he IBM® System Storage® TS1140 Tape Drive (3592 Model E07) can provide IBM System z® customers with FICON® or ESCON® attachment of the highest capacity, highest performing tape drives offered by IBM. Its corresponding Enterprise Tape, the new Controller Model C07 (or the existing Controller Model C06) can potentially benefit customers who utilize tape strictly for backup and archive, as well as customers who use tape for other applications.

The Enterprise Tape Controller 3592 Model C07 is the follow-on to the highly successful Enterprise Tape Controller 3592 Model C06 and is designed for FICON-only attached server environments where customers depend on the mainframe-class reliability, performance, and capacity that the 3592 Model C07 can provide. Attachment environments for the 3592 Model C07 with the 3592 Model E07 include:

• IBM 3584 Tape Library

• IBM 3952 F05 Tape Frame

• Standalone rack

Note:

The 3592 Model E07 tape drive is not supported in the IBM 3494 Tape Library.

z/VM® V5.4 and V6.1 support for the 3592 Model E07 tape drive is provided with APAR VM64979. In addition, tape library support for these drives is provided by DFSMS/VM FL221 with APAR VM65005 and its prerequisite service. Attachment of these 3592 E07 drives under the Enterprise Tape Controller Model C07 does not require any additional software maintenance.