Model: IBM 3580-L11

The IBM 3580 Tape Drive Model L11 features an Ultra2/Wide SCSI Low Voltage Differential (LVD) interface. The 3580 Tape Drive can be attached to the IBM AS/400, IBM RS/6000, IBM RS/6000 SP systems, Netfinity, and non-IBM servers, workstations, and personal computers that support Ultra/Wide SCSI HVD and Ultra2/Wide SCSI LVD interface specifications.

The IBM Ultrium Tape Drive offers breakthroughs in reliability, capacity and performance to meet the backup and archival needs for small to midrange environments.

• Offers breakthroughs in capacity, performance, and reliability for midrange and network tape storage environments
• Data transfer rate of up to 30 MB/second (compressed).
• Easy to understand drive information with continuous LCD status display
• Superior data and media reliability
• Cost-effective since.
• High capacity -- up to 200 GB/cartridge, compressed
• Sustained there are fewer cartridges to buy and store
• Excellent entry-level, table top Ultrium tape backup solution
• Adheres to widely supported Linear Tape-Open (LTO) design specifications

With its higher capacity and performance, the IBM Ultrium External Tape Drive is an excellent alternative to DLT, 1/4-inch, 4 mm, or 8 mm tape drives. It has a sustained data transfer rate of up to 30 MB/sec (compressed).

Advanced Features:

The IBM Ultrium External Tape Drive features Ultra2/Wide SCSI Low Voltage Differential (LVD) or Ultra/Wide SCSI High Voltage Differential (HVD) interfaces and can attach to IBM and non-IBM servers, workstations, and personal computers that support these interfaces. As a SCSI-attached tape solution, the IBM Ultrium External Tape Drive connects to Fibre Channel server adapters through selected IBM Storage Area Network Data Gateway products. Future plans include Fibre Channel-Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL) attachment.

• Capacity cartridge : Up to 200 GB compressed; 100 GB native
• Data transfer rate: Up to 30 GB/sec compressed; 15 GB/sec native
• Aggregate sustained Data rate: Up to 108 GB/hour compressed
• Cleaning Cartridge : IBM TotalStorage LTO Cleaning Cartridge (PN 08L9124)

Attachment and systems support

The IBM 3580 features Ultra2/Wide SCSI LVD and Ultra/Wide SCSI HVD interfaces, attaching to IBM RS/6000(R), IBM RS/6000 SP, IBM AS/400(R), and IBM Netfinity(R) systems, and non-IBM servers, workstations, and personal computers. As a SCSI-attached tape solution, the IBM 3580 connects to Fibre Channel server adapters through selected IBM Storage Area Network Data Gateway products. Future plans include Fibre Channel-Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL) attachment.

Operating systems support

Native device driver support is available for AIX(R) V4.3.2 or 4.3.3; OS/400(R) V4R4; Windows NT(R) Version 4.0 with Service Pack 6.0; and Windows(R) 2000; Sun(R) Solaris(R) 2.6, 7, or 8; HP-UX Version 11.0; and Red Hat(R) Linux(R) 7.0