Fibre Channel interface

Several information resources are available to help users of drives that use a Fibre Channel interface.

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For drives that use a Fibre Channel interface, the following information is available:

For a list of compatible software, operating systems, and servers for LTO and 3592 tape drives, download the Independent Software Vendor (ISV) Matrix from the TS4500 Tape Library web page.
For complete IBM® storage interoperability information for the TS4500 tape library in a storage area network (SAN) configuration, refer to the IBM System Storage Interoperation Center (SSIC). The SSIC has details on supported operating systems, servers, switches, and adapters.

Fibre Channel technology combines the best features of traditional input/output interfaces with the best features of networking interfaces. The technology offers a transport mechanism for delivering commands, and provides high performance by allowing processing to be done in the hardware.

You can establish Fibre Channel connections between Fibre Channel ports that are in the tape library, one or more servers, and the connecting network. The network can consist of such elements as switches, hubs, bridges, and repeaters.