HP STORAGEWORKS EML E-TAPE LIBRARY, STORAGEWORKS ESL E-TAPE LIBRARY User Manual

HP StorageWorks Interface Manager and Command View for

Tape Libraries Software user guide

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Part number: 344841-010 Tenth edition: March 2006

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About this guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Intended audience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Related documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Document conventions and symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

HP technical support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Subscriber’s Choice alert notification registration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

HP-authorized reseller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Helpful web sites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

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1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

SNIA compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

User interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Order of precedence of user interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Network configuration overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

External features overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

2 Command View for Tape Libraries Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Installing Command View TL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Starting Command View TL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Verifying connectivity with the Connectivity Check feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Using the Launcher window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Navigating Command View TL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Device numbering conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Initial configuration steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Other common Command View TL functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Adding or removing a library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Using the Library Discovery wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Manually adding or removing a library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Configuring a library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Configuring the Fibre Channel interface controllers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Monitoring device status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Viewing the event log. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Viewing inventory of the library. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Updating firmware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Using the License Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Library Selection tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Adding and removing libraries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

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Managing libraries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Identity tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Status tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Health summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Cabling view. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Component Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Event log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Inventory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Configuration tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Library properties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Interface settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Interface Manager mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Connection properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

WWN retention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Clearing a WWN mismatch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Replacing an interface controller with WWN retention enabled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Host access (Secure Manager) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Partitioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Direct backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Network settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

TCP/IP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

SNMP alerts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Licensed Capacity Panel Upgrade for ESL E-Series feature. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Save/Restore feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Operations tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Reboot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Media management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Support tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

HP on the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Support ticket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Firmware update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Restore factory defaults. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Management Station tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Network settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

E-mail settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Administrative password. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

License Key Summary tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Adding or removing a license key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Support Tickets tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

3 Command line interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Accessing the CLI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Starting a serial session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Starting a Telnet session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Telnetting through the LAN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Telnetting through the cascade port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Command syntax structure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Using command sequences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Abbreviating commands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Device numbering conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Navigating the CLI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Interface Manager mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Common CLI functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Using the Setup Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Configuring a library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Configuring the FC interface controllers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Monitoring device status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Generating Interface Manager and FC interface controller logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Updating firmware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Generating support tickets from the CLI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Using Secure Manager functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Accessing basic Secure Manager through the CLI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

4 Advanced features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Direct Backup Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Using Direct Backup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Enabling Direct Backup on tape drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Secure Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Configuring host access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Adding or removing a host HBA from the list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Editing the host HBA alias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Viewing host HBA properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Configuring access for a host HBA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Viewing the device map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Partitioning a library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Adding a partition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Removing a partition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Viewing partition properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Using the Licensed Capacity Panel Upgrade for ESL E-Series feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Obtaining and installing license keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Installing the license keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Installing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Using support tickets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Generating a support ticket. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Viewing a support ticket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Sending a support ticket by e-mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Other support ticket functionality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

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5 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

LED diagnostic codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Common issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

A CLI Command Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

User commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

add directbackup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

create host . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

delete directbackup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

download interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

download drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

download mgmt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

download library. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

map host . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

move media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

reboot all . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

reboot interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

reboot library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

reboot mgmt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

restore im defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

restore interface defaults. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

restore system config . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

restore system defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

save interface log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

save drive lttsupportticket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

save interface lttsupportticket. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

save library lttsupportticket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

save mgmt lttsupportticket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

save mgmt log. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

save system config. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

set host name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

set interface clearwwnmismatch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

set interface hostport alpa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

set interface hostport connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

set interface hostport mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

set interface hostport speed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

set mgmt clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

set mgmt password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

set mgmt timezone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

set mgmt wwnstate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

set mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

set network dhcp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

set network ipaddress. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

set network snmpcommunity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

set system assetnumber. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

set system contact email . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

set system contact name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

set system contact pager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

set system contact phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

set system location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

set system name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

show directbackup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

show drive access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

show drive info . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

show drive interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

show drive name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

show drive productid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

show drive revision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

show drive serialnumber. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

show drive status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

show drive type. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

show firmware available . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

show firmware revisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

show host access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

show host info. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

show host name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

show interface access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

show interface hostport alpa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

