1. Lee Jesionowski – Lead Architect, Tape Automation Products
14 July 2014
IBM TS4500 Tape Library

2. TS3500 High Density case studies2

3. TS3500 tape library overview
A single library system includes:
frames (plus two service bay frames)
LTO and/or 3592 tape drives
,000 storage slots
Up to 180 PB* Storage Capacity
I/O slots ( I/O Stations)
255 virtual I/O slots per logical library
1- 2 accessors (robotics)
shuttle connections to other library systems
Base frame
(Model Lx3)
active expansion frames
shuttle connections
Service bay A
Service bay B
* Using TS1140 drives and media at 3:1 compression 3

4. High Density (HD) frames – up to 3X capacity
Nearline cartridge cache (application independent)
Tier 0 Slots (220 LTO or )
Tier 1 Slots (220 or 200)
Tier 2 Slots (220 or 200)
Tier 3 Slots (220 or 200)
Tier 4 Slots (220 or 200)
Tier 5 Slots (220 or N/A))
Least recently used
Add up to 4PB in 10 sq.ft.
1, cartridges OR
1,320 LTO cartridges
Side
View
Cartridge
Cache
Load balancing of tiers to optimize access 4

5. Three case studies of clients exploiting TS3500 HD slots Each client increased slot density by ~2X while maintaining industry-leading time-to-data
With <10% of mounts from tiers 2-5, the average time-to-data impact
of TS3500 HD slots is < 700 milliseconds! 5

6. The domino effect of tape mount time
Lower mount time
leads to less disk buffer…
…which leads to
more budget for flash...
…which leads to…
[Insert your favorite IBM
FlashSystem benefit here]
*Notes:
TS3500 HD average impact of 700 milliseconds based on example case studies
Vendor A mount time comes from public data sheets
Vendor B mount time is an estimate based on public information 6

7. A brief history of the IBM TS3500
10 generations of 3592 and LTO technology resulting in a 40X improvement in cartridge capacity and over 16X improvement in aggregate data rate
3 generations of power technology resulting in more than a 25% reduction in power consumption
3 generations of library control system resulting in up to a 28X improvement in internal communications speeds
2 generations of storage slot technology resulting in more than a 2X improvement in slot density (more than a 80X improvement in data density)
3 generations of cartridge gripper design supporting the above upgrades
Numerous field upgradeable firmware innovations such as Persistent WWN, Path Failover, Advanced Library Management System, Library Managed Encryption, and Cartridge Cache 7

8. Announcing the IBM TS4500 tape library8

9. IBM TS4500 Tape Library
Higher Density 9

10. Licensed Slot Capacity
TS4500 HD2 base frame Up to 2.2 PB native capacity in a single frame tape library
TS3500 Tape Library
TS4500 Tape Library
Model Lx3
Model Lx5
Up to 12 Drives
16 or 32 I/O
36 I/O - LTO
32 I/O
Licensed Slot Capacity
Entry
Interm
Full
Base HD
LTO 64
129
100
200
400
730
3592 58
117
550
Up to 3.3X the slot density of TS3500 with more standard features including:
Advanced Library Management System (ALMS)
Dynamic partitioning
Transparent Capacity on Demand
Virtual I/O (VIO)
Cartridge cache
Two I/O Stations
System console capabilities e.g. broadband call home (formerly TSSC) 10

11. Licensed Slot Capacity
TS4500 HD2 drive expansion frames Up to 2.4X slot density, up to 1.3X drive density
New HD Capacity on Demand option
2 I/O Stations optional
No capacity reduction for tape drives
TS3500 Expansion
TS4500 Expansion
Model Dx3
Model Dx5
Up to 12 Drives
Up to 16 Drives
Licensed Slot Capacity
Base
HD w/ I/O
HD w/o I/O
LTO
500
882
970
3592
660
740 11

12. TS4500 flexible growth Grow left or right of the base frame
TS4500 Frame 1
Lx5
Dx5
Sx5
Up to 12 Drives
Storage only
Max Licensed Capacity
LTO
730
774
1054
3592
550
590
798
All models come with all slots installed
Frame 1 left-most drive slots and left-most storage slots are inactive
TS4500 Frame 2+
Lx5
Dx5
Sx5
Up to 16 Drives
Storage only
Max Licensed Capacity
LTO
882
970
1320
3592
660
740
1000 12

13. TS4500 tape drive support LTO-5, LTO-6, and TS1140
New HD2-compatible packaging for up to 16 drives in each model Lx5/Dx5 HD2 frame
3588 models F5C/F6C
3592 model EH7
Support for migration from model xx2/xx3 non-HD2 frames to new model xx5 HD2 frames:
3588 F5A-to-F5C model conversion
3588 F6A-to-F6C model conversion
3592 E07-to-EH7 model conversion
NOTE: Can upgrade either 3592 drive generation or 3592 drive packaging, but cannot upgrade both
3592 E06-to-EH7 13

14. New option for customer-usable rack space
10U of rack space above each TS3500 or TS4500 library frame
Field install
Opportunity for “zero footprint” rack-mount components such as Fibre Channel switches, Ethernet switches, IBM FlashSystems, and/or tape-attached servers
Treated as completely independent rack space – not tied to service/support of the tape library 14

