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16 pages, 465 KBAbstract
The family of IBM LTO Ultrium Tape Drives are external, stand-alone or rack-mountable tape drives that contain an LTO Ultrium 9, Ultrium 8, or Ultrium 7 Tape Drive. The drives are designed for the heavy demands of backup tape storage deliver IBM tape reliability and performance at a cost-effective price.
This product guide provides essential pre-sales information on the TS2290, TS2280, TS2270 Tape Drives that are available from Lenovo, their key features and specifications, components, options, and configuration guidelines.
This guide is intended for technical specialists, sales specialists, sales engineers, and IT architects who want to learn more about the IBM LTO Ultrium Tape Drives and consider their use in backup solutions.
Change History
Changes in the March 15, 2022 update:
- Added IBM TS2290 Ultrium 9 Tape Drive
- Added Ultrium 9 tape media (5-pack and 1-pack)
Introduction
The family of IBM LTO Ultrium Tape Drives are external, stand-alone or rack-mountable tape drives that contain an LTO Ultrium 9, 8, or 7, 6, 5 Tape Drive. The drives are designed for the heavy demands of backup tape storage delivering IBM tape reliability and performance at a cost-effective price.
- TS2290 Model H9S incorporates the LTO Ultrium 9 Half-High SAS Tape Drive uses a dual-port 12 Gbps SAS interface for connection.
- TS2280 Model H8S incorporates the LTO Ultrium 8 Half-High SAS Tape Drive uses a dual-port 6 Gbps SAS interface for connection
- TS2270 Model H7S incorporates the LTO Ultrium 7 Half-High SAS Tape Drive uses a dual-port 6 Gbps SAS interface for connection.
- TS2260 Model H6S incorporates the LTO Ultrium 6 Half-High SAS Tape Drive.
- TS2250 Model H5S incorporates the LTO Ultrium 5 Half-High SAS Tape Drive.
The LTO Ultrium Tape Drives are excellent choices if you use tape drives that require larger-capacity or higher-performance tape backup.
Did you know?
The latest LTO Ultrium technology, is the TS2290 Tape Drive that provides up to 45 TB, the TS2280 Tape Drive provides up to 30 TB, and the TS2270 Tape Drive provides up to 15 TB all three tape drives feature 2.5:1 compressed backup storage capacity. With LTO Ultrium 6, the TS2260 Tape Drive provides up to 6.25 TB of 2.5:1 compressed backup storage capacity. With LTO Ultrium 5, the TS2250 Tape Drive provides up to 3 TB of 2:1 compressed backup storage capacity.
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Key features
The IBM LTO Ultrium Tape Drives deliver the following features:
- Entry-level tape drives for high capacity, high performance, and high reliability
- Adherence to LTO specifications
- Support for one half-high LTO Ultrium 9 (TS2290), LTO Ultrium 8 (TS2280), or LTO Ultrium 7 (TS2270), or Ultrium 6 (TS2260), or Ultrium 5 (TS2250) SAS Tape Drive
- Native cartridge capacity of up to 18TB (Ultrium 9), 12 TB (Ultrium 8), or 6 TB (Ultrium 7), or up to 2.5 TB (Ultrium 6), or up to 1.5 TB (Ultrium 5)
- Native data transfer rate of up to 300 MB/s (Ultrium 9, 8 or 7), or up to 160 MB/s (Ultrium 6), or up to 140 MB/s (Ultrium 5)
- Mixed media support, including IBM LTO Write Once Read Many (WORM) media
- Remote monitoring of status of the tape drive
- Encryption support in the tape drive to work with Application Managed Encryption
- Optional rack-mount with the shelf to accommodate up to two tape drives side-by-side in a 2U rack space
- A dual-port 12 Gbps SAS attachment on Ultrium 9 and 6 Gbps on Ultrium 8
- Supports connection to Lenovo servers running Microsoft Windows and Linux server operating systems
- Support from an extensive ecosystem of backup software vendors
Figure 2. TS2290 Tape Drive
The following figure shows the TS2270 Tape Drive.
The following figure shows the TS2260 Tape Drive.
The following figure shows the TS2250 Tape Drive.
