SMC Networks M8501 User Manual

M8501 and M8502 ACL Tape Drive Installation and User’s Guide

Abstract

This guide provides information about installing, operating, and maintaining the M8501 and M8502 ACL tape drives on an HP Integrity NonStop™ NS-series server. This guide is written for those who install or maintain the M8501 and M8502 ACL tape drives.

Product Version

N.A.

Supported Release Version Updates (RVUs)

This guide supports H06.03 and all subsequent H-series RVUs until otherwise indicated by its replacement publication.

Part Number Published

529972 -001 July 20 05

Document History

Part Number Product Version Published

529972- 001 N.A. July 2005

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Glossary Index Examples Figures Tables

What’s New in This Manual v

Manual Information v New and Changed Information v

About This Manual vii

Notation Conventions vii

1. Overview and Features

Overview 1-1 Models and Accessories 1-2 Internal Tape Drive 1-3 Magazine 1-4 Power Supply 1-4 Robotics 1-4 Front Panel Indicators 1-6

2. Setting Up the ACL Tape Drives

Setting up the M8501 ACL Rackmount Unit 2-1 Setting up the M8502 ACL Tabletop 2-5

3. Install ing and Config uri ng t he ACL Tape Drive for th e NonS t op NS-Series Server

Overview 3-1 Installation 3-3 Configuration 3-7

4. Operation

Front Panel 4-1

Magazine Door 4-2 Indicators 4-2 Initialization Screen 4-3 ACL Default Screen 4-4

Display Screens and Options 4-4

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Technical Support Information Option 4-5 Access Magazine Option 4-6 Move Media 4-6 LCD Contrast Controls 4-8 Power 4-8 Status 4-9 Online 4-9

Menu Selections 4-10

View System Data 4-10

Inserting and Removing Tape Cartridges 4-13

Removing the Magazine 4-13 Inserting Cartridges into the Magazine 4-13 Barcode Labels 4-14

5. Maintenance

Introduction 5-1 Running a Cleaning Cartridge 5-1

Automatically Running a Cleaning Cartridge 5-1 Manually Running a Cleaning Cartridge 5-2

Replacing a Cleaning Cartridge in a Reserved Slot 5-3

Replacing a Cleaning Cartridge in the Right Magazine 5-3

6. Troubleshooting

Platform Problems 6-1 Error Recovery 6-1 Error Recovery Procedures 6-3 Fault Symptom Codes (FSCs) 6-3

Safety and Compliance Index

Examples Figures

Figure 1-1. Hardware Configuration 1-2 Figure 1-2. Rear View of Tape Drive 1-3 Figure 1-3. Tape Cartridge Magazine 1-4 Figure 1-4. View of Barcode Reader and Shuttle Assembly 1-5 Figure 1-5. Front Panel Indicators 1-6 Figure 2-1. M8501 ACL Template 2-1

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Figure 2-2. Installing the Slide Members 2-3 Figure 2-3. Installing Slide Member Fasteners 2-4 Figure 2-4. Tabletop Model Clearances 2-5 Figure 3-1. Hardware Configuration 3-2 Figure 3-2. Tape Drive’s Fibre Channel Port Connection 3-3 Figure 3-3. LC-LC Fiber Cable 3-4 Figure 3-4. View of Two FCSAs at the Rear of the Server 3-5 Figure 3-5. Powering On the ACL Tape Drive 3-6 Figure 3-6. Status Button 3-7 Figure 3-7. Drive 1 LTO Loaded Button 3-8 Figure 3-8. Drive Identification Button 3-9 Figure 3-9. Viewing the Portname 3-10 Figure 4-1. Front Panel 4-1 Figure 4-2. Magazine Door Mechanical Release 4-2 Figure 4-3. Initialization Screen 4-3

Tables

Figure 4-4. ACL Default Screen 4-4 Figure 4-5. Technical Support Information 4-5 Figure 4-6. Access Magazine Screen 4-6 Figure 4-7. Move Media Screen 4-6 Figure 4-8. Move Media Screen (Source) 4-7 Figure 4-9. Move Media Screen (Destination) 4-7 Figure 4-10. Power Down Initiation Screen 4-8 Figure 4-11. Status Screen 4-9 Figure 4-12. Menu Screen 4-10 Figure 4-13. View ACL Options Screen (Initial Screen) 4-11 Figure 4-14. Tape Magazine With Tape Cartridges Installed 4-14 Figure 4-15. Barcode Label Installation (LTO) 4-15 Figure 6-1.

