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The 3576-E9U is the expansion module of the IBM TS3310 tape library. Each 9U module is a supplementary unit attached to the 5U control module (model L5B), and like the control module it provides fixed storage slots, tape drive slots and power supply slots. A module that holds only cartridges and no drives draws all its power from the control module.
The I/O station in an expansion module holds 12 cartridges, against six in the control module, and can be configured as storage. Each library takes up to four expansion modules when rack-mounted; a desktop library takes one.
A 5U control module alone has 36 slots in total. The L5B control module licence enables 82 cartridges in total, which covers about half of an added E9U, and one Capacity Expansion feature 1640 per expansion module enables the rest of its slots. With feature 1640 the I/O station slots in each E9U can be assigned as storage, up to 12 per module.
The library reads bar code labels to identify the cartridges in each slot, so every cartridge needs a label. A redundant power supply is available as feature 1900.
Drives for the library include the 3576-8342 Ultrium 6 Fibre Channel drive. Further tape parts are on the IBM tape and Storwize parts page.
| 3576-E9U Specs | |
| Model | 3576-E9U (TS3310 expansion module) |
| Height | 9U |
| Attaches to | 3576-L5B control module (5U) |
| Modules per library | up to 4 rack-mounted, 1 desktop |
| I/O station | 12 cartridges, configurable as storage |
| Slots, control module alone | 36 |
| Slot enablement | 82 cartridges with the L5B licence; feature 1640 per E9U enables all slots |
| Capacity Expansion license key | feature 1640 |
| Redundant power supply | feature 1900 |
| Power | cartridge-only module draws from control module |