The IBM LTO Ultrium Tape Drives include the following IBM LTO Ultrium features:
- Independent tape loader and threader motors and positive pin retention
These technologies help improve the reliability of loading and unloading a cartridge and retain the pin, even if tension is dropped. An independent loader motor that is coupled with the positive pin retention causes the tape to thread with a higher level of reliability.
- Graceful dynamic braking
If there is a power failure, reel motors maintain tension and gradually decelerate instead of stopping abruptly, which helps reduce tape breakage, stretching, or loose tape wraps during a sudden power outage.
- Servo and track layout technology
There are 6656 data tracks in Ultrium 9 & 8 versus 3584 data tracks in Ultrium 7, or 2176 data tracks in Ultrium 6, or 1280 data tracks in Ultrium 5. The high-bandwidth servo system features a low mass servo to help more effectively track servo bands and improve data throughput with damaged media in less-than-optimal shock and vibration environments.
- Surface Control Guiding Mechanism
IBM patented Surface Control Guiding Mechanism guides the tape along the tape path in the Ultrium Tape Drives. This method uses the surface of the tape (rather than the edges) to control tape motion. This configuration helps reduce tape damage (especially to the edges of the tape) and tape debris, which comes from the damaged edges and can accumulate in the head area.
- Tunneling magnetoresistive (TMR) head technology (LTO Ultrium 9 & 8 tape drives)
IBM LTO Ultrium 9 & 8 Tape Drives use TMR head technology, which helps achieve increased storage capacity and high data integrity.
- Digital speed matching
The LTO Ultrium Tape Drives perform dynamic speed matching to adjust the drive's native data rate as closely as possible to the net host data rate (after data compressibility is factored out). This matching helps reduce the number of backhitch repositions and improve throughput performance.
- Robust drive components optimized for automation environments
To help enhance reliability and prolong the life of the drives, some of the most robust components available are used, such as an all metal clutch, steel ball bearings in the loader, robust leader block design, and a single circuit card.
- Power management
The power management function of the Ultrium 9, 8 & 7, and 6 Tape Drives controls the drive electronics to be completely turned off or in a low-power mode when the circuit functions are not needed for drive operation.
- Adaptive read equalization
This equalization automatically compensates for dynamic changes in readback signal response.
- Dynamic amplitude asymmetry compensation
This compensation dynamically optimizes readback signals for linear readback response from MR read head transducers.
- LTO Data Compression (LTO-DC)
The Ultrium LTO uses LTO-DC, which is an implementation of a Lempel-Ziv class 1 (LZ-1) data compression algorithm. LTO-DC is an extension of Adaptive Lossless Data Compression (ALDC) and an improvement over previous IBM lossless compression algorithms. IBM patented "Scheme-Swapping" compression looks ahead at incoming data and determines the most efficient storage method (ALDC or pass-through mode) to help optimize data compression and increase data throughput.
- LTO Cartridge Memory (LTO-CM)
Contained within the LTO Ultrium data cartridge is the LTO-CM, which is a passive, contactless silicon storage device that is physically a part of the cartridge. The LTO-CM holds information about that specific cartridge, the media in the cartridge, and the data on the media. The storage capacity of the Generation 9, 8 & 7, and 6 LTO-CM is 16320 bytes, which is double capacity of Generation 5 LTO-CM 8160 bytes. Communication between the drive and the LTO-CM is via a low-level RF field transmitted by the drive to the cartridge.
- Statistical Analysis and Reporting System (SARS)
The Ultrium Tape Drive uses SARS to help isolate failures between media and hardware. SARS uses the cartridge performance history that is saved in the CM module and the drive performance history that is kept in the flash EEPROM to help determine the likely cause of failure. SARS causes the drive to request a cleaner tape, mark the media as degraded, and indicate that the hardware is degraded.
- Highly integrated electronics that use IBM engineered copper technology
This technology reduces the number of components in the drive, helping lower chip temperatures, and reduces power requirements to deliver a more reliable drive. The sixth-generation drive electronics provide error correction of soft errors in the memory arrays in data and control paths.
- Dual-stage head actuator
The 16-channel actuator (LTO Ultrium 5 and 6) and The 32-channel actuator (LTO Ultrium 9, 8 & 7) provide precision head alignment to help support higher track density and improved data integrity.
- Separate writing of multiple filemarks
The Ultrium LTO9 is designed to cause any write command of two or more filemarks to cause a separate data set to be written containing all filemarks after the first. This feature helps improve performance if a subsequent append overwrites somewhere after the first filemark.
