Dell TL2000 manual Product Description, Front Panel

Chapter 1. Product Description

The Dell™ PowerVault™ TL2000 Tape Library (2U library) and the Dell PowerVault TL4000 Tape Library (4U library) provide compact, high-capacity, low-cost solutions for simple, unattended data backup. The 4U library houses up to 48 tape cartridges (or 45 and an elective 3-slot I/O Station) in a compact 4U form factor with easy access to cartridges via four removable magazines. The 2U library houses up to 24 tape cartridges (or 23 and an elective 1-slot I/O Station) in a compact 2U form factor with easy access to cartridges via two removable magazines.

The TL2000/TL4000 Library supports LT03 and LT04 tape drives with these interfaces: a Small Computer Systems Interface (SCSI), Fibre Channel interface (FC), or Serial Attached SCSI interface (SAS). LTO 3 and LTO 4 Half height drives are SAS only, and LTO 4 Full height drives are SAS and Fibre Channel only. LTO3 full height drives are SCSI and Fibre Channel only.

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Figure 1-1. Front panel of a 2U library

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