show interface hostport connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

show interface hostport mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

show interface hostport speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

show interface info . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

show interface name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

show interface revision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

show interface status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

show interface targetport alpa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

show interface targetport connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

show interface targetport mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

show interface targetport speed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

show interface wwninfo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

show library access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

show library info . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

show library interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

show library name. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

show library productid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

show library revision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

show library serialnumber. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

show library status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

show library topology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

show license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

show media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

show mgmt clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

show mgmt info. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

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show mgmt revision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

show mgmt status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

show mgmt timezone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

show mgmt wwnstate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

show mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

show network dhcp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

show network ipaddress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

show network snmpcommunity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

show partition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

show robotics status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

show system assetnumber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

show system contact email . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

show system contact name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

show system contact pager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

show system contact phone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

show system info . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

show system location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

show system name. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

show system status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

unmap host. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

B Supplemental Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

ALPA matrix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

About this guide

This guide provides information about:

• Understanding the different user interfaces used with the Interface Manager card.

• Installing and using Command View TL software.

• Using the Interface Manager command line interface (CLI).

Intended audience

This book is intended for use by system administrators and IT personnel responsible for operating and maintaining an ESL library.

Document conventions and symbols

Table 1 Document conventions

Convention Element

Medium blue text: Figure 1 Cross-reference links and e-mail addresses

Medium blue, underlined text (http://www.hp.com

Bold font • Key names

Italics font Text emphasis

Monospace font • File and directory names

Monospace, italic font • Code variables

Monospace, bold font Emphasis of file and directory names, system output, code, and

)

Web site addresses

• Text typed into a GUI element, such as into a box

• GUI elements that are clicked or selected, such as menu and

list items, buttons, and check boxes

• System output

• Code

• Text typed at the command-line

• Command-line variables

text typed at the command line

WARNING! Indicates that failure to follow directions could result in bodily harm or death.

CAUTION: Indicates that failure to follow directions could result in damage to equipment or data.

IMPORTANT: Provides clarifying information or specific instructions.

NOTE: Provides additional information.

TIP: Provides helpful hints and shortcuts.

HP technical support

Telephone numbers for worldwide technical support are listed on the HP support web site:

http://www.hp.com/support/

Collect the following information before calling:

• Technical support registration number (if applicable)

• Product serial numbers

• Product model names and numbers

• Applicable error messages

• Operating system type and revision level

• Detailed, specific questions

For continuous quality improvement, calls may be recorded or monitored.

Subscriber’s Choice alert notification registration

HP strongly recommends that customers sign up online using the Subscriber's choice web site:

http://www.hp.com/go/e-updates

• Subscribing to this service provides you with e-mail updates on the latest product enhancements,

newest versions of drivers, and firmware documentation updates, as well as instant access to numerous other product resources.

• After signing up, you can quickly locate your products by selecting Business support and then

Storage under Product Category.

HP-authorized reseller

For the name of your nearest HP-authorized reseller:

• In the United States, call 1-800-345-1518.

• Elsewhere, visit the HP web site: http://www.hp.com

and telephone numbers.

Helpful web sites

For third-party product information, see the following HP web sites:

• http://www.hp.com

• http://www.hp.com/go/storage

• http://www.hp.com/support/

• http://www.docs.hp.com

. Then, click Contact HP to find locations

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1Introduction

The HP StorageWorks Interface Manager for tape libraries is a management card designed to consolidate and simplify the management of HP StorageWorks ESL9000 Series, ESL E-Series, and EML E-Series tape libraries. The Interface Manager card provides the following features:

• Simple, unified, graphical setup and configuration of FC interface controllers.

• Remote management of FC interface controllers via a Web-based GUI or command line

interface.