15. IBM TS4500 Tape Library
Simplified Management Magazine I/O Integrated management Improved ease-of-use Extensible platform

16. TS4500 control - Magazine I/O16

17. TS4500 control - Integrated management (More information: sTU80 - Demo of Next Gen Tape Automation Management on May 21)
Reporting
Tape System Reporter (integrated, improved)
Other
LDAP, DNS, NTP, SSL
(integrated, improved)
Management
GUI/CLI
(improved)
Monitoring
(SMTP), syslog, SNMP, mobile
(integrated, improved)
Admin and Service LANs
Support
Tape System Service Console (TSSC) capabilities
(integrated)
Integrated
Management
Console (IMC) 17

18. TS4500 control – Improved ease-of-use Local text UI and remote GUI replaced with XIV-like GUI
Integrated
Management
Console (IMC)
The IMC end panel can be installed on the left or right end of the library. 18

19. TS4500 control – Improved ease-of-use GUI example: At-a-glance and actionable status19

20. TS4500 Command Line Interface (CLI)
Based on the TS3500 CLI (common syntax where possible)
Web search “TS4500 knowledge center”
TS4500 CLI commands specified in the Reference section 20

21. New TS4500 CLI commands (not in the TS3500 CLI)
codeUpdate
createBEP
createKeyLabelMapping
createVolserRanges
deleteBEP
deleteKeyLabelMapping
deleteVolserRanges
downloadPropertiesFile
downloadSnapshot
driveCodeUpdate
editBEP
editKeyLabelMapping
getVIOStatus
modifyAdvancedEncSettings
modifyFibreChannelSettings
modifyVolserRanges
modifyVolserReporting
moveFromAllDrives
resetDrive
restoreConfiguration
saveConfiguration
setAutoEjectCleaningCarts
setDrivePortsId
setMaximumVIOCartridges
setNMADetection
setRolePermissions
setScannerSpeed
setSSL
showQueuedExports
viewBEP
viewKeyLabelMapping
viewSnapshots
viewUsers
viewVolserRanges
viewVolserRangesByLL 21

22. TS4500 notifications – SNMP, Email, and Syslog options
Info notifications replace the SNMP audit logging option
from TS3500 22

23. Coming soon to an iTunes store near you IBM Storage Mobile Dashboard support for TS450023

24. Tape System Reporter (TSR)
TS4500 IMC
TSR server: Collect data from multiple tape libraries and store in an aggregated database.
TSR client: Provide custom reports to view a wide variety of metrics for the tape libraries, tape drives, and tape cartridges. Includes ability to perform data mining
For TS3500:
The TSR server and database must be installed by the end-user.
For TS4500:
The TSR server and database are now preinstalled on the IMC to monitor the attached TS4500.
An SQL query (e.g. from the TSR client or other reporting software) can be performed on the TSR database via a TS4500 IP address.
NOTE: This SQL query capability will be made available with a post-GA library firmware release. 24

25. TS4500 security improvements
LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol)/Kerberos client now integrated – no longer require a separate Storage Authentication Service
SSL/TLS (Secure Sockets Layer/Transport Layer Security) performance improved
Password and Session Policy now supported 25

26. Other integrated management improvements
Domain Name Services now supported
Network Time Protocol now supported 26

27. TS4500 control – Extensible for another 10+ years
Base Frame & Accessor
Drive Frame
Redundant Accessor Gb
Integrated
Management
Console (IMC)
Library
Controller
Card
(LCC)
Library
Controller
Card
(LCC) Gb Gb
Compute Resource Improvements
Library Firmware Improvements
OS Upgrade
Firmware Update (Gb)
Drive Communication (Gb)
First Time Data Capture
Inventory Data Management
Web User Interface 27

28. Initial TS4500 solutions General Availability June 13
Up to 4 frames with one accessor in the tape library for a max native capacity of 14.2 PBs with TS1140 drives and a max of 11.7 PBs with LTO 6 drives.
Open Systems attachment including Linux, AIX, Windows, IBM i, and Solaris
SCSI command set fully emulates TS3500
The broad ISV support of TS3500 is expected for TS4500 including IBM Tivoli Storage Manager and IBM Linear Tape File System (LTFS) solutions
Statement of direction:
IBM will support high availability and scale out configurations for the TS4500. In addition, IBM will offer TS3500 frame upgrades to the new generation control system.
IBM's statements regarding its plans, directions, and intent are subject to change or withdrawal without notice at IBM's sole discretion. 28

29. A word about the TS3500 lifespan…
If the TS3500-to-TS4500 control system transition were to follow the history of 3494-to-TS3500 (3584)…
We would expect new generations of tape drives and media to continue to be introduced into TS3500 until (with the possible exception of pre-2004 era L32/D32 frames)
We would expect TS3500 Dx3/Sx4 expansion frames to continue to be offered until
NOTE: End of support is typically at least 5 years after withdraw from marketing (and often much longer)
IBM's statements regarding its plans, directions, and intent are subject to change or withdrawal without notice at IBM's sole discretion. 29

30. Thank you! Contact: Lee Jesionowski ljesion@us.ibm.com
IBM TS4500 Tape Library
Thank you! Contact: Lee Jesionowski
For additional information…
Search the web for ‘TS4500 Knowledge Center’ 30