Re: Cards to support 3573 tape drive

For most purposes, including yours, the 5702 will do just fine, I use them interchangeably. The difference is that 5775 (CCIN 571A) can be used without an IOP for some devices (NOT LTO!) while the 5702 cannot. I think the cards are the same speed as well.

This rather old doc says they are both supported: http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/resources/systems_storage_tape_pdf_compatibility_ts3100_ts3200_interop.pdf

- Larry "DrFranken" Bolhuis

On 5/26/2011 9:18 AM, rob@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

On a few models here I am using a 571A card under a 2844 card to support
our 3573 tape drives:
Resource Type-model Text
CMB11 2844-001 Storage Controller
DC07 571A-001 Storage Controller
TAPGRT01 3573-020 Tape Library

I want to add another tape drive and I was wondering if I could use a 5702
card we have on the shelf. I was hoping to put it in our 9408-M25. If I
can, is there a reason why not? I was reading this:
http://www-03.ibm.com/support/techdocs/atsmastr.nsf/5cb5ed706d254a8186256c71006d2e0a/b0de1702837f92258625748300512045/$FILE/Power6%20tape%20drive%20support%20techdoc.pdf
I see that 5702 is mentioned right next to the 571A.

I can see speed of the 571A mentioned at:
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/powersys/v3r1m5/index.jsp?topic=/iphcd/fc5736.htm
I can't find speed of the 5702.

Rob Berendt