• SAN-related diagnostics for key library components, such as interface controllers, drives, and

robotics.

• Additional advanced SAN security and management features are available via licensing. These

features improve security, performance, reliability, and ease of control.

SNIA compliance

The Storage Management Initiative (SMI) was created by the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) to develop and standardize interoperable storage management technologies and aggressively promote them to the storage, networking and end user communities.

For more information about SNIA and the SMI, see the following Web site:

http://www.snia.org/smi/home

The HP StorageWorks Command View for Tape Libraries Software (Command View TL) Provider follows the Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMI-S) and provides an interface for SMI-S compliant applications to manage HP StorageWorks tape libraries. The Command View TL Provider is installed along with Command View TL.

For more information, see the HP StorageWorks Command View for Tape Libraries Software SMI-S Provider installation instructions.

User interfaces

Three different user interfaces (UIs) can be used to control the Interface Manager card. These UIs are provided by the Interface Manager card or by Command View TL. This chapter explains the purpose and use of each UI. The three UIs are as follows:

• Serial—Uses a command line interface (CLI) and connects directly to the Interface Manager

card through an RS232 serial interface rather than through the LAN. The serial UI takes precedence over the Command View TL and Telnet UIs and prevents any other open sessions from communicating with the Interface Manager card.

• Telnet—Uses the same CLI as the serial interface, but requires the IP address of the Interface

Manager card to initiate the session. This IP address can be set through the Interface Manager card serial interface or cascade port or, on ESL E-Series libraries, through the library Operator Control Panel (OCP). The advantage of using Telnet over the serial interface is that users can Telnet from any client machine that is on the LAN; a separate serial connection is not needed. The Telnet UI has precedence over the Command View TL GUI and prevents any open Command View TL sessions from communicating with the library.

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NOTE: If you use Telnet to change the IP address of the Interface Manager card or library, you

must log in to a new Telnet session with the new IP address.

• Command View TL—Is a browser-based graphical user interface (GUI). This is the preferred UI

for controlling the Interface Manager card and should be used in most circumstances. From any client on the LAN, you can use a browser to access Command View TL, which is hosted on a management station. For more information on using Command View TL, see Command View for

Tape Libraries Software.

Order of precedence of user interfaces

The order of precedence of the three UIs used with the Interface Manager card is as follows:

1. Serial

2. Telnet

3. Command View TL

Only one session can be open at a time (serial, Telnet, or Command View TL). However, it is possible to have multiple Command View TL GUI clients open simultaneously because these clients all share a single session. If you attempt to open a session when another session of higher priority is currently open, the system displays an error message and the lower priority session will not start. If you attempt to open a session when another session of lower priority is currently open, the system warns you that another session is currently open and asks if it is OK to terminate the lower priority session.

CAUTION: While it is possible for an administrator to terminate other sessions by opening a serial

or Telnet session, HP does not recommend it. If, for example, someone performs a firmware upgrade using a Command View TL GUI client and that session is terminated prematurely, the firmware upgrade will fail and can cause the device being upgraded to require physical repair.

Network configuration overview

With the ESL9000 Series and EML E-Series tape libraries, the external LAN communicates directly to the Interface Manager card using the card’s network IP address. The Interface Manager card processes requests and relays information to the Fibre Channel (FC) interface controllers. In ESL9000 Series libraries, the robotics controller is connected to one of the FC interface controllers. In the EML E-Series library, the robotics controller is connected directly to the Interface Manager card through an Ethernet connection.

ESL E-Series libraries contain a private LAN internal to the library. The library cabinet controller provides a bridge between the external LAN and the library internal LAN and Interface Manager card.

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Figure 1, Figure 2, and Figure 3 show how the different UIs communicate with the Interface

Manager card in the various libraries.

