Hardware and software support

Information about supported hardware and software.

Support for the 3592 tape drives is provided in i5/OS®, OS/400®, AIX®, HP-UX, Linux™, Sun, and Windows NT™, 2000, or Windows™ Server 2003 operating system environments. Support for the z/OS®, z/VM®, z/TPF, and VSE/ESA™ operating system environments is available through the 3592 C07, 3592 C06, and J70 controllers3592 C06 and J70 controllers.

For general tape drive information and details on operating systems, hardware support, supported software versions and release levels, visit this website and select the tape drive of your choice IBM Tape storage.

The installation of a 3592 tape drive might require code updates for operating systems, supported open systems device drivers, or storage management software. Per the Solutions Assurance Product Review (SAPR) Guide, the account team or IBM® Business Partner must ensure that the customer checks the appropriate PSP buckets for System z® environments or the equivalent support levels that are required for their particular software environment before the installation of the 3592 tape drive.