Tables

Table 1-1. Models and Slot Capacities 1-2 Table 3-1. Fiber Cables 3-3 Table 4-1. ACL Front Panel Indicators 4-2

Troubleshooting Flow Chart 6-2

Table 4-2. View ACL Options 4-11 Table 6-1. Error Recovery Procedures 6-3 Table 6-2. Fault Symptom Code s 6-3

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Manua l In forma t i o n

M8501 and M8502 ACL TapeDrive Installation and User’s Guide

Abstract

Product Version

N.A.

Supported Release Version Updates (RVUs)

This guide supports H06.03 and all subsequent H-series RVUs until otherwise indicated by its replacement publication.

Part Numb er Pu b l i sh ed

529972- 001 J uly 2005

Document History

Part Number Product Version Published

529972- 001 N.A. July 2005

New and Changed Information

This is a new manual.

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Hypertext Links

Blue underline is used to indicate a hypertext link within text. By clicking a passage of text with a blue underline, you are taken to the location described. For example:

This requirement is described under Backup DAM Volumes and Physical Disk

Drives on page 3-2.

General Sy ntax Notation

This list summarizes the notation conventions for syntax presentation in this manual.

UPPERCASE LETTERS. Uppercase letters indicate keywords and reserved words. Type

these items exactly as shown. Items not enclosed in brackets are required. For example:

MAXATTACH

lowercase italic letters. Lowercase italic letters indicate variable items that you supply.

Items not enclosed in brackets are required. For example:

file-name

computer type. Computer type letters within text indicate C and Open System Services

(OSS) keywords and reserved words. Type these items exactly as shown. Items not enclosed in brackets are required. For example:

myfile.c

italic computer type. Italic computer type letters within text indicate C and Open

System Services (OSS) variable items that you supply. Items not enclosed in brackets are required. For example:

pathname

[ ] Brackets. Brackets enclose optional syntax items. For example:

TERM [\system-name.]$terminal-name INT[ERRUPTS]

A group of items enclosed in brackets is a list from which you can choose one item or none. The items in the list can be arranged either vertically, with aligned brackets on

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each side of the list, or horizontally, enclosed in a pair of brackets and separated by vertical lines. For example:

FC [ num ] [ -num ] [ text ]

K [ X | D ] address

{ } Braces. A group of items enclosed in braces is a list from which you are required to

choose one item. The items in the list can be arranged either vertically, with aligned braces on each side of the list, or horizontally, enclosed in a pair of braces and separated by vertical lines. For example:

LISTOPENS PROCESS { $appl-mgr-name } { $process-name }

ALLOWSU { ON | OFF }

| Ve rtical Line. A vertical line separates alternatives in a horizontal list that is enclosed in

brackets or braces. For example:

INSPECT { OFF | ON | SAVEABEND }

… Ellipsis. An ellipsis immediately following a pair of brackets or braces indicates that you

can repeat the enclosed sequence of syntax items any number of times. For example:

M address [ , new-value ]… [ - ] {0|1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9}…

An ellipsis imme diately fol lowing a single syntax item indi cates that you can repeat that syntax item any number of times. For example:

"s-char…"

Punctuation. Parentheses, commas, semicolons, and other symbols not previously

described must be typed as shown. For example:

error := NEXTFILENAME ( file-name ) ; LISTOPENS SU $process-name.#su-name

Quotation marks around a symbol such as a bracket or brace indicate the symbol is a required character that you must type as shown. For example:

"[" repetition-constant-list "]"

Item Spacing. Spaces shown between items are required unless one of the items is a

punctuation symbol such as a parenthesis or a comma. For example:

CALL STEPMOM ( process-id ) ;

If there is no space between two items, spaces are not permitted. In this example, no spaces are permitted between the period and any other items:

$process-name.#su-name

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Line Spacing. If the syntax of a command is too long to fit on a single line, each

continuation line is indented three spaces and is separated from the preceding line by a blank line. This spacing distinguishes items in a continuation line from items in a vertical list of selections. For example:

ALTER [ / OUT file-spec / ] LINE [ , attribute-spec ]…

!i and !o. In procedure calls, the !i not ation follows an input par ame ter (o ne that passes data

to the called procedure); the !o notation follows an output parameter (one that returns data to the calling program). For example:

