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Oracle StorageTek SL150 Modular Tape Library System Configuration Information for IBM Spectrum Protect Server.

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Abstract

Configuration Information for Oracle StorageTek SL150 Modular Tape Library System

Content

Oracle StorageTek SL150 Base Model - Starting Element Address
Model
Drive Addresses
Storage Slot Addresses
Changer Address
Entry/Exit Slot Address
Base system
500
1000
0
10

1. Tape Library configurations for base model and with 14 expansion modules

  • 2 Half-Height (HH) LTO drives per base module
  • 30 HH LTO drives per full stack
  • Up to 14 expansion modules
  • 30 slots per base module, 30 slots per expansion module, 450 slots per full stack
  • 4 mail slots per base module
  • Optional expanded mail slot configuration: 19-cartridge capacity
  • 3U per module to a maximum of 31U

2. Barcodes are required

3. Eight-character barcodes are required. The last 2 characters must be the media identifier "L#" where # is the tape cartridge generation. For example, ABC456L8 for an LTO-8 cartridge. Without a proper barcode label, a volume will appear as "unknown media"

4. ELEMent=AUTODetect in the DEFINE/UPDATE DRIVE command is supported

5. Oracle StorageTek SL150 supports mixed generation LTO drives in the same partition

6. Oracle StorageTek SL150 is available with the following SAS and Fibre Channel drives:

  • LTO-7 support requires IBM Spectrum Protect Server 7.1.4 or later
  • LTO-8 support requires IBM Spectrum Protect Server 8.1.4 or later
  • LTO-9 support requires IBM Spectrum Protect Server 8.1.14.100 or late
Device identifications and firmware levels used during validation
(Validated with TSM 6.2.5 & TSM 6.3.2)
Library ID: STK SL150 --- Firmware: 0016
Drive ID: HP Ultrium 5-SCSI --- Firmware: Y5BS
(Validated with TSM 6.3.4)
Library ID: STK SL150 --- Firmware: 0182
Drive ID: HP Ultrium 6-SCSI --- HH FC Firmware: 22GS
(Validated with TSM 6.3.5 & 7.1.1)
Library ID: STK SL150 --- Firmware: 0201
Drive ID: HP Ultrium 5-SCSI --- Firmware: Y65S
Drive ID: HP Ultrium 6-SCSI -- Firmware: 239S
(Validated with IBM Spectrum Protect 7.1.3)
Library ID: STK SL150 --- Firmware: 0250
Drive ID: IBM ULTRIUM-HH6 --- Firmware: E6RF
(Validated with IBM Spectrum Protect Server 7.1.5)
Library ID: STK SL150 --- Firmware: 0258
Drive ID: IBM ULTRIUM-HH6 --- Firmware: E6RF (FC & SAS)
Drive ID: IBM ULTRIUM-HH7 --- Firmware: FA11 (FC & SAS)
(Validated with IBM Spectrum Protect Server 8.1.9)
Library ID: STK SL150 --- Firmware: 0355
Drive ID: IBM ULTRIUM-HH7 --- Firmware: FA11 (FC & SAS)
Drive ID: IBM ULTRIUM-HH8 --- Firmware: J4DB (FC & SAS)
(Validated with IBM Spectrum Protect Server 8.1.15)
Library ID: STK SL150 --- Firmware: 0395
Drive ID: IBM ULTRIUM-HH8 --- Firmware: P381 
Drive ID: IBM ULTRIUM-HH9 --- Firmware: P371 
The IBM device driver is required for IBM Ultrium drives.
IBM device drivers are available at IBM Fix Central.  Choose the following options from the drop-down menus.
Product Group -> System Storage
System Storage -> Tape systems
Tape systems -> Tape drivers and software
Tape drivers and software -> Tape device drivers
Platform -> select your OS platform
See Technote 1396706 for information on platforms on which SAS devices are supported.


More information regarding device configuration is available in the IBM Spectrum Protect Server Documentation

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Modified date:
06 November 2022

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