Quantum Scalar i6000, SCi6000 User Manual

User’s Guide

Scalar i6000

6-66879-15 Rev B

Quantum Scalar i6000 User’s Guide, 6-66879-15 Rev B, December 2017, Product of USA.

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Chapter 1 Description 1

Front View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Hardware Configuration Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Dual Robotics Configurations and Parking Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Control Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Expansion Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Library Management Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

I/O Management Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Control Management Blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Fibre Channel I/O Blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Ethernet Expansion Blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Robot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Import/Export Stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

I/E Station Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Extended I/E Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

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Cartridge Magazines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Tape Drives and Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

LTO Drives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Mixed Media Support and Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Support for WORM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Operator Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Power System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Library Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Density . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Centralized Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Proactive Availability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Serviceability and Reliability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Data Path Conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Host Attachment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Remote Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Capacity on Demand. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Chapter 2 Troubleshooting Your Library 43

How Does the Library Report Issues?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Status Indicator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

System Status Button Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

E-mail Notifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

SNMP TRAP Notification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Working With Tickets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Ticket Guidelines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Displaying Ticket Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Viewing Ticket Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Viewing History Ticket Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Viewing Ticket Details Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Viewing Ticket Repair Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Viewing Tape Alerts and Generating Media Integrity Analysis

Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Mailing, Saving, and Printing Ticket Information . . . . . . . . . . 80

Running Verification Tests to Determine Issue Resolution. . . . 82

Closing Tickets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Generating the Tickets Report. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Suppressing Tickets and Ticket Notifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

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Interpreting LEDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Interpreting Blade Status LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Interpreting Drive Status LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Interpreting Fibre Port Link LEDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Interpreting Ethernet Expansion Blade LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Interpreting MCB Port LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Interpreting LBX Terminator LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Interpreting Power Supply LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Interpreting Gen 2 Robot Status LEDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Interpreting HDEM Tower Enable Button Blinking Pattern . . 114

Working With Command History Logs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Viewing Command History Logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Mailing and Saving Logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Accessing Online Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Chapter 3 Configuring Your Library 123

Running the Setup Wizard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Accessing Setup Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Enabling Licenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Working With Partitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Understanding Partition Media Policy Settings . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Creating Partitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Modifying Partitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Deleting Partitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Configuring Control Paths. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Configuring an IBM or HP LTO-5 or later Drive as the Control Path 159

Setting Up the Network Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Setting up IPv4 Network Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Setting up IPv6 Network Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Configuring DNS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Viewing the Current Network Port Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Changing the Internal IP Network Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Managing Connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Port Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

FC Host Port Failover. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

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Setting Up Policies for the Physical Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Specifying the Date and Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

Configuring E-mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

Setting Up or Changing the E-Mail Configuration . . . . . . . . 188

Testing the Current E-Mail Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

Setting Up E-mail Notifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

Setting Up Media Security Notifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196

Viewing the Media Security Events Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

Configuring Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

Configuring Drive SCSI ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

Configuring Fibre Channel Drive Speed, Topology, and Loop ID . . . . 202

Configuring Fibre Channel I/O Blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204

FC Host . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204

Channel Zoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208

FC Host LUN Mapping. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209

Generating the LUN Mapping Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221

Generating the Library Configuration Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225

Configuring Drive Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227

Assigning Cleaning Magazines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228

Importing Cleaning Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

Exporting Cleaning Media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231

Unassigning a Cleaning Magazine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233

Registering SNMP Traps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233

Registering an Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234

Removing an Application’s Trap Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . 235

Configuring Library Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235

Accessing the Security Configuration Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . 235

Configuring Access for Network Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236

Configuring Access for Remote LMC Clients . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237

Configuring Access for SNMP and SMI-S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240

Using LDAP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241

LDAP Server Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241

Configuring LDAP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242

Configuring Screen Saver Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248

Working With Data Path Conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250

Configuring Datapath Conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250

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About the Configuration Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252

Setting Aisle Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253

Configuring a Webcam For Your Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254

Additional Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255

Working with Towers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255

Chapter 4 Active Vault 259

About Active Vault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260

Configure Active Vault. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260

Create Active Vault Partitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261

Configure Access to External Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262

Configure Active Vault Policies on Partitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . 262

View Active Vault Partition Policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266

Chapter 5 Advanced Reporting 267

Media Usage Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268

Viewing Cross-Partition Media Moves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270

Chapter 6 Automated Media Pool 273

Requirements for Automated Media Pool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275

Configure Automated Media Pool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275

