ftp://public.dhe.ibm.com/common/ssi/ecm/en/tsd00063usen/TSD00063USEN.PDF
<ftp://public.dhe.ibm.com/common/ssi/ecm/en/tsd00063usen/TSD00063USEN.PDF>The 3590 has an exposed leader block catch. The 3592 has a little sliding door, no idea how it works. But you can see by the picture in the PDF that is physically different. On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 2:23 PM, Edward M Martin <emar...@aultman.com> wrote: > Hello Mark, > > > > Can you explain a little more? I knew that the 3490e/3490 were different > but I did not know that the 3590 and 3592 carts were different. > > > > Thanks for the info, > > > > Ed Martin > > Aultman Health Foundation > > 330-363-5050 > > ext 35050 > > *From:* The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] *On > Behalf Of *Mark Pace > *Sent:* Wednesday, September 01, 2010 12:55 PM > > *To:* IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > *Subject:* Re: 3590 systems > > > > The 3592 tape cartridge is a physically different tape than the 3590 > cartridge. > > > > > > On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 12:48 PM, Edward M Martin <emar...@aultman.com> > wrote: > > Hello Everyone that has 3590 connections to their zSeries, > > We are looking into 3590 cartridge drives. I am having some > issues understanding the IBM numbers. > > Please check what I think these numbers are. > > 3584-L22 base frame is > this just the rack to hold everything > > 3592-E05 tape drives these are > the actual drive that reads the cartridge > > 3592-J70 Enterprise Tape Controller is the > controller that connect the drives to the Ficon/Escon > > To > the tape drives > > 3593-F05 Library Controller Frame This is > the actual frame that holds the J70 and E05 inside the > > > 3584-L22 > frame > > 3593-L05 Library Manager not sure > what this really does other than > > “Model > L05 – single library manager. Maximum of 2 (redundancy only) per 3593 > System” > > Am I correct on what I have? > > Ed Martin > > Aultman Health Foundation > > 330-363-5050 > > ext 35050 > > > > > -- > > Mark D Pace > > Senior Systems Engineer > > Mainline Information Systems > > > > > > > > > -- Mark D Pace Senior Systems Engineer Mainline Information Systems
