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AudienceThis document is written for operators of the M1500 and M2500 libraries.
PurposeThis document explains how to use the M1500 and M2500 libraries.
Document
Organization
This document is organized as follows:
•Chapter 1, Overview
•Chapter 2, Basic Operations
explains how to use them to perform basic library operations such as
moving tape cartridges within the library, removing the tape
cartridge magazines, and viewing library information.
•Chapter 3, Changing the Library Configuration
change the library configuration using the GUI
•Chapter 4, Performing Maintenance Operations
perform library maintenance operations using the GUI
screen.
•Chapter 5, Running Diagnostic Programs
library’s built in diagnostic programs.
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, provides an overview of the M-Series libraries.
, introduces the library GUI screens and
, explains how to
Configuration screen.
, explains how to
Maintenance
, explains how to use the
Preface
•Chapter 5, Updating Drive Firmware, explains how to update the
drive firmware.
Notational
Conventions
•Chapter 6, Running the Demonstration Programs
, explains how to
run the library demonstration programs.
•Appendix A, Specifications
, lists the specifications for the M-Series
libraries.
•Appendix B, Fault Symptom Code (FSC) Dictionary
, lists the fault
symptom codes (FSCs) for the M-Series libraries.
•Appendix C, DLTtape Cartridge Maintenance
, provides guideline for
handling DLT and SDLT cartridges and visually inspecting them if
necessary.
•Appendix D, Regulatory Statements
, provides regulatory
information for the M-Series libraries.
This document concludes with a glossary and a detailed index.
This document uses the following conventions:
Note:Notes emphasize important information related to the main
topic.
Caution:Cautions indicate potential hazards to equipment and are
included to prevent damage to equipment.
Warning:Warnings indicate potential hazards to personal safety
and are included to prevent injury.
This manual uses the following:
•Right side of the library — Refers to the right side as you face the
component being described.
•Left side of the library — Refers to the left side as you face the
component being described.
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Preface
Related
Documents
Documents related to the M-Series libraries are shown below.
M-Series Documentation
Document No.TitleDescription
T6421035M1500 Unpacking
Instructions
T6423047M2500 Unpacking
Instructions
T6423046M-Series Installation
Guide
Refer to the appropriate product manuals for information about your
tape drive and cartridges.
SCSI-2 Specification
This document explains how
to remove the M1500 library
from the shipping carton.
This document explains how
to remove the M2500 library
from the shipping carton.
This document explains how
to install an M-Series library.
0
0
The SCSI-2 communications specification is the proposed American
National Standard for information systems, dated March 9, 1990. Copies
may be obtained from:
Global Engineering Documents
15 Inverness Way, East
Englewood, CO 80112
(800) 854-7179 or (303) 397-2740
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Preface
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Chapter 1
Overview1
This chapter provides an overview of the M-Series libraries and their
features.
Library Capacity1
M1500 Library1The M1500 library can contain up to two tape drives and up to 21 DLT/
SDLT cartridges or 25 LTO cartridges. The cartridges are stored in two
independently removable cartridge magazines and one fixed cartridge
slot.
M2500 Library1The M2500 library can contain:
•Up to five tape drives and up to 84 DLT/SDLT cartridges or 100 LTO
cