Reference

The topics in this section provide additional information related to the IBM® TS4500.

TS4500 management GUI help
This section contains the help files that provide user assistance for the IBM TS4500 management graphical user interface (GUI).
REST API
The Tape REST API provides a set of functions that allow tape library administrators to send requests and receive responses using the GET, POST, and PATCH HTTP protocols. REST API commands are sent and responses are received using SCSI Write Buffer and Read Buffer commands, respectively. This method is called REST over SCSI, or RoS for short. The library also support REST over Ethernet.
Tape CLI commands
Command line interface (CLI) commands are used to perform library management procedures. Many of these procedures cannot be run from the management GUI. These CLI commands are for the TS4500 and Diamondback tape library.
SCSI API
This section describes how SCSI is implemented for the tape library.
Library card
This section provides information about the printed circuit cards that control the operation of the tape library.
Notices
This section provides legal and regulatory information, such as electromagnetic compatibility notices, safety notices, and electronic emissions notices.
Additional information
This section contains miscellaneous reference information, such as a discussion of the units used to express data storage values. This section also provides a list of additional publications and a glossary.