3996 Optical Library

IBM 3996 Optical Library

The IBM 3996 Optical Library uses 60 GB UDO-2 optical disk technologies and is designed to be externally attached with an option of three models. The IBM 3996 offers attachment to a variety of the IBM System I family of workstations and servers.

The Model 32 offers one optical disc drive and the ability of 32 disks maximum that allows 960GB of physical capacity.

The Model 80 offers two optical disk drives and the ability of 72 disks maximum that allows 2.4TB of physical capacity.

The Model 174 offers two optical disk drives and the ability of 166 disks maximum that allows 4.98TB of physical capacity.

The Model 32 has the option of adding a second drive. Also, the Model 80 has the option to increase to four drives and the Model 174 can increase to four drives.

Frontier provides used and refurbished IBM 3996 Optical Libraries. Contact us today to learn more about our configurations and our spare parts availability or simply request a quote and we will contact you shortly. 866-226-6344

Features

• Form factor and height (Height x Depth x Width):
  • Model 32 – 30.5" (77.5 cm) x 31.2" (79.2 cm) x 11.3" (28.8 cm)
  • Model 80 – 30.5" (77.5 cm) x 31.2" (79.2 cm) x 17.5" (44.5 cm)
  • Model 174 – 54.6" (138.8 cm) x 31.2" (79.2 cm) x 17.5" (44.5 cm)
• Weight:
  • Model 32 – 95 lbs (43.0 kg)
  • Model 80 – 125 lbs (57.0 kg)
  • Model 174 – 273 lbs (124 kg)
• Storage (max):
  • Model 32 – 1.92 TB
  • Model 80 – 4.8 TB
  • Model 174 – 10.4 TB
• Media slots:
  • Model 32 – 1 – 2 drives, 32 media slots
  • Model 80 – 2 – 4 drives/80 – 72 media slots
  • Model 174 – 2 – 4 drives/174 – 166 media slots
• Optical drives:
  • Model 32 – 1– 2 drives, UDO-1 or UDO-2
  • Model 80 – 2 – 4 drives, UDO-1 or UDO-2
  • Model 174 – 2 – 4 drives, UDO-1 or UDO-2 
• Network interface: Low Voltage Differential (LVD) SCSI interface
• Operating systems supported:
  • IBM System i, i5/OS V5.3, or later (UDO1 – drives)
  • IBM System i, i5/OS V5.4, or later (UDO2 – drives)
  • IBM System p, AIX 5.2 or later
  • IBM System x, Windows Server 2003 SP1 and Windows Server 2003 R2System x and Intel 32-bit servers (x86), Linux RHEL 5 kernel 2.6.18-8.el5, Linux RHEL4.5 kernel 2.6.9-55.ELsmp and Linux SLES 9 SP3 kernel 2.6.5-7.252-bigsmp