CALL CHECKRESIZESEGMENT ( segment-id !i , error ) ; !o

!i,o. In procedure calls, the !i,o notation follows an input/output parameter (one that both

passes data to the called procedure and returns data to the calling program). For example:

error := COMPRESSEDIT ( filenum ) ; !i,o

!i:i. In procedure calls, the !i:i notation follows an input string parameter that has a

corresponding parameter specifying the length of the string in bytes. For example:

error := FILENAME_COMPARE_ ( filename1:length !i:i , filename2:length ) ; !i:i

!o:i. In procedure calls, the !o:i notation follows an output buffer parameter that has a

corresponding input parameter specifying the maximum length of the output buffer in bytes. For example:

error := FILE_GETINFO_ ( filenum !i , [ filename:maxlen ] ) ; !o:i

Notation for Messages

This list summarizes the notation conventions for the presentation of displayed messages in this manual.

Bold Text. Bold text in an example indicates user input typed at the terminal. For example:

ENTER RUN CODE ?123 CODE RECEIVED: 123.00

The user must press the Return key after typing the input.

Nonitalic text. Nonitalic letters, numbers, and punctuation indicate text that is displayed or

returned exactly as shown. For example:

Backup Up.

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lowercase italic letters. Lowercase italic letters indicate variable items whose values are

displayed or returned. For example:

p-register process-name

[ ] Brackets. Brackets enclose items that are sometimes, but not always, displayed. For

example:

Event number = number [ Subject = first-subject-value ]

A group of items enclosed in brackets is a list of all possible items that can be displayed, of which one or none might actually be displayed. The items in the list can be arranged either vertically, with aligned brackets on each side of the list, or horizontally, enclosed in a pair of brackets and separated by vertical lines. For example:

proc-name trapped [ in SQL | in SQL file system ]

{ } Braces. A group of items enclosed in braces is a list of all possible items that can be

displayed, of which one is actually displayed. The items in the list can be arranged either vertically, with aligned braces on each side of the list, or horizontally, enclosed in a pair of braces and separated by vertical lines. For example:

obj-type obj-name state changed to state, caused by { Object | Operator | Service }

process-name State changed from old-objstate to objstate { Operator Request. } { Unknown. }

| Ve rtical Line. A vertical line separates alternatives in a horizontal list that is enclosed in

brackets or braces. For example:

Transfer status: { OK | Failed }

% Percent Sign. A percent sign precedes a number that is not in decimal notation. The

% notation precedes an octal number. T he %B notation precedes a binary number. The %H notation precedes a hexadecimal number. For example:

%005400 %B101111 %H2F P=%p-register E=%e-register

Notation for Management Programming Interfaces

This list summarizes the notation conventions used in the bo xed descriptions of programmatic commands, event messages, and error lists in this manual.

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UPPERCASE LETTERS. Uppercase letters indicate names from definition files. T ype these

names exactly as shown. For example:

ZCOM-TKN-SUBJ-SERV

lowercase letters. Words in lowercase letters are words that ar e part of the notation,

including Data Definition Language (DDL) keywords. For example:

token-type

!r. The !r notation following a token or field name indicates that the token or field is

required. For example:

ZCOM-TKN-OBJNAME token-type ZSPI-TYP-STRING. !r

!o. The !o notation following a token or field name indicates that the token or field is

optional. For example:

ZSPI-TKN-MANAGER token-type ZSPI-TYP-FNAME32. !o

Change Bar Notation

Change bars are used to indicate substantive differences between this manual and its preceding version. Change bars are vertical rules placed in the right margin of changed portions of text, figures, tables, examples, and so on. Change bars highlight new or revised information. For example:

The message types specified in the REPORT clause are different in the COBOL environment and the Common Run-Time Environment (CRE).

The CRE has many new message types and some new message type codes for old message types. In the CRE, the message type SYSTEM includes all messages except LOGICAL-CLOSE and LOGICAL-OPEN.

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1 Overview and Features

This section includes:

Overview 1-1 Models and Accessories 1-2 Internal Tape Drive 1-3 Magazine 1-4 Power Supply 1-4 Robotics 1-4 Front Panel Indicators 1-6

Overview

The M8501 and M8502 auto cartridge loader (ACL) tape drives support the LTO Ultrium Gen 3 tape drive. They are designed for backup operations for the NonStop NS-series server. The M8501 comes in a rackmount configuration, and the M8502 comes in a tabletop configuration.

These auto cartridge loader tape drives connect to the Fibre Channel ServerNet adapter (FCSA) on the NonStop NS-series server by a fiber optic cable. Figure 1-1 shows how the ACL tape drives connect to the server.

