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Hardware Announcement 101-291 October 2, 2001 IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Tape Controller 3590 Model A60 Enhances Application Performance and Capacity for Enterprise Tape Users
At a GlanceThe TotalStorage Enterprise Tape System 3590 provides a high level of performance, reliability, data integrity, and cartridge capacity. Now, the IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Tape Controller 3590 Model A60 offers hardware enhancements that can:
For ordering, contact: Your IBM representative, an IBM Business Partner, or IBM Americas Call Centers at 800-IBM-CALL (Reference: YE001). OverviewThe TotalStorage™ Enterprise Tape Controller 3590 Model A60 now offers improved application performance and capacity utilization for enterprise tape users. Model A60 hardware enhancements:
New fibre cable options are also available for the 3590 Model A60 with FIbre CONnections (FICON™) channel attachment.
Key PrerequisitesNew 3590 Model A60 Controllers shipped after October 12, 2001, will include these hardware enhancements. Customers with currently installed Model A60 Controllers can obtain these enhancements by ordering 3590 Model A60 feature number 0520. Appropriate levels of OS/390, z/OS, and DFSMS are also required. Please refer to the Software Requirements section for more details.
DescriptionNow, the IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Tape Controller 3590 Model A60 offers hardware enhancements that will allow enterprise-class tape customers to reap the slot benefits of high-capacity tape for additional applications without expanding, and possibly decreasing, their current processing window. Capacity Utilization 3490E emulation is used by many customers with high-capacity tape products, since it allows compatibility with competitive automation hardware with minimal operational disruption. However, some applications that use smaller blocksizes with high-capacity offerings such as the 3590 E Models, or use extended length tape cartridges, cannot fill the entire tape due to limitations in the 3490E architecture. New Model A60 hardware enhancements allow applications operating in 3490E mode to fully exploit the 3590 E Model and extended length cartridge capacity. This new extended capacity option is application requested and established during OPEN. DFSMShsm can exploit this new capability. Refer to the closing text for APAR OW49829 for more details on DFSMS support. The expanded capacity capability for 3490E emulation mode can be exploited by other assembler-language programs for use with IBM 3590 Model A60 subsystems. File Positioning Certain applications that stack files on tape do not have a product control data set in which to store file block ID locations, and rely on file sequence number for access to data. Read and write performance can be unacceptable since current interfaces require OPEN to use repeated, time consuming, Forward Space File commands to access the data. The Model A60 has been enhanced to support new file-positioning commands to allow access to data based on file number at the same fast locate speed as with block IDs. This capability is exploited by OPEN and is transparent to the application. The benefits are received automatically without application changes. DFSMSrmm™ customers, running with z/OS or OS/390 Version 2 Release 10, already have the benefit of high-speed locate for applications that do not store block IDs. Write Performance Prior to the announced new capabilities, applications that stack many files on a single cartridge have experienced degraded performance due to the performance cost of inter-file processing. Such applications include file stacking products, as well as data management programs that migrate managed objects such as report images or backups of application-managed data to tape. New Model A60 hardware enhancements eliminate redundant, rewritten tape marks and the associated backhitch, giving such applications the possibility of running faster. These new capabilities are exploited in OPEN/CLOSE/EOV and are transparent to the application. They apply automatically to programs that write multiple tape files without de-mounting the tape. The Model A60 also offers additional options for write performance improvements that can be implemented on an application level by independent software vendors or by customers with small source code changes to assembler-language application programs. FICON Fibre Cable Options
The 3590 Model A60 Controller supports both native FICON short
wavelength and long wavelength attachments. Fibre cables features are
now available to provide cables to attach to host systems with LC Duplex
connectors such as the new FICON channel features for IBM Accessibility by People with DisabilitiesThe following features support use by people with disabilities:
U.S. Section 508 Status
The IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Tape Controller 3590 Model A60 is
capable on delivery, when used in accordance with IBM's associated
documentation, of satisfying the applicable requirements of Section 508
of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. Section 794d, as implemented
by 36 C.F.R. Part 1194, provided that any Assistive Technology used with
the Product properly interoperates with it.