Figure 1 Network configuration for ESL9000 Series tape libraries

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Drives

FC interface controllers (up to 4)

Internal network

Management station with Command View TL

Telnet connection

Library boundary

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Robot

Interface Manager card

External network

Remote web browser connected to management station via http

Serial CLI via RS-232 connection

Figure 2 Network configuration for ESL E-Series libraries

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Drives

FC interface controllers (up to 4)

Internal network

Management station with Command View TL

Robot

Interface Manager card

External network

Remote web browser connected to management station via http

Telnet connection

Serial CLI via RS-232 connection

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Library cabinet controller

Library boundary

Figure 3 Network configuration for EML E-Series libraries

Hosts

e2400-FC 2G (or 4G) interface controller (up

to 4)

HP Ultrium tape drives (up to 16)

Robot

Serial connection

Management station

10438

Fibre Channel switch Interface Manager card

Library robotics controller Operator control panel Telnet connection Library boundary

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External features overview

Figure 4 identifies the I/O components of the Interface Manager card.

1 2 3 54 6

Figure 4 Interface Manager faceplate

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Cascade in back-end Ethernet port

Front-end Ethernet port (to LAN)

Auxiliary RJ-11 serial connector (not used)

Reset button

Green link activity LED

Private Ethernet ports to FC interface controllers

Serial port

Board status LEDs

Green link speed LED

NOTE: For an explanation of the various LED states, see Troubleshooting.

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2 Command View for Tape Libraries Software

Overview

HP StorageWorks Command View for Tape Libraries Software (Command View TL) provides a browser-based GUI for remote management and monitoring of your Interface Manager card through a LAN. Command View TL is the preferred user interface for controlling the Interface Manager card. In conjunction with the Interface Manager card, Command View TL provides the following:

• Configuration and management of the Interface Manager card and FC interface controllers

• Management of the entire library system

• Hardware inventory and identity information

• Status information for connected hardware

• Error reporting and comprehensive error logs

• Firmware management

• License management

Command View TL is installed on the management station and communicates with the Interface Manager card through the LAN. The management station processes information from the Interface Manager card and hosts the Command View TL GUI. You can access Command View TL, either from the management station directly or through any client on the LAN, by using a browser-based GUI interface. Multiple Command View TL GUI clients can be open simultaneously across the LAN, and multiple ESL Series libraries can be managed through the Command View TL software.

NOTE: Prior to version 1.5, Command View for Tape Libraries Software was called Command

View ESL.

Prerequisites

For servers, Command View TL requires a management station (server) with a minimum of:

• Pentium IV 1.6-GHz, 512-MB RAM.

• 10/100 Base-T network card (a static IP address is recommended).

• Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Professional or Server edition SP3, Windows XP Professional.

For clients, Command View TL requires the following:

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 or later, or Netscape Navigator 6.2 or later. Ensure that

Java™ support is enabled in the browser.

• An Internet connection is recommended so that Command View TL can receive firmware and

software release information automatically from the HP Support web site.

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Installing Command View TL

NOTE: If you are upgrading from a previous version of Command View TL (Command View ESL

prior to version 1.5), follow the procedure below to install the new version over the old version. All previous settings (device list, support tickets, proxy settings and so forth) are migrated during the upgrade.

1. Insert the Command View TL software CD into the CD-ROM drive of the designated

management station.

2. If autorun is disabled on the CD-ROM drive, locate and double-click setup.exe on the CD.

3. Follow the instructions on the window to complete the installation.

Command View TL is essentially a web server that hosts a GUI interface to web clients. Command View TL runs on the management station as a service. By default, this service starts automatically whenever the management station is booted, and runs invisibly in the background. In most cases, the default installation settings are adequate.

If you need to stop Command View TL from running on the management station, use the Services applet that is included with Windows. To access the Services applet, select Start > Settings > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services and locate the Command View TL service in the list. Use the Services applet to start and stop services, and to set whether the service is started automatically when the computer is booted. See the online help that comes with the Services applet for more information.

Starting Command View TL

To start Command View TL, open your browser, either on the management station or on a client machine on the LAN, and enter the following URL in the address field:

http://<hostname>:4095/

(where <hostname> is the IP address or network name of the management station. If you are starting Command View TL on the management station itself, you can substitute localhost for the hostname).