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Figure 1-1. Hardware Configuration

Fiber Cable

Models and Accessories

ACL Tape Drive

NonStop NS-Series Server

FCSA

Models and Accessories

These auto cartridge loader tape drives are configured with one internal LTO Gen 3 tape drive along with one removable tape cartridge magazine.

Table 1-1. Models and Slot Capacities

Model Drives Slots LTO

M8501 1 15 LTO 12.0 TB M8502 1 15 LTO 12.0 TB

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Internal Tape Drive

The ACL units supports a single internal tape drive. The internal tape drive can be hotswapped.

Figure 1-2. Rear View of T ape Drive

Internal Tape Drive

Single Drive

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Magazine

The ACL units contains one removable tape cartridge magazine that is accessible through the front left door. The door is opened by using the GUI touch screen on the control panel.

Figure 1-3. Tape Car tridge M agazine

Magazine

Power Supply

Power to the ACL units are supplied through an AC connector at the rear panel of the power supply. T he ACL unit’s power is normally controlled from the graphical user interface (GUI) touch screen; however, a manual power disconnect switch, located at the rear of the power supply may also be used.

Robotics

The ACL tape drive’s robotics consist of a cartridge shuttle, motor hardware, motor drives, and other support electronics. These robotics are capable of picking and placing tapes throughout the tape drive and the tape cartridge magazine.

The cartridge shuttle assembly includes a mounted barcode reader for scanning tape cartridges installed in the magazine and tape drive.

Note. Both a full barcode reader scan and a physical scan are conducted each time the unit is initially powered up, or each time a tape maga z ine is exchanged .

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Figure 1-4. View of Barcode Reader and Shuttle Assembly

Barcode Reader Shuttle

Robotics

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Front Panel Indicators

The ACL tape drive’s front panel indicators consist of:

Viewing window - lets you visually check the unit’s internal operations

•

GUI touch screen - manually operated to setup and configure the unit

•

ACL module status LED - displays the unit’s operational status

•

Figure 1-5. Front Panel Indicators

Front Panel Indicators

ACL Status LED GUI Touch Screen Internal Viewing Window

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2 Setting Up the ACL Tape Drives

This section includes:

Setting up the M8501 ACL Rackmount Unit

Setting up the M8502 ACL Tabletop 2-5

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Setting up the M8501 ACL Rackmount Unit

Setting up the ACL rackmount unit requires a template and storage cabinet slide rails to install the unit in a storage cabinet.

To setup the rackmount model:

1. Ensure that you have adequate space available in the rack.

Figure 2-1. M8501 ACL Template

2. Use the template that is shipped with the unit to mark the location of the mounting

hardware on the mounting rails of the storage cabinet.

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a. Push back the tabs in the top of the template and place them in the correct

holes in the mounting rack. Match up the hole pattern indicated on the sides of the template with the hole pattern in the mounting rack.

b. Make sure to begin measuring in the correct place. If a unit is already installed

immediately below the planned position of the new unit, then place the template against the front of the mounting rack and rest it on top of the previously installed unit.

c. Use the front of the template to mark the attachment points for mounting

brackets, rails, components, or cage nuts on the back of the storage cabinet.

d. Use the back of the template to mark the attachment points for the mounting

brackets, rails, components, or cage nuts on the back of the storage cabinet.

3. Remove the template.

4. Install the slide members for the rackmount unit.

5. If the slide members are already installed, attach the front and rear mounting

brackets to the outer and middle slide members.

Setting up the M8501 ACL Rackmount Unit

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Figure 2-2. Installing the Slide Members

Setting up the M8501 ACL Rackmount Unit

6. Attach the slide members using the supplied fasteners. Install the clip nuts on the

inside of the slide member’s front and back mounting bracket only if the vertical rail mounting holes are not tapped.

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Figure 2-3. Installing Slide Member Fasteners

Setting up the M8501 ACL Rackmount Unit

7. Push the middle slide member as far as possible to the front of the slide member

assembly.

8. Install the two clip nuts on each of the rack’s front vertical rails.

9. Confirm that the bearing carrier is in the retained position.

10. Lift the unit and visually align the inner and middle slide members.

Caution. It is recommended that the unit be lifte d by two people. Do not a ttempt to lift the unit by yo urself.

11. Verify the ball bearing slide members are located in the front position.

12. Slide the unit completely into the rack until the front panel touches the rack.

13. Remove and discard the tape that holds the door in the latched position, leaving

the door open.

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