Euro CurrencyThis product is not impacted by euro currency. Product PositioningThe IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Tape Controller 3590 Model A60 can provide both a stand-alone and automated attachment of the highest capacity, highest performance tape drive that IBM offers today for enterprise-class customers. These enhancements are available on new and currently installed ESCON®- and FICON-attached Model A60 Controllers and support 3590 B or E Model Tape Drives in IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Automated Tape Library 3494, StorageTek Silo, and stand-alone environments. The Enterprise Tape System 3590, in combination with DFSMS software, continues to be a high-value solution for enterprise-class customers. Reference InformationRefer to:
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PublicationsUpdates to the following publications, including support of these features, is available now at:
Order
Title Number
IBM TotalStorage(TM) Enterprise Tape GA32-0329
System 3590 Introduction and
Planning Guide
IBM TotalStorage Silo Compatible GA32-0366
Tape Frame 3590 Introduction,
Planning, and User's Guide
The IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Tape System 3590 Operator Guide (GA32-0330) will be updated to include these features and is shipped with the product. Additional copies will be available with the planned availability of that attachment. The appropriate DFSMS publications will be updated to reflect these new enhancements. Refer to the closing text of APAR OW49829 for a list of updated publications. The Publication Notification System (PNS) is available by order number/product number. Customers currently subscribing to PNS will automatically receive notifications by e-mail. Customers who wish to subscribe, can visit the PNS Web site location at: The publications listed on the notification can be ordered by calling the Pubs Support Group in Raleigh at 800-879-2755, option 1. The IBM Publications Center Portal: The Publications Center is a worldwide central repository for IBM product publications and marketing material with a catalog of 70,000 items. Extensive search facilities are provided, as well as payment options via credit card. Furthermore, a large number of publications are available online in various file formats, which can currently be downloaded free of charge. Note that PNS subscribers most often order their publications via the Publications Center. Technical InformationSpecified Operating EnvironmentHardware RequirementsThe application performance and capacity enhancements to the 3590 Model A60 Controller will be standard on all Model A60 Controllers shipped on or after October 12, 2001. Feature number 9520 (Model A60 Functional Enhancement Plant) should be included on the order of that Model A60. An upgrade feature number 0520 (Model A60 Functional Enhancement Field) can be ordered on installed 3590 Model A60 Controllers to obtain these application performance and capacity enhancements on their Model A60.
Note:
When using this new capacity capability, it is recommended that all 3590
Tape Drives using 3490E emulation mode that are defined to the
application be attached to a 3590 Model A60 with this new hardware
enhancement. This will optimize drive/media allocation and allow the
cartridge to be read on any tape drive. When using this new capacity
capability with DFSMShsm™, all 3590 Tape Drives using 3490E emulation
mode, that are defined to an esoteric using the new capacity capability,
must be attached to a 3590 Model A60 with this new hardware
enhancement.
