique ability to be used, and re-used, in multiple storage solutions.

Capitalizing on IBM

′ s Seascape



architecture, Magstar

3590 Tape Drives are storage assets that can be moved from storage solution to storage solution.

Through features and model conversions, Magstar 3590 Tape

Drives can be transformed to fit into stand-alone subsystems (Model A14 or standard racks), StorageTek silos, or IBM 3494 automated solutions (including Magstar

Virtual Tape Server). An initial investment in the Magstar

3590 Tape Drive can now grow with your ever changing business requirements.

Reference Information

Refer to Hardware Announcement 199-183, dated

July 27, 1999.

Trademarks

FICON, ES/3090, MVS/ESA, MVS, DFSMS, and Seascape are trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States or other countries or both.

Magstar, ESCON, S/390, ES/9000, DFSMS/MVS, OS/390,

VM/ESA, and VSE/ESA are registered trademarks of

International Business Machines Corporation in the United

States or other countries or both.

Other company, product, and service names may be trademarks or service marks of others.

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Announcement

Supplemental Information

February 29, 2000

Publications

The following publications are shipped with the products and will be updated to include these features. Additional copies of the Introduction and Planning Guides will be available by March 31, 2000.

Additional copies of the

Operator

′ s Guides will be available by April 28, 2000.

Order

Number Title

IBM Magstar



3590 Tape Subsystem

Introduction and Planning Guide

GA32-0329

GA32-0330 IBM Magstar 3590 Tape Subsystem

Operator

′ s Guide

IBM Magstar 3494 Tape Library

Introduction and Planning Guide

GA32-0279

IBM Magstar 3494 Tape Library

Operator

′ s Guide

GA32-0280

Updates of the Introduction and Planning Guides are available now at: http://www.storage.ibm.com/hardsoft/ tape/index.html

Copies can be ordered via the Publication Notification

System (PNS) Web site at: http://www.ibm.com/shop/publications/pns/

Displayable Softcopy Publications

The product books are offered in displayable softcopy form. The displayable manuals are shipped on a CD-ROM as part of the Online Library Omnibus Edition Hardware

Collection , publication SK2T-5843.

These displayable manuals can be used with the

BookManager



READ licensed programs in any of the supported environments.

Terms and conditions for use of the machine-readable files are shipped with the files.

Technical Information

Specified Operating Environment

Hardware Requirements

Magstar 3590 Model A60 Controller

Up to eight ESCON  channel attachments can now be specified on the 3590 Model A60 Controller using feature number 3412 (Dual ESCON Attachment).

Each 3412 feature provides two ESCON channel attachments, so now the maximum quantity of feature number 3412 has been increased to four.

Magstar 3494 Adjacent Frame Support

Magstar 3590 Tape Drives in a 3494 Model D12, L12, or

L14 frame can now be attached to a 3590 Model A60 in an adjacent 3494 Model D14 frame. Support for up to ten

3590 Tape Drives attached to a 3590 Model A60 is allowed as follows:

•

3494 Model D14

− There must be four 3590 Tape Drives in the 3494

Model D14.

− Feature number 4060 (Adjacent Frame Support) must be specified on new Model D14 orders or on an MES for an existing Model D14.

•

3494 Model D12, L12, or L14

− There can be up to two drives in an adjacent

Model L12 or L14 frame.

−

−

There can be up to six drives in an adjacent

Model D12 frame.

Feature number 9062 (Adjacent Frame Drives —

Plant) must be specified on a new Model D12 or

L12 order or an MES feature 4062 (Adjacent Frame

Drives — Field) must be ordered on the existing adjacent 3494 Model D12, L12, or L14.

Note: Any 3590 controller in a Model L14 is no longer usable when feature number 4062 is installed.

Software Requirements: Magstar 3590 Tape Drives attached through the 3590 Model A60 Controller to

ESCON channels are supported on ES/3090



, ES/9000



, and S/390 systems as provided in OS/390



(MVS/ESA



), VM/ESA



, VSE/ESA



, and TPF operating system environments.