Create an AMP Partition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275

Create Magazine Extensions in Standard Partitions . . . . . . . 276

Configure AMP Import Policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277

Configure AMP Auto Export Policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277

Use an Automated Media Pool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278

Assign Storage Magazines to/from the AMP. . . . . . . . . . . . . 279

Move Media to/from the AMP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281

Auto Import Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283

Chapter 7 Capacity on Demand 285

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Chapter 8 Encryption Key Management 287

Encryption Key Management Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287

KMIP-compliant Encryption Key Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289

FIPS-Certified Encryption Solution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289

Enabling and Disabling FIPS Mode on HP LTO-5 or Later Tape

Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291

Viewing FIPS Status on the Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292

Setting up EKM on the Scalar i6000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293

Step 1 — Installing the EKM License Key. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293

Step 2 — Preparing Partitions for Library-managed Encryption . 294 Step 3 — Installing TLS Communication Certificates on the

Library. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294

Step 4 — Configuring the EKM Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302

Step 5 — Configuring Partitions for Library-managed Encryption 306

Step 6 — Saving the Library Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311

Using EKM Path Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311

Troubleshooting EKM Path Diagnostics Problems . . . . . . . . . 312

Monitoring EKM Server Status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313

Using Q-EKM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315

Using SKM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316

SKM Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316

Chapter 9 Extended Data Lifecycle Management 327

About EDLM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328

Configuring EDLM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330

Step 1: Creating the EDLM Library Managed Partition . . . . . 330

Step 2: Configuring Access to StorNext . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332

Step 3: Configuring EDLM Policies on Partitions . . . . . . . . . . 332

Step 4: Viewing EDLM Partition Policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342

Running Manual EDLM Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342

Viewing EDLM Test Sessions and Report Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348

Working with the EDLM Test Sessions List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348

Viewing EDLM Session Report Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351

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Viewing the EDLM Queue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355

Diagnosing a Suspect EDLM Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356

Chapter 10 Path Failover 357

Use the Storage Networking Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358

License Drives for Path Failover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359

Configure Control Path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361

Multi Control Path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362

Basic Control Path Failover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364

Advanced Control Path Failover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369

Advanced Control Path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373

Configuring Data Path Failover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376

Basic Data Path Failover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379

Advanced Data Path Failover (ADPF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381

Configuring Host Access to Storage Networking Drives and Partitions . . 383

Requirements for Host Access. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384

Configuring Hosts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384

Creating, Modifying, and Deleting Host Access Groups . . . . 396

Host Access Configuration – Modifying Drives/Partitions and

Viewing Host Access Groups. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411

Chapter 11 Configuring Access to StorNext 419

Step 1: Confirming the External Application is Supported . . 420 Step 2: Installing/Removing the Scalar i6000 API Client Plug-in . 420

Step 3: Configuring External Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422

Chapter 12 Partition Utilization Reporting 427

Viewing the Partition Utilization Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427

Interpreting the Partition Utilization Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . 428

Scheduling Partition Utilization Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429

Chapter 13 Running Your Library 433

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Logging On and Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434

Logging On From the Touch Screen (Local Client). . . . . . . . . 434

Logging Off From the Touch Screen (Local Client) . . . . . . . . 436

Logging On From a Web Browser (Remote Client) . . . . . . . . 436

Logging Off the Web Browser (Remote Client) . . . . . . . . . . . 438

Connecting to Multiple Libraries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 438

Operator Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439

Indicator Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440

Library Management Console (LMC). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442

Menus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443

Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453

Reading the Library Information Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455

System Status Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457

Understanding Location Coordinates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459

Cartridge Locations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460

Tape Drive Location Coordinates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465

I/O Blade Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468

I/E Station Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470

Tower Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472

Viewing the Library (Physical or Partition) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473

Displaying the Physical Library or a Partition. . . . . . . . . . . . . 474

Managing Library Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474

Changing the Library’s State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475

Working With Local User Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477

Creating Local User Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478

Modifying Local User Accounts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481

Deleting Local User Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 483

Viewing Local User Account Permissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 484

Shutting Down/Rebooting the Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485

Powering Off the Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 487

Powering On the Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 487

Locking/Unlocking the I/E Station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 488

When Robotics Are Not Ready. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 490

Using the Library Access Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 492

Aisle Access. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 493

Robot Access. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 496

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Chapter 14 Using the Command Line Interface 497

Logging on to the CLI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 498

Command Line Interface (CLI) Commands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 499

Initial Path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 499

Navigating Paths. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 499

Global Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500

Path-specific Commands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502

Issuing a Command from the Initial Prompt . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503

CLI Command List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503

Chapter 15 Maintaining Your Library 515

Monitoring the Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 516

Monitoring System Status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 517

Monitoring Drive Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 520

Monitoring Connectivity Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 523

Monitoring I/E Station Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 527

Monitoring Slot and Extended I/E Slot Status . . . . . . . . . . . . 529

Monitoring Media Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 532

Monitoring Sensor Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 535

Monitoring Users Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540

Monitoring Partition Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541

Monitoring Partition Policies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 544

Monitoring EKM Server Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 546

Mailing, Saving, and Printing Status Information. . . . . . . . . 548

Mailing or Saving the Configuration Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . 550

Maintenance Actions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 552

Is the Access Door Closed? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 552

Is a Cartridge Old? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 552

Using Library Explorer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 553

Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 559

Re-enable Robot Remotely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 569

Working With Connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 570

Capturing Snapshots. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 572

Capture a Network Trace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 575

Updating Library Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 579

Updating Drive Firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 592

Teaching the Library (Configuration and Calibration) . . . . . . 599

Saving and Restoring Library Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . 601

Viewing the Drive Resource Utilization Reports. . . . . . . . . . . 610

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Setting Up Advanced Reporting Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 616

Working With Verification Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 622

Using the Partitions Defragmentation Tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 674

Removing Lodged Cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 677

Using Sift Sort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 678

Exporting Media via Sift/Sort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 678

Capturing Sift Sort Screen Shot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 682

Retrieving MIBs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 682

Emailing or Saving an MIB File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 682

Maintaining Air Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 683

Removing an Air Filter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 685

Replacing an Air Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 686

Robot, Tower and Power Rail Health Checks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 687

Chapter 16 Working With Cartridges and Barcodes 689

Handling Cartridges Properly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 690

Write-Protecting Cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 691

Supported Barcode Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 692

Barcode Label Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 693

Installing Barcode Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 693

Using Cleaning Cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 696

Managing and Moving Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 697

Importing Cartridges Into Partitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 697

Exporting Cartridges From Partitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 699

Loading Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 700

Unloading Drives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 702

Moving Media Within a Partition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 703

Moving Media Between Active Vault or AMP and Standard

Partitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 704

Taking Inventory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 706

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Preface

This guide contains information and instructions necessary for the normal operation and management of the Scalar i6000 library. This guide is intended for system administrators, operators, or anyone interested in learning about or using the Scalar i6000 library after its initial installation and configuration. Be aware that you must have administrator privileges to use many of the features that this guide describes.

Caution: Be sure to read all operating instructions in this manual

and in the

Guide

System, Safety, and Regulatory Information

before operating this product.

Product Safety Statements

This product is designed for data storage and retrieval using magnetic tape. Any other application is not considered the intended use. Quantum will not be held liable for damage arising from unauthorized use of the product. The user assumes all risk in this aspect.

This unit is engineered and manufactured to meet all safety and regulatory requirements. Be aware that improper use may result in

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bodily injury, damage to the equipment, or interference with other equipment.

Caution: Be sure to read all operating instructions in this manual

and in the

Guide

WARNING: Before powering on or using this equipment, read THE

System, Safety, and Regulatory Information Guide

the Guide for future reference.

Note: When drive sled positions are empty, drive cover plates must be

installed and in place at all times to prevent access into the empty drive sled Positions.

System, Safety, and Regulatory Information

before operating this product.

. Keep

Mechanical Locks The access and service doors can only be opened with a key. The key

should be kept by an authorized person at your company. Access to the interior of the library is both a data-integrity and safety issue.

Power Button on the Library’s Indicator Panel

Switching off the Power button on the indicator panel, located on the front of the library, removes power from the electronics, which causes the picker to stop immediately. This button also removes power from the drives.

WARNING: This power button functions as a power interrupt only. To

completely remove all power before servicing or in an emergency, turn off the circuit breaker on the power distribution unit, and then disconnect the power cord from the electrical source.

Mercury Statement Projectors, LCD displays, and some multifunction printers may

use lamp(s) that contain a small amount of mercury for energy-efficient lighting purposes. Mercury lamps in these products are labeled accordingly. Please manage the lamp

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according to local, state, or federal laws. For more information, contact the Electronic Industries Alliance at disposal information check www.lamprecycle.org.

www.eiae.org. For lamp-specific

Disposal of Electrical and Electronic Equipment

the environment. For more information about where you can drop off your waste equipment for recycling, please visit our Web site at: http:// qcare.quantum.com or contact your local government authority, your household waste disposal service or the business from which you purchased the product.