- Giant Magneto Resistive (GMR) head design (LTO Ultrium 7, or 6, or 5 tape drives)
IBM LTO Ultrium Tape Drives use GMR head technology with beveled contouring for reducing striction and friction. This head design was demonstrated in enterprise tape products to help minimize contact, edge damage, debris accumulation, and wear on the tape as it moves over the read/write heads.
Components and connectors
System specifications
The following table lists the LTO Ultrium Tape Drives system specifications.
Attribute | Specification |
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Form factor | Standalone or 2U rack mount (on a fixed shelf) |
Drive technology |
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Drive interface |
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Number of drives | 1 |
Number of cartridge slots | 1 |
Cartridge capacity |
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Data transfer rate |
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Security features | Application Managed Encryption (AME) with optional third-party software (such as IBM Spectrum Protect) |
Management interfaces | 1x Ethernet port (UTP, RJ-45) for drive status and servicing only |
Cooling | Fixed internal fan |
Power supply | One 73 W AC fixed power supply with IEC 320-C14 power connector |
Hot-swap parts | None |
Dimensions | Width: 213 mm (8.4 in.) Depth: 332 mm (13.1 in.) Height: 58 mm (2.3 in.) |
Weight | 4.3 kg (9.4 lb.) |
Warranty | 3-year limited warranty, customer replaceable unit (CRU) and on-site service in most countries, next-business-day 9x5, service upgrades available |
Service and support | Optional warranty service upgrades are available through Lenovo Services: 24x7 coverage, 2-hour or 4-hour response time, committed repair (select countries), up to 5 years of warranty extension, installation services. |
Host operating systems | Microsoft Windows Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES). For a full list of supported operating systems, refer to the IBM System Storage Interoperation Center. |
Models
The following table lists the ordering information for the LTO Ultrium Tape Drive models.
Description | Part number | Machine Type-Model | Feature code |
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IBM TS2290 Tape Drive Model H9S | 6160S9E | 6160-H9S | BLW2 |
IBM TS2280 Tape Drive Model H8S | 6160S8E | 6160-H8S | B1EV |
IBM TS2270 Tape Drive Model H7S | 6160S7E | 6160-H7S | ATP3 |
IBM TS2260 Tape Drive Model H6S | 6160S6E | 6160-H6S | AS5P |
IBM TS2250 Tape Drive Model H5S | 6160S5E | 6160-H5S | AS5R |
The tape drives models include the following items:
- One SAS Tape Drive
- One universal cleaning cartridge
- Documentation package
Notes:
- The Rack mount kit is not included; it should be ordered with the tape drive, if needed (for ordering information, see the following table). The rack mount kit includes a fixed shelf on which the drive is placed.
- A power cable is not included with the tape drive. A 10A/100-250V, C13 to IEC 320-C14 rack power cable, or a line cord must be ordered with the tape drive (for ordering information, see Power cables).
- The Rack mount kit includes one 10A/100-250V, C13 to IEC 320-C14 Rack Power Cable, and a line cord also can be ordered, if needed (for ordering information, see Power cables).
Description | Part number | Feature code | Maximum quantity |
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6160 Rack Mount Shelf Kit w/PDU Line Cord | 00NV426 | AS1C | 1 |
A SAS cable is required to attach an LTO Ultrium SAS Tape Drive to a SAS host adapter.
The following table lists the supported cable options for the TS2290.
Description | Part number | Feature code | Maximum quantity |
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SAS connectivity cables: Mini-SAS HD (HBA SFF-8644 host) to Mini-SAS HD (HBA SFF-8644 tape drive) | |||
3 m Mini-SAS HD/Mini-SAS HD 1x Cable (from HBA with SFF-8644 to tape drive (LTO-9) with SFF-8644) |
02JH830 | BLW3 | 1 |
1.5 m Mini-SAS HD/Mini-SAS HD 1x Cable (from HBA with SFF-8644 to tape drive (LTO-9) with SFF-8644) |
02JH831 | BLW4 | 1 |
The following table lists the supported cable options for the TS2280 and earlier drives.
