User's Manual

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 LTO 3 tape drives with these interfaces:
Small Computer Systems Interface (SCSI), SAS, Fibre Channel interface (FC). LTO
4, LTO 5, and LTO 6 drives are Serial Attached SCSI interface (SAS), and Fibre
Channel (FC) only.
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Figure 1-1. Front panel of a 2U library
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