Product Model Number

The Scalar i6000 Regulatory Model Number is as follows: SCi6000.

This symbol on the product or on its packaging indicates that this product should not be disposed of with your other waste. Instead, it should be handed over to a designated collection point for the recycling of electrical and electronic equipment. The separate collection and recycling of your waste equipment at the time of disposal will help to conserve natural resources and ensure that it is recycled in a manner that protects human health and

Explanation of Symbols and Notes

The following symbols appear throughout this document to highlight important information.

Note: Indicates important information that helps you make better

use of your system.

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Caution: Indicates a situation that may cause possible damage to

equipment, loss of data, or interference with other equipment.

WARNING: Indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not

avoided, could result in death or bodily injury.

Description

The Scalar i6000 library automates the retrieval, storage, and control of tape cartridges. Application software on the host can use the library’s robotics to mount cartridges into tape drives and retrieve them without operator intervention.

The library can be installed on a solid or raised floor. It has a standard 19-inch rack footprint and can be placed in a standard server rack space. Because the library provides access by way of the access and service doors, the library can be placed with either side against a wall or between racks.

In December, 2011, the library robotics were redesigned. The redesign accommodates either a single robot or dual robotics. The original robot hardware is referred to as Gen 1; the new robot hardware is referred to as Gen 2.

With firmware version i11, robots in a dual-robot system work in an active/active manner, where both robots perform move commands and other library operations.

In March 2013, the library electronics were redesigned, including a new second generation Management Control Blade (MCB 2). The electronics redesign is referred to as Gen2 Electronics and is required for to support new features, such as Active/Active operation for Dual Robots and the High-Density Expansion Module (HDEM).

In June 2015 new Series 3 modules were released for the Control Module (CM3), Drive Ready Expansion Module (DREM3) and Storage

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Figure 1 Robot Tab

Expansion Module (SEM3). These new modules are capable of a higher number of drive support than the previous modules.

Dual robotics libraries require special modules on either end called parking modules, which house the robots when not in use. See

Dual Robotics Configurations and Parking Modules on page 7 for more

information.

You can tell which generation robot you have via the library user interface. The library displays which generation of robot hardware is installed. Select Monitor > System from the menu, click the Robot tab, and look in the Generation column (see

Figure 1).

To determine what generation electronics your library is running, select Monitor > System from the menu, click the Components tab and look in the Name column. If you have MCB2 and RCU2, you have gen2 electronics. Any other MCB or RCU level means gen1 electronics.

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Figure 2 Components Tab

Chapter 1: Description

For Gen 1 systems, the maximum library can be configured to accommodate from 100 LTO cartridges to 5,322 LTO cartridges (for a single-robot library) or 5,376 LTO cartridges (for a dual-robot library).

For Gen 2 systems, the maximum library can be configured to accommodate from 100 LTO cartridges to 7,146 LTO cartridges (for a single-robot library) or 7,224 LTO cartridges (for a dual-robot library).

In March of 2013, a High Density Expansion Module (HDEM) was made available to provide increased storage capabilities. A single HDEM can hold up to 720 total slots; 540 on two independent carousels and 240 on the front door.

This chapter provides a description of the following features and components:

Note: The library software features described in this guide apply to

both the Scalar i2000 and the Scalar i6000. However, certain features are available on Scalar i6000 only.

This chapter includes the following sections:

• Front View on page 5

• Hardware Configuration Options on page 6

• Dual Robotics Configurations and Parking Modules on page 7

• Control Module on page 10

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• Expansion Modules on page 13

• Library Management Module on page 18

• I/O Management Unit on page 21

• Robot on page 25

• Import/Export Stations on page 25

• Cartridges on page 28

• Cartridge Magazines on page 29

• Tape Drives and Media on page 33

• Mixed Media Support and Rules on page 35

• Support for WORM on page 36

• Operator Panel on page 37

• Power System on page 38

• Library Features on page 39

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Front View

control module

expansion module

touch screen

I/E station

access doors

operator panel

Figure 3 Front View of a Control Module and Expansion Module

Chapter 1: Description

Front View

Figure 3 shows a front view of the library, consisting of a control

module and an expansion module.