Alternatively, you can start Command View TL from the Windows Start button:

Start > Programs > hp Command View TL > Command View TL

If the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) plugin is not already installed on your computer and you are using a Windows OS, Command View TL attempts to download and install it for you. If you are prompted to install the JRE plugin, click OK and follow the instructions on the window. If you are using a non-Windows OS, you are instructed how to download and install the JRE plugin. If the JRE plugin is not available, then Command View TL will not run on that machine.

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After the JRE is successfully installed, the Command View TL Launcher window is displayed.

Figure 5 Command View TL Launcher window

Verifying connectivity with the Connectivity Check feature

Command View TL manages tape libraries by communicating with the Interface Manager card installed in each library. The Connectivity Check feature performs a quick check to verify that the management station can communicate with the Interface Manager card in the selected library.

NOTE: The Connectivity Check feature is available for ESL and EML libraries only.

To use the Connectivity Check feature:

1. Select the library to check.

2. Select Actions > Connectivity Check to open the Connectivity Check dialog box.

3. The Connectivity Check feature performs the test and displays the results. If a problem was

encountered, the dialog box provides information to help you troubleshoot and resolve the problem.

4. When you are finished, click Finish to close the dialog box. If a problem was encountered,

perform the troubleshooting steps, and then run the Connectivity Check feature again.

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Using the Launcher window

The Launcher window is the launching point for all Command View TL operations. A status indicator in the top left section of the window, just above the menu bar, shows the status of the management station and whether or not communication has been established between the client browser and the management station. On other windows, this status indicator shows the status of the currently selected library.

The Launcher window has the following tabs:

• Library Selection tab—Displays a list of libraries and virtual tape libraries that can be managed

by Command View TL. You can add or delete libraries from this list, or select a library to manage.

• Management Station tab—Allows you configure the network settings of the management station.

• License Key Summary tab—Provides a convenient way to track and safely store any additional

license keys you have purchased for use with ESL or EML tape libraries.

• Support Tickets tab—Lists all of the support tickets generated by Command View TL.

Navigating Command View TL

Many windows are divided vertically into two panels. The left panel contains a list or a tree view showing a hierarchical structure. The right panel displays further information about items selected in the left panel.

The currently selected library is indicated in the drop-down box below the main menu bar. You can use this drop-down box to change the currently selected library at any time.

Some windows show data in a columnar format. Depending on the data being displayed, you might be able to drill down to more detailed information by:

• Double-clicking an item in the list.

• Right-clicking an item in the list, and then selecting an item on the context menu.

• Selecting one or more items in the list, and then selecting an item on the Actions menu.

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Figure 6 Example of a typical window showing the two-panel format and columnar data

Most windows have an Actions button that displays a menu of actions (the Actions menu) that you can perform from that window or on the selected item. Menu items in bold type show the default action for that window or selected item. Double-click the item to perform the action or right-click an item to display a context menu that duplicates some or all of the menu items in the Actions menu.

CAUTION: Use the various tabs, menus, and buttons throughout the program to navigate. Do not

use the browser navigaton buttons. Doing so may cause loss of configuration data entered on a window.

Command View TL uses various toolbar buttons to perform different tasks. These buttons may or may not be available depending on the window you are on. Table 2 lists these buttons and a description of the action performed. At any time, you can click the Home link in the top right corner of the screen to return to the Launcher window.

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Table 2 Toolbar buttons

Button Description

Actions—Displays a menu of available actions for the current window or selected item(s).

Refresh—Refreshes the data on the current window.

Print—Opens the Print dialog box and lets you print the data on the current window to the selected printer.

Help—Opens a help topic associated with the current window.

In addition to the tabs and buttons found throughout the program, Command View TL also has a menu bar. These menu items basically duplicate the functionality of the buttons shown in Table 2 and do not require further explanation.

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Device numbering conventions

In some instances, Command View TL numbers devices differently than they are numbered on the ESL tape library front panel. For example, if the library contains eight drives, the ESL9000 Series library front panel refers to those drives as drive 0 through 7. Command View TL refers to the same drives as drive 1 through 8.

