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IBM TS4500 R11 Tape Library Guide

An IBM Redbooks publication

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Published on 17 December 2024, updated 19 February 2025

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ISBN-10: 0738461946
ISBN-13: 9780738461946
IBM Form #: SG24-8235-11


Authors: Phil Gerrard, Larry Coyne, Ole Asmussen, Robert Beiderbeck, Dylan Carlson, Mayra Padilla Duarte, Albrecht Friess, Hans-Günther Hörhammer, Khanh Ngo, Jesus Eduardo Cervantes Rolon and Fabian Corona Villarreal

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Abstract

The IBM TS4500 Tape Library is a next-generation tape solution that offers higher storage density and better integrated management than previous solutions.

This IBM Redbooks® publication gives you a close-up view of the new IBM TS4500 Tape Library. In the TS4500, IBM® delivers the density that today’s and tomorrow’s data growth requires. It has the cost-effectiveness and the manageability to grow with business data needs, while you preserve investments in IBM Tape Library products.

This book describes the TS4500 components, feature codes, specifications, supported tape drives, encryption, new integrated management console (IMC), command-line interface (CLI), and REST over SCSI (RoS) to obtain status information about library components.

This publication is for anyone who wants to understand more about the IBM TS4500 tape library. It is particularly suitable for IBM clients, IBM Business Partners, IBM specialist sales representatives, and technical specialists.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. IBM TS4500 Tape Library

Chapter 2. IBM TS4500 Ultrium Linear Tape-Open and IBM 3592 tape drives

Chapter 3. Encryption

Chapter 4. IBM TS4500 management GUI

Chapter 5. Command-line interface

Chapter 6. IBM TS4500 REST API