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Hardware Configuration Options

The library is designed for ease of installation, configuration, and field upgrades. The minimum library configuration consists of one control module. You can add up to 15 expansion modules as storage and tape drive requirements change.

Note: Expansion modules in positions nine through sixteen are no

longer storage-only modules and can contain I/E stations or drives.

For LTO, the maximum library configuration can accommodate

•1 control module

• 0 to 15 expansion modules

• Gen 1 systems: 100 to 5322 cartridges (single robotics)

• Gen 2 systems: 100 to 7146 cartridges (single robotics), or 100 to 7224 (dual robotics). For libraries containing high-density expansion modules, the maximum capacities are 12,006 LTO cartridges (for a single-robot library) or 11,760 LTO cartridges (for dual-robot libraries).

• 1 to 192 tape drives.

An LTO library I/E Station configuration can accommodate:

• 1 to 8 24-slot Import/Export (I/E) stations in the control module and first 7 expansion modules.

• 1 24-slot I/E in the control module and up to 7 72-slot I/E stations and first 7 expansion modules.

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Dual Robotics Configurations and Parking Modules

A dual robotics library requires Gen 2 robotics hardware. A dual robotics library requires, at a minimum, a control module, a left parking module, and a right parking module. See

The left and right parking modules have the same size and appearance as expansion modules, but they function differently. Each parking module contains a “parking space” in which the respective left or right robot resides when not in use. The “parking space” occupies four magazine columns which cannot be used for storage.

The left parking module is located to the left of the control module in position zero. It is referred to in the user interface as “module 0.” The left parking module does not contain tape drives, I/E stations, or power supplies. The control module supplies its power. If you are upgrading to dual robotics, you will receive a left parking module to add onto your existing system. This increases your system size, so you must take this into account when planning for an upgrade.

Figure 4.

The right parking module is the right-most module in the system. As of firmware version i11, a right parking module can contain drives in any position in the library and up to one 24-slot I/E station. Right parking modules may not contain 72-slot I/E stations.

Note: High-density expansion modules (HDEM) cannot be used as

right parking modules.

If you are upgrading a single-robotics library to a dual-robotics library, the existing right-most expansion module can, in most cases, be converted into a right parking module. However, if the existing rightmost expansion module contains a 72-slot I/E station, you may need another module to be added to the right of your system which will become the right parking module. If space considerations prohibit the addition of another module, then the right-most module will be swapped with another module in the library that does not contain a 72-slot I/E station.

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Control module

(Position 1)

Left parking space

(left-most two columns)

Expansion

module

(Position 2)

Right parking

module

(Position 3)

Right parking space

(right-most two columns)

Left parking

module

(Position 0)

Dual Robotics Configurations and Parking Modules

Figure 4 Dual Robotics Library

Side panels, doors, and door posts have been removed for clarity.

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Figure 5 Left Parking Module

Rack 1 (rear wall)

Rack 2 (door)

= Columns unavailable for storage

= Calibration target

Slot Configuration (Dual Robotics Only)

Chapter 1: Description

Dual Robotics Configurations and Parking Modules

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Rack 1 (rear wall)

Rack 2 (door)

= columns unavailable for storage

Optional drive

clusters

Optional 24-slot I/E station

= Calibration target

Control Module

Figure 6 Right Parking Module Slot Configuration (Dual Robotics Only)

Control Module

All libraries contain a control module. A single-frame library consists of a control module only. The control module manages library operations via the library management module and includes an operator panel touch screen for local operator use. For more information, see:

• Library Management Module on page 18

• Support for WORM on page 36

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Figure 7 Front and Back View

power supplies

library management

magazines

module

drive

picker

I/E

station

accessor

and cartridge slots

front view back view

clusters

I/O management unit

of the Control Module

Chapter 1: Description

Control Module

The control module also contains all of the other components common to expansion modules, including:

• Import/Export Stations on page 25

• Tape Drives and Media on page 33

• Cartridges on page 28

• Cartridge Magazines on page 29

• Power System on page 38

The control module always occupies module position 1 in the library. (In dual-robotics configurations, the left parking module is in position 0.)

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Power supplies

Library management

Magazines

module

Drive

Robot

24-slot

and cartridge slots

front view

rear view

clusters

I/O management unit

I/E station

Control Module

Figure 8 Front and Back View of a Series 3 Control Module (CM3)

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Preface

Description

Front View

Hardware Configuration Options

Dual Robotics Configurations and Parking Modules

Control Module