The drives are the same as a standalone to a 3584.
There have been problems with firmware levels

One of the firmware levels gave me errors on a few tapes that did not
go away. The drives ended up freezing on "3" and would not go away until
they got power cycled.

Check you firmware level (latest is 1550)

http://ssddom01.storage.ibm.com/techsup/swtechsup.nsf/support/ultriumfmr_ftp


Cheers, Suad
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On Tue, Jun 12, 2001 at 12:47:49PM -0500, Sam Schrage wrote:
On Tue, Jun 12, 2001 at 12:47:49PM -0500, Sam Schrage wrote:
> We purchased a IBM 3583 LTO in Jan, 2001.  We've had 2 tape drives replaced
> already and a third one that is acting up occasionally.  The last drive
> failure 'ate' a tape that I just spent 30 hours creating from an import.
>
> Any others 3583 LTO users having similar experiences?
>
> Sam Schrage
> TRW Systems
> 615-360-4716
> sam.schrage AT trw DOT com