Description | Part number | Feature code | Maximum quantity |
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SAS connectivity cables: SAS (SFF-8470 host) to Mini-SAS (SFF-8088 tape) | |||
2 m SAS/Mini-SAS 1x Cable (host SFF-8470 to target SFF-8088) | 00NA007 | 5402 | 1* |
SAS connectivity cables: Mini-SAS (SFF-8088 host) to Mini-SAS (SFF-8088 tape) | |||
2 m Mini-SAS/Mini-SAS 1x Cable (host SFF-8088 to target SFF-8088) | 00NA009 | AS0Z | 1 |
SAS connectivity cables: Mini-SAS HD (SFF-8644 host) to Mini-SAS (SFF-8088 tape) | |||
HD-SAS Cable to Mini-SAS (4 m) | 00NV419 | AS10 | 1 |
Y SAS HD to Mini-SAS Cable (3 m) | 00NV420 | AS12 | 1** |
* Not supported with the TS2270 LTO 7 tape drive.
** The Y SAS HD cable is used to connect up to two SAS tape drives to a single Mini-SAS HD x4 port on a supported SAS HBA.
Tape media
LTO Ultrium Tape Drives support the following backward compatibility for the previous generations of tape media:
- LTO 9 Tape Drives can read and write LTO 9 and LTO 8 data cartridges.
- LTO 8 Tape Drives can read and write LTO 8 and LTO 7 data cartridges.
- LTO 7 Tape Drives can read and write LTO 7 and LTO 6 data cartridges, and can read LTO 5 data cartridges.
- LTO Ultrium 6 Tape Drives can read and write LTO Ultrium 6 and Ultrium 5 data cartridges, and can read Ultrium 4 data cartridges.
- LTO Ultrium 5 Tape Drives can read and write LTO Ultrium 5 and Ultrium 4 data cartridges, and can read Ultrium 3 data cartridges.
A 5-Pack of the Ultrium 7, 8 or 9 Data Cartridges includes five unattached loose labels.
The following table lists tape media options that can be ordered for the tape drives.
Description | Part number | Feature code | Supported tape drive models |
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Cleaning cartridge | |||
Ultrium Cleaning Cartridge (universal) | 00NA017 | AS1E | All drives |
Data cartridges | |||
Ultrium 9 Data Cartridge 1-Pack | 02JH834 | BLW2 | TS2290 |
Ultrium 9 Data Cartridge 5-Pack | 02JH833 | BLW1 | TS2290 |
Ultrium 8 Data Cartridge 1-Pack | 01KP956 | B1EX | TS2290, TS2280 |
Ultrium 8 Data Cartridges 5-Pack | 01KP955 | B1EW | TS2290, TS2280 |
Ultrium 7 Data Cartridge 1-Pack | 01KP957 | B1EY | TS2280, TS2270 |
Ultrium 7 Data Cartridges 5-Pack | 00WF771 | ATNZ | TS2280, TS2270 |
Ultrium 6 Data Cartridge 1-Pack | 01KP958 | B1EZ | TS2270, TS2260 |
Ultrium 6 Data Cartridges 5-Pack | 00NA025 | AS24 | TS2270, TS2260 |
Ultrium 5 Data Cartridges 5-Pack | 00NA023 | AS23 | TS2270 (read-only), TS2260, TS2250 |
Power cables
If the tape drive is ordered with the rack mount kit, it includes one 10A/100-250V, C13 to IEC 320-C14 Rack Power Cable. A line cord also can be ordered, if needed.
If the tape drive is ordered without a rack-mount kit, it does not include a power cable. A line cord or a rack power cable must be ordered with the tape drive.
The part numbers and feature codes to order the power cables (one power cable per tape drive) are listed in the following table.