Software RequirementsThe application performance and capacity enhancements are supported on the following minimum OS/390® and z/OS™ operating systems with the DFSMS level indicated:
These new capacity and performance enhancements are also supported when the OS/390 and z/OS versions, listed above, are run as guests under z/VM™ Version 4 Release 2 and subsequent releases. Program Temporary Fixes (PTFs) are required for DFSMS. Refer to the closing text of APAR OW49829 for further details. Current support levels for FICON™ attachment are available from the following Web site:
Planning InformationCustomer Responsibilities: Physical planning is a customer responsibility. Detailed physical planning information for the 3590 Model A60 Controller is in the The IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Tape System 3590 Introduction and Planning Guide (GA32-0329). Cable Orders: FICON Long Wavelength Channel Attachment
The FICON long wavelength adapter shipped with feature number 3432 (FICON
Attachment — Long Wave) has an SC Duplex connector. By specifying
feature number 9791 (9 Micron LC/SC Fibre Cable), a 31 meter (100 foot)
Single Mode 9 micron fibre cable with an LC Duplex connector on the host
attachment end will be included, instead of the standard cable with SC
Duplex connectors on both ends. The cable shipped by specifying feature
number 9791 can be attached to fibre components with LC Duplex
connectors, such as the new FICON channel feature for IBM FICON Short Wavelength Channel Attachment
The FICON short wavelength adapter shipped with feature number 3433
(FICON Attachment — Short Wave) also has an SC Duplex connector. By
specifying feature number 9792 (50 Micron LC/SC Fibre Cable), a 31 meter
(100 foot) Single Mode 50 micron fibre cable with an LC Duplex connector
on the host attachment end will be included, instead of the standard
cable with SC Duplex connectors on both ends. The cable shipped by
specifying feature number 9792 can be attached to fibre components with
LC Duplex connectors, such as the new FICON channel feature for IBM Additional Cables, Fabric Components, and Cabling Solutions
Conversion cables from SC Duplex to LC Duplex are available as features
on the IBM In many situations, the configuration and facility specifications may require different cable lengths or the installation of cables. Product Support Services offered by IBM Global Services can provide additional fiber optic components and fiber optic cabling solutions. IBM Site and Connectivity Services (IT Consulting and Implementation Services in the U.S.) provides structured, modular, fiber optic data center connectivity solutions as part of its Fiber Transport Services (FTS) offering. Pre-terminated fiber optic trunk cables in standard lengths up to 138 meters (450 feet) and fiber optic jumper cables in lengths up to 61 meters (200 feet) are available as part of the planning, fiber optic commodities, and installation activities performed by IBM personnel. Custom lengths and custom installation of fiber optic cables, both multimode and singlemode, can also be provided as part of IBM Site and Connectivity Services' solutions. Contact your local IBM Services Sales Specialist for additional information on Fiber Transport Services or IBM Site and Connectivity Services. In the United States, call 800-IBM-4YOU (426-4968). Additional information can be found at:
Direct Customer Support:
Eligible customers can obtain installation and usage assistance
through ASK Support using the search word 3590.
Security, Auditability, and ControlThis 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 ConditionsThis 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. MES Discount Applicable: Equal to the volume commitment discount Field Installable Feature: Yes Licensed Internal Code: Same license terms and conditions as designated machine PricesThe prices provided in this announcement are suggested retail prices for the U.S. only and are provided for your information only. Dealer prices may vary, and prices may also vary by country. Prices are subject to change without notice. For additional information and current prices, contact your local IBM representative.
Field Plant
Feature Purchase Install Install
Description Number Price MMC Only Only
Tape Controller (3590-A60)
Functional Enhancement Field 0520 $500 NC Y N
Functional Enhancement Plant 9520 NC NC N Y
9 Micron LC/SC Fibre Cable 9791 0 NC N N
50 Micron LC/SC Fibre Cable 9792 0 NC N N
MMC = Monthly Maintenance Charge
No cables are required with feature numbers 0520 or 9520. For ServiceElect and ServiceSuite™ (formerly ESA) Maintenance Service Charges, contact Global Services at 888-IBM-4343 (426-4343). Order Now
Use Priority/Reference Code: YE001
Phone: 800-IBM-CALL
Fax: 800-2IBM-FAX
Internet: ibm_direct@vnet.ibm.com
Mail: 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.
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zSeries servers (FICON Express LW 1.75, (#2319), or the FICON Express SW
1.75, (#2320)), or the IBM 2032 McData ED-6064 Enterprise Fibre Channel
Director. When specified, these features replace the cables normally
shipped with the Model A60 FICON Attachment — Long Wave feature
(#3432) or FICON Attachment — Short Wave feature (#3433). Refer to the
Technical Information section for details.