The TS7700 hardware component 3957-VED is the same hardware as a 3948-VED.
The TS7700 Server
facilitates data transfer between the host and data storage, and to and from physical tape drives
when the TS7700 connects to
a physical tape library.
The TS7700 Server performs
the following major functions:
Host connectivity
Virtualization of tape drives and media, when connected to a physical
tape library
Storage, replication, and organization of data, including organization
across tape libraries and physical media when connected to a physical tape library
TS7700 server (VED) configuration
The TS7700 hardware component 3957-VED is the same hardware as a 3948-VED. A TS7700 Server VED
configuration includes:
Two 10-core 3.8 GHz POWER9 processor cards
Six 600GB HDDs or 775GB SSD
64 GB total memory
SAS controller with support for RAID 0,1,5,6 and 10
One system (serial) port with RJ45 connector
Two Hardware Management Console (HMC) ports
Extended Error Handling (EEH) and hot plug support on PCI expansion slots.
Four USB ports:
Two USB 3.0 ports for general use
Two USB 2.0 ports for the FSP service processor
No DVD RAM drive
Two or four Quad-port 1 Gbps copper ethernet adapter
Two quad-port 16Gbps FCS adapter
Each Expansion Unit I/O adapter drawer offers the following features:
Eight additional hot-plugged PCIe cartridge styler slots ( used to house FICON adapters for host
attachment, Fibre Channel adapters for the cache enclosure attachment and Fibre Channel adapters).
PCIe standard achievable using Kleber riser adapters
PCI-X standard achievable using Oroville riser adapters
Always redundant AC power
Always redundant cooling
Concurrent maintenance of:
PCIe or PCI-X adapters
Two power supplies
Four fans
Figure 1. TS7770 Server (VED) System Unit (rear view)
Figure 2. New adapter cards in TS7770 v5.0
Table 1. System Unit (TS7700 server ( VED)) adapters
Slot Number
Adapter
C2
16 Gb Quad port FC HBA
C3
I/O Drawer Interface card
C4
1Gb Quad port or 10Gb dual port Optical
C6
16 Gb Quad port FC HBA
C7
16Gb Quad port Ethernet adapter
C8
1Gb Quad port or 10Gb dual port Optical
C9
I/O Drawer Interface card
C11
Serial adapter
C12
16Gb Quad port Ethernet adapter
Figure 3. TS7770 Server (VED) System Unit (front view)
Figure 4. TS7770 Server (VED) Expansion Unit I/O drawer (rear
view)
Figure 5. TS7770 Server (VED) Expansion Unit I/O Drawer (FICON
Connections)
Table 2. FICON connection order for both 2 and 4 card configurations(I/O
Drawer) adapters
Slot Number
Adapter
C3
16 Gb Quad port FC HBA
C6
16 Gb Quad port FC HBA
3957-VEC configuration
A TS7700 Server (3957-VEC) configuration includes:
2 processor sockets each 3.42 GHz with 10 processor core
32 GB of DDR3 CDIMM @ 1600 Mbps
Additional SAS Solstice-crocodile controller with support for RAID 0,1,5,6 and 10
8 SFF 300 GB SAS 15K RPM internal drives using RAID0 (through a split back plane)
1 slim line DVD RAM drive
EEH and hot plug support on PCI adapters
Disk cache w/ 4 TB HDDs
TS3500 and TS4500 tape library support
16 Gb Fibre Channel switches for back-end tape
Grid Dual port 1 Gb (copper or optical) Ethernet or dual port 10 Gb Optical Ethernet
Figure 6 and Figure 7 depict the TS7760
System Unit.Figure 6. TS7760 Server (3957-VEC) System Unit (front view)
Figure 7. TS7760 Server (3957-VEC) System Unit (rear view)
Figure 8
depicts the TS7760 Server Expansion Unit I/O drawer.
Table 3. TS7760 Server System Unit (3957-VEC) adapters
Slot Number
Adapter
2
Serial Adapter
5
I/O Drawers Interface card
6
I/O Drawers Interface card
10
PCIe2 LP 4-port 1 Gb Ethernet Adapter
11
PCIe2 LP 4-port 1 Gb Ethernet Adapter
The TS7760 Server Expansion Unit for the 3957-VEC includes two input/output (I/O)
drawers, which are identically configured and simultaneously active. The I/O drawers contain ports
for connection to the host, to other internal component interfaces, and to tape drives when the
TS7700 Server is connected to a tape library. Table 4 displays the slot numbers and
adapters associated with ports on the expansion unit I/O drawers.Figure 8. TS7760 Server Expansion Unit I/O drawer (rear view)
Table 4. TS7700 Server Expansion Unit I/O drawer
adapters for 3957-VEC