Description | Part number | Feature code |
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Line cords | ||
2.8m, 10A/120V, C13 to NEMA 5-15P (US) Line Cord | 00NA027 | AS29 |
2.8m, 10A/230V, C13 to CEE7-VII (Europe) Line Cord | 00NA029 | AS2A |
2.8m, 10A/230V, C13 to DK2-5a (Denmark) Line Cord | 00NA031 | AS2B |
2.8m, 10A/230V, C13 to BS 1363/A (UK) Line Cord | 00NA033 | AS2C |
2.8m, 10A/230V, C13 to SI 32 (Israel) Line Cord | 00NA035 | AS2D |
2.8m, 10A/230V, C13 to SEV 1011-S24507 (Sws) Line Cord | 00NA037 | AS2E |
2.8m, 10A/230V, C13 to SABS 164 (South Africa) Line Cord | 00NA039 | AS2F |
2.8m, 10A/230V, C13 to CEI 23-16 (Italy) Line Cord | 00NA041 | AS2G |
2.8m, 10A/230V, C13 to AS/NZS 3112 (Aus/NZ) Line Cord | 00NA043 | AS2H |
2.8m, 10A/208V, C13 to NEMA 6-15P (US) Line Cord | 00NA045 | AS2J |
2.8m, 10A/220V, C13 to IRAM 2073 (Argentina) Line Cord | 00NA047 | AS2K |
2.8m, 10A/220V, C13 to CNS 10917-3 (Taiwan) Line Cord | 00NA049 | AS2L |
2.8m, 10A/220V, C13 to GB 2099.1 (China) Line Cord | 00NA051 | AS2M |
2.8m, 10A/110V, C13 to CNS 10917-3 (Taiwan) Line Cord | 00NA053 | AS2N |
2.8m, 12A/100V, C13 to JIS C-8303 (Japan) Line Cord | 00NA055 | AS2P |
2.8m, 12A/220V, C13 to KSC 8305 (S. Korea) Line Cord | 00NA057 | AS2Q |
2.8m, 10A/240V, C13 to IS 6538 (India) Line Cord | 00NA059 | AS2R |
2.8m, 10A/220V, C13 to NBR 6147 (Brazil) Line Cord | 00NA061 | AS2T |
Rack power cord | ||
4.3m, 10A/100-250V, C13 to IEC 320-C14 Rack Power Cable | 00NA063 | AS2U |
Physical specifications
The LTO Ultrium Tape Drives have the following dimensions and weight (approximate):
- Height: 58 mm (2.3 in.)
- Width: 213 mm (8.4 in.)
- Depth: 332 mm (13.1 in.)
- Weight: 4.3 kg (9.4 lb.)
Operating environment
The LTO Ultrium Tape Drives are supported in the following environment:
- Air temperature:
- Operating: 10 °C - 38 °C (50 °F - 100 °F)
- Non-operating: -40 °C - 60 °C (-40 °F - 140 °F)
- Maximum altitude: 3,048 m (10,000 ft)
- Humidity:
- Operating: 20% - 80%
- Non-operating: 10% - 90%
- Electrical power:
- 100 V AC - 240 V AC; 0.48 A - 0.2 A
- Frequency: 50 Hz / 60 Hz
- Power consumption: 48 watts
Warranty and service upgrades
The LTO Ultrium Tape Drives (machine type 6160) have a three-year CRU and onsite limited warranty.
The standard warranty terms are customer-replaceable unit (CRU) and onsite (for field-replaceable units FRUs only) with standard call center support during normal business hours and 9x5 Next Business Day Parts Delivered.
Lenovo’s additional support services provide a sophisticated, unified support structure for your data center, with an experience consistently ranked number one in customer satisfaction worldwide. Available offerings include:
- Warranty Upgrade (Preconfigured Support)
Services are available to meet the on-site response time targets that match the criticality of your systems.
- 3, 4, or 5 years of service coverage
- 1-year or 2-year post-warranty extensions
- Foundation Service: 9x5 service coverage with next business day onsite response
- Essential Service: 24x7 service coverage with 4-hour onsite response or 24-hour committed repair (available only in select markets)
- Advanced Service: 24x7 service coverage with 2-hour onsite response or 6-hour committed repair (available only in select markets)
- Managed Services
Lenovo Managed Services provides continuous 24x7 remote monitoring (plus 24x7 call center availability) and proactive management of your data center using state-of-the-art tools, systems, and practices by a team of highly skilled and experienced Lenovo services professionals.
Quarterly reviews check error logs, verify firmware & OS device driver levels, and software as needed. We’ll also maintain records of latest patches, critical updates, and firmware levels, to ensure you systems are providing business value through optimized performance.
- Technical Account Management (TAM)
A Lenovo Technical Account Manager helps you optimize the operation of your data center based on a deep understanding of your business. You gain direct access to your Lenovo TAM, who serves as your single point of contact to expedite service requests, provide status updates, and furnish reports to track incidents over time. In addition, your TAM will help proactively make service recommendations and manage your service relationship with Lenovo to make certain your needs are met.
