3/5/2018 3592 Cartridges and Drives compatibility on IBM i

There are currently six(6) generations of the 3592(Jaguar) tape drives. They are 3592 J1A, TS1120, TS1130, TS1140, TS1150, and TS1155.

Below are 4 tables that list the densities each drive supports (Table 1), the cartridge read/write compatibility with the different drives (Table 2) ,the cartridge capacities
(Table 3) and tape drive and cartridge compatibility (Table 4).

Table 1: Read and Write densities supported

Density 3592 J1A TS1120 (E05) TS1130(E06) TS1140 (E07) TS1150 (E08) TS1155 (55F)
*FMT3592A1 R/W R/W R R
FMT3592A1E (note1) R/W R R
*FMT3592A2 R/W R/W R
FMT3592A2E (note1) R/W R/W R
*FMT3592A3 R/W R/W
FMT3592A3E (note1) R/W R/W
*FMT3592A4 R/W R/W R
FMT3592A4E (note1) R/W R/W R
*FMT3592A5 R/W R/W
FMT3592A5E (note1) R/W R/W
*FMT3592B5 R/W
FMT3592B5E (note1) R/W

Note 1 - FMT3592AxE cartridges have the same density and *FMT3592Ax cartridges, only they are cartridges that were encrypted using hardware encryption
(EKM, TKLM or SKLM)

Table 2: Read/write capabilities

JD/JL/JZ JC/JK/JY JB/JX JA/JJ/JW/JR
Tape Unit
Cartridge Cartridge Cartridge Cartridge
3592-55F
R/W R/W
(TS1155)
3592-E08
R/W R/W
(TS1150)
3592-E07
R/W R/W R
(TS1140)
3592-E06
R/W R/W
(TS1130)
3592-E05
R/W R/W
(TS1120)
3592-J1A R/W

Table 3: Media Type, part number, and write capacity

Part
Media Type Native Capacity 3:1 Capacity
Number
15TB (TS1155) 45TB (TS1155)
JD Advanced
Data
10 TB (TS1150) 30 TB (TS1150)
15TB (TS1155) 45TB (TS1155)
JZ Advance
WORM
10 TB (TS1150) 30 TB (TS1150)
3 TB (TS1155) 9TB (TS1155)
JL Advanced
Economy
2 TB (TS1150) 6 TB (TS1150)
7 TB 21 TB
JC Advanced
46X7452 (TS1150/TS1155)
(TS1150/TS1155)
Data
4 TB (TS1140) 12 TB (TS1140)
7 TB 21 TB
JY Advanced
46X7454 (TS1150/TS1155)
(TS1150/TS1155)
WORM
4 TB (TS1140) 12 TB (TS1140)
900 GB 2,7 TB
JK Advanced
46X7453 (TS1150/TS1155)
(TS1150/TS1155)
Economy
500 GB (TS1140) 1.5 TB (TS1140)
JB Extended 23R9830 1.6 TB (TS1140) 4.8 TB (TS1140)
Data
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1 TB (TS1130) 3 TB (TS1130)

700 GB (TS1120) 2.1 TB (TS1120)

1.6 TB (TS1140) 4.8 TB (TS1140)
JX Extended
23R9831 1 TB (TS1130) 3 TB (TS1130)
WORM
700 GB (TS1120) 2.1 TB (TS1120)
640 GB (TS1130) 1.92 TB (TS1130)

JA Data 18P7534 500 GB (TS1120) 1.5 TB (TS1120)

300 GB (J1A) 900 GB (J1A)

128 GB (TS1130) 384 GB (TS1130)

JJ Economy 24R0316 100 GB (TS1120) 300 GB (TS1120)

60 GB (J1A) 180 GB (J1A)

640 GB (TS1130) 1.92 TB (TS1130)

JW WORM 18P7538 500 GB (TS1120) 1.5 TB (TS1120)

300 GB (J1A) 900 GB (J1A)

128 GB (TS1130) 384 GB (TS1130)
JR Economy
24R0317 100 GB (TS1120) 300 GB (TS1120)
WORM
60 GB (J1A) 180 GB (J1A)
Cleaning
18P7535
cartridge

Table 4: Drive and cartridge compatibility

Gen 5 - Gen 5 -
3592 Model Gen 1 3592 J1A Gen 2 TS1120 Gen 3 - TS1130 Gen 4 - TS1140
TS1150 TS1155
Native Data
40 100 160 250 360 360
Rates MB/s
Cartridge - JA JA/JJ/JW/JR JA/JJ/JW/JR JA/JJ/JW/JR JA/JJ/JW/JR
Cartridge - JB JB/JX JB/JX JB/JX
Cartridge - JC JC/JY/JK JC/JY/JK JC/JY/JK
Cartridge - JD JD/JZ/JL JD/JZ/JL
Encryption N/A Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Attachment Fibre Fibre Fibre Fibre Fibre Fibre

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3592 Barcode label Specifications

More information for 3592 barcode labels can be found here

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