Limitations: For 3494 Adjacent Frame Support, four

Magstar 3590 Tape Drives must be installed and attached to the 3590 Model A60 in the 3494 Model D14 frame before drives in an adjacent 3494 Model D12, L12, or L14 frame can be attached to the Model A60. With Adjacent

Frame Support, all the Magstar 3590 Tape Drives in the

3494 Model L14, L12, or D12 must be attached to a 3590

Model A60 Controller in the adjacent 3494 Model D14 frame. Any 3590 Model A00 or A50 Controller in a 3494

Model L14 is no longer usable when feature number 4062

(Adjacent Frame Drives — Field) is installed.

Planning Information

Customer Responsibilities: Physical planning is a customer responsibility. The 3590 Model A60 Controller may require subsystem microcode updates by the IBM service representative for the proper installation and operation of the announced features. Please review this information with your IBM representative to insure that this requirement is incorporated into your installation planning. Detailed physical planning information for the

Magstar 3590 Tape Drives is in the IBM Magstar 3590

This announcement is provided for your information only. For additional information, contact your IBM representative, call 800-IBM-4YOU, or visit the IBM home page at: http://www.ibm.com.

IBM United States IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation.

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Tape Subsystem Introduction and Planning Guide

(GA32-0329).

Cable Additional cables for 3494 Adjacent Frame

Support are provided with feature numbers 4060, 4062, and 9062.

Security, Auditability, and Control

This product uses the security and auditability features of host hardware, host software, and/or application software to which it is attached.

The customer is responsible for evaluation, selection, and implementation of security features, administrative procedures, and appropriate controls in application systems and communications facilities.

Terms and Conditions

This product is available for purchase under the terms of the IBM Customer Agreement.

IBM hardware products are manufactured from new parts and used parts.

In some cases, the hardware product may have been previously installed.

Regardless, IBM

′ s warranty terms apply.

Equal to the volume MES Discount Applicable: commitment discount

Field-Installable Feature: Yes

Warranty Period: One year

Customer Setup: No

Licensed Internal Code: Same license terms and conditions as designated machine

Charges

Purchase

Price

Monthly

MMC

Field

Install

Only

Plant

Install

Only Description

Drive Frame

Adjacent

Frame

Support

Drive Frame

Adjacent

Frame

Drives —

Field

Adjacent

Frame

Drives —

Plant

Control

Frame

Adjacent

Frame

Drives —

Field

Adjacent

Frame

Drives —

Plant

Machine

Type

3494

3494

3494

Model

D14

D12

L12

Feature

Number

4060

4062

9062

4062

9062

Control

Frame

Adjacent

Frame

Drives —

Field

3494

MMC = Minimum Maintenance Charge

NC = No Charge

L14

4062

MES Removal: Yes on all features, at no charge

$1,500

1,500

NC

1,500

NC

1,500

NC

NC

NC

NC

NC

NC

N

Y

N

Y

N

Y

N

N

Y

N

Y

N

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ServiceSuite and ServiceElect Maintenance Charges

Description

Drive Frame

Adjacent Frame Support

Drive Frame

Adjacent Frame Drives

— Field

Adjacent Frame Drives

— Plant

Control Frame

Adjacent Frame Drives

— Field

Adjacent Frame Drives

— Plant

Control Frame

Adjacent Frame Drives

— Field

Machine

Type

3494

3494

3494

3494

Model

D14

D12

L12

L14

Feature

Number

4060

4062

9062

4062

9062

4062

Monthly

Onsite

24 x 7

NC

NC

NC

NC

NC

NC

Order Now

Use Priority/Reference Code: YE001

Phone: 800-IBM-CALL

Fax: 800-2IBM-FAX

Internet: ibm

Mail:

—

[email protected]

IBM Atlanta Sales Center

Dept. YE001

P.O. Box 2690

Atlanta, GA 30301-2690

You can also contact your local IBM Business Partner or IBM representative. To identify them, call 800-IBM-4YOU.

Note: Shipments will begin after the planned availability date.

Trademarks

ES/3090 and MVS/ESA are trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States or other countries or both.

Magstar, BookManager, ESCON, ES/9000, OS/390, VM/ESA, and VSE/ESA are registered trademarks of International Business

Machines Corporation in the United States or other countries or both.

Other company, product, and service names may be trademarks or service marks of others.

Year 2000 Readiness Disclosure

Statements made in this announcement regarding Year 2000 are “ Year 2000 Readiness Disclosures ” under the Year 2000 Information and Readiness Disclosure Act of 1998, a U.S. statute enacted on October 19, 1998.

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