- Enterprise Server Software Support
Enterprise Software Support is an additional support service providing customers with software support on Microsoft, Red Hat, SUSE, and VMware applications and systems. Around the clock availability for critical problems plus unlimited calls and incidents helps customers address challenges fast, without incremental costs. Support staff can answer troubleshooting and diagnostic questions, address product comparability and interoperability issues, isolate causes of problems, report defects to software vendors, and more.
- Health Check
Having a trusted partner who can perform regular and detailed health checks is central to maintaining efficiency and ensuring that your systems and business are always running at their best. Health Check supports Lenovo-branded server, storage, and networking devices, as well as select Lenovo-supported products from other vendors that are sold by Lenovo or a Lenovo-Authorized Reseller.
Examples of region-specific warranty terms are second or longer business day parts delivery or parts-only base warranty.
If warranty terms and conditions include onsite labor for repair or replacement of parts, Lenovo will dispatch a service technician to the customer site to perform the replacement. Onsite labor under base warranty is limited to labor for replacement of parts that have been determined to be field-replaceable units (FRUs). Parts that are determined to be customer-replaceable units (CRUs) do not include onsite labor under base warranty.
If warranty terms include parts-only base warranty, Lenovo is responsible for delivering only replacement parts that are under base warranty (including FRUs) that will be sent to a requested location for self-service. Parts-only service does not include a service technician being dispatched onsite. Parts must be changed at customer’s own cost and labor and defective parts must be returned following the instructions supplied with the spare parts.
Lenovo Service offerings are region-specific. Not all preconfigured support and upgrade options are available in every region. For information about Lenovo service upgrade offerings that are available in your region, refer to the following resources:
- Service part numbers in Lenovo Data Center Solution Configurator (DCSC):
http://dcsc.lenovo.com/#/services - Lenovo Services Availability Locator
http://lenovolocator.com/
For service definitions, region-specific details, and service limitations, please refer to the following documents:
- Lenovo Statement of Limited Warranty for Infrastructure Solutions Group (ISG) Servers and System Storage
http://pcsupport.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/ht503310 - Lenovo Data Center Services Agreement
http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/ht116628
Regulatory compliance
The LTO Ultrium Tape Drives conform to the following regulations:
- FCC: Verified to comply with Part 15 of the FCC Rules, Class A
- Canada ICES-003, Class A
- European Union Council Directive 2004/108/EC
- EN 55022, Class A
- Australia and New Zealand Class A Statement
- Japan VCCI Class A statement
- People's Republic of China Class A Electronic Emission statement
- Taiwan Class A compliance statement
- Korea KCC Class A statement
- Russia Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) Class A Statement
Interoperability
Lenovo provides end-to-end storage compatibility testing to deliver interoperability throughout the network. The LTO Ultrium Tape Drives support attachment to Lenovo servers by using SAS storage connectivity.
Note: End-to-end storage configuration support (including adapters and operating systems) must be verified through the System Storage Interoperation Center (SSIC)
Operating systems
For the list of supported operating systems, refer to the IBM System Storage Interoperation Center (SSIC)
Note: The LTO tape drives are supported when attached and run from the host operating system, however, in virtualization environments (for example, Hyper-V, KVM, Xen), the tape drives are not supported in the guest operating systems.
ISV backup software compatibility
The Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) indicate support for the LTO Ultrium Tape Drives for the following ISV backup software:
- Acronis Backup Advanced
- Arcserve Backup
- ASG Time Navigator
- CommVault Simpana
- Dell/EMC NetWorker
- Echoleaf Systems Virtual Drive
- Gemalto SafeNet
- HPE/Micro Focus Data Protector
- IBM High Performance Storage System
- IBM RMS
- IBM Security Key Lifecycle Manager
- IBM Spectrum Archive Drive Edition
- IBM Spectrum Archive Library Edition
- IBM Spectrum Archive Enterprise Edition
- IBM Spectrum Protect
- Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager
- NetApp Data Storage
- Oracle DIVA
- Oracle OSB
- Oracle SAM-QFS-HSM
- Point Archival Gateway
- Quest NetVault
- Qstar
- Veritas Backup Exec
- Veritas NetBackup
- Veeam Backup and Retention
- Versity Storage Manager
For more information, see the ISV matrix for IBM LTO that is available at this website:
http://www.ibm.com/downloads/cas/ORLZ7EMG
Lenovo Financial Services
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We are dedicated to delivering a positive finance experience for customers like you who want to maximize your purchase power by obtaining the technology you need today, protect against technology obsolescence, and preserve your capital for other uses.