Table 3 shows the device numbering conventions used by Command View TL and by the ESL tape

library front panel (when applicable).

Table 3 Device Numbering Conventions

Device Command

View TL

Drives One-based Zero-based One-based One-based

Drive clusters n/a n/a Zero-based * n/a

Slots One-based Zero-based n/a One-based

FC interface controllers One-based n/a n/a One-based

FC host port numbers Zero-based** n/a n/a n/a

SCSI bus numbers Zero-based** n/a n/a n/a

NOTE: * Drive clusters in the ESL E-Series libraries are zero-based, although they are not referred

to from the front panel of the library.

NOTE: ** The zero-based numbering of the FC host ports and SCSI busses corresponds to the

numbers that are printed on the actual hardware.

ESL9000 Series front panel

ESL E-Series front panel

EML E-Series front panel

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Initial configuration steps

After you have successfully installed the Interface Manager card and started Command View TL:

1. Set the administrative password for Command View TL. See Administrative password.

2. Verify that proxy settings for the management station are correct. See Network settings.

3. Add all libraries that will be monitored to Command View TL. See Adding or removing a library.

4. Add the license key for Command View TL and any additional features that you have purchased.

See License Key Summary tab.

5. Configure the following for each library. See Configuring a library.

•Library name

• System date

• System time

•Time zone

• System contact name

• System contact phone number

• System contact pager number

• System contact e-mail address

•System location

• System asset number

6. (Optional) Configure library partitions. Library partitions are configured using Secure Manager.

Therefore, this step requires a Secure Manager license. Partitioning the library erases all host access configuration settings. See Partitioning a library.

7. Configure host access (Secure Manager). By default, Secure Manager prevents all hosts from

accessing the library. You must configure Secure Manager to allow host access to the library. See Configuring access for a host HBA.

Other common Command View TL functions

The following list provides quick links to several of the most common functions performed by Command View TL:

• Adding or removing a library

• Configuring a library

• Configuring the Fibre Channel interface controllers

• Monitoring device status

• Viewing the event log

• Viewing inventory of the library

• Updating firmware

• Using the License Manager

• Media management

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Adding or removing a library

You must add all libraries that will be monitored or accessed by Command View TL. The library IP address can be set through the Interface Manager card serial interface or cascade port or, on ESL E-Series libraries, through the library Operator Control Panel (OCP).

NOTE: For more information about getting or setting the library IP address, ESL9000 Series users

see “Getting or Setting the Interface Manager IP Address” in the HP StorageWorks Interface Manager and Command View TL installation guide. ESL E-Series users should see the HP StorageWorks ESL E-Series tape library unpacking and installation guide.

Command View TL also supports the HP StorageWorks 6000 Virtual Library System (VLS) and HP StorageWorks MSL libraries. MSL and VLS libraries can be added the same way as a regular library (see below). Command View TL automatically displays a different icon on the Launcher window for these libraries. If you attempt to manage an MSL or VLS library from Command View TL, a separate utility is opened in a separate browser window. See the documentation provided with each product for more information on managing these libraries.

Libraries can be added manually, or by using the Library Discovery wizard.

Using the Library Discovery wizard

The Library Discovery wizard can discover all of the HP StorageWorks libraries connected to the same subnet as the management station. Discovered libraries are displayed with an icon corresponding to the type of library. VLS libraries that are not already configured can be configured using the Library Discovery wizard. However, non-VLS libraries must be configured manually. The Library Discovery wizard lets you choose which libraries to add to the Launcher window.

NOTE: At the time of release, version 1.6 of Command View TL may not fully support discovery of

certain libraries. If your library is not discovered, you must add it manually.

To use the Library Discovery wizard:

1. On the Launcher window, select Actions > Library Discovery Wizard.

2. On the welcome page, click Next. On page 1 of the wizard, the discovery process takes place.

After a short time, the wizard displays a list of the discovered libraries.