We work with businesses, non-profit organizations, governments and educational institutions to finance their entire technology solution. We focus on making it easy to do business with us. Our highly experienced team of finance professionals operates in a work culture that emphasizes the importance of providing outstanding customer service. Our systems, processes and flexible policies support our goal of providing customers with a positive experience.
We finance your entire solution. Unlike others, we allow you to bundle everything you need from hardware and software to service contracts, installation costs, training fees, and sales tax. If you decide weeks or months later to add to your solution, we can consolidate everything into a single invoice.
Our Premier Client services provide large accounts with special handling services to ensure these complex transactions are serviced properly. As a premier client, you have a dedicated finance specialist who manages your account through its life, from first invoice through asset return or purchase. This specialist develops an in-depth understanding of your invoice and payment requirements. For you, this dedication provides a high-quality, easy, and positive financing experience.
For your region-specific offers, please ask your Lenovo sales representative or your technology provider about the use of Lenovo Financial Services. For more information, see the following Lenovo website:
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Seller training courses
The following sales training courses are offered for employees and partners (login required). Courses are listed in date order.
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Lenovo Data Center Product Portfolio
2023-07-21 | 15 minutes | Employees and Partners
DetailsLenovo Data Center Product PortfolioThis course introduces the Lenovo data center portfolio, and covers servers, storage, storage networking, and software-defined infrastructure products. After completing this course about Lenovo data center products, you will be able to identify product types within each data center family, describe Lenovo innovations that this product family or category uses, and recognize when a specific product should be selected.
Published: 2023-07-21
Length: 15 minutes
Employee link: Grow@Lenovo
Partner link: Lenovo Partner Learning
Course code: SXXW1110r6 -
Family Portfolio: Storage
2023-07-12 | 15 minutes | Employees and Partners
DetailsFamily Portfolio: StorageThis course covers the Lenovo storage portfolio, from tape drives used for backups and archiving all the way through high-performance storage systems. After completing this course about the Storage family, the learner will be able to identify products and features within the family, describe storage innovations that this product family uses, and recognize when a specific product should be selected.
Published: 2023-07-12
Length: 15 minutes
Employee link: Grow@Lenovo
Partner link: Lenovo Partner Learning
Course code: SXSW1201r15
Related publications and links
For more information, see the following resources:
- Storage Options for ThinkSystem Servers
https://lenovopress.com/lp0761-storage-options-for-thinksystem-servers - Lenovo Data Center Solution Configurator (DCSC)
http://dcsc.lenovo.com/ - IBM System Storage Interoperation Center (SSIC)
http://ibm.com/systems/support/storage/ssic - IBM Redbooks publication, IBM Tape Library Guide for Open Systems
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg245946.html?Open
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Full Change History
Changes in the March 15, 2022 update:
- Added IBM TS2290 Ultrium 9 Tape Drive
- Added Ultrium 9 tape media (5-pack and 1-pack)
Changes in the September 3, 2019 update:
- Updated LTO Ultrium 8 cartridge availability
Changes in the March 13, 2018 update:
- Added IBM TS2280 Ultrium 8 Tape Drive
- Added Ultrium 8 tape media (5-pack and 1-pack)
- Added Ultrium 7 tape media (1-pack)
- Added Ultrium 6 tape media (1-pack)
- Updated configurator links
Changes in the February 8, 2018 update:
- Added ThinkSystem SAS HBAs
- Removed withdrawn components
Changes in the October 31, 2017 update:
- Updated length of the C13/IEC 320-C14 rack power cable
Changes in the October 21, 2016 update:
- Removed withdrawn TS2360 Tape Drive
- Updated Operating system interoperability
- Updated Power distribution units
Changes in the November 24, 2015 update:
- Added TS2270 LTO Ultrium 7 Half-High Tape Drive
- Added LTO Ultrium 7 features and specifications
- Updated formatting
First published: 13 August 2015