3. Click Next. If any VLS libraries were discovered that require configuring, you can configure them

on page 2 of the wizard. To configure a VLS library:

NOTE: If you do not want to configure any libraries at this time, click Next to advance to the

last page of the wizard.

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a. Select the library to configure. If you are unsure which devices comprise the VLS library, click

Beacon. The Beacon function flashes the LEDs on the front of the corresponding unit for the

amount of time you specify.

b. Click Configure. In the Network Settings dialog box, make the required configuration

changes, and then click OK.

4. On the last page of the wizard, select the libraries that you want to add to the Launcher window.

You can us e the Select All and Clear All buttons to speed up the process. After selecting the required libraries, click Finish to add the libraries to the Launcher window and exit the wizard.

Manually adding or removing a library

To manually add a library:

1. From the Library Selection tab of the Launcher window, select Actions > Add Library to display

the Add Library dialog box.

2. Enter the management IP address (or hostname of the Interface Manager card) of the library or

virtual library to be added, and then click OK.

To remove a library:

1. Select the library or virtual library to be removed.

2. Select Actions > Remove Library.

3. On the Confirm Library Removal dialog, click Yes to confirm the deletion.

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Configuring a library

NOTE: The following procedure only applies to physical tape libraries. Double-clicking a virtual

tape library opens Command View VLS—a separate utility. See the documentation provided with Command View VLS for more information on managing virtual tape libraries.

1. From the Library Selection tab of the Launcher window, double-click the library to configure.

2. Click the Configuration tab.

3. To configure the library properties:

a. Select the Library Properties item in the tree view to display properties for the selected

library. The Library Properties window displays the following groups of information:

•Library Name

• System Date/Time

•Contact Information

b. Select Edit Library Name, Edit System Date/Time, or Edit Contact Information as needed

from the Actions menu. A dialog box is displayed allowing you to edit the desired properties.

c. Make the required changes, and then click OK. The library properties are stored in the

memory of the Interface Manager card.

4. To configure the network (TCP/IP) settings of the library:

a. Select the TCP/IP item in the tree view to display the TCP/IP configuration window.

The following information pertaining to the selected Interface Manager card is displayed (only the network settings can be edited):

•Network Settings

•Hostname

• Address configuration

• IP address

•Subnet mask

•Gateway

• DNS domain name

• DNS addresses

•MAC Settings

• MAC address

•Link selection

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b. If necessary, obtain the required network settings from your network administrator. c. Select Actions > Edit Network Settings to display the Network Settings dialog box. d. Make the changes as required, and then click OK.

Configuring the Fibre Channel interface controllers

1. On the Library Selection tab of the Launcher window, double-click the library hosting the FC

interface controllers to be configured.

2. Click the Configuration tab.

3. Select the Connection Properties item under Interface Settings in the tree view to display the

Connection Properties window. The first column of this window shows the FC interface controllers that are connected to the

Interface Manager card. The FC host ports are shown under their respective FC interface controller.

4. Select an FC host port. In Automatic mode, it does not matter which FC host port is selected

because the changes you make apply to all FC host ports. In Manual mode, each FC host port can be configured independently.

5. Select Actions > Edit Port Connection Settings to display the Port Connection Settings dialog box.

6. Set the Port Connection Type to one of the following:

• Fabric (SAN) Attach—Use this connection type when connecting all FC host ports to an FC switch.

• Direct Attach—Use this connection type when connecting all FC host ports to a Host Bus Adapter (HBA) on a backup server.

7. Set the Port Speed. Use the maximum speed that your SAN infrastructure supports.

8. Click OK to save the changes.

Monitoring device status

1. On the Library Selection tab of the Launcher window, double-click the library that you want to

monitor.

2. Click the Status tab.

3. To view a comprehensive health summary of the library and all its component devices, select the

Health Summary item in the tree view.

The first column of the health summary displays each component of the library in a hierarchical tree view. Each component is shown with a green, yellow, or red status symbol that allows you to see if any components need attention. The second column describes the health of the component, and the third column provides additional information that may be useful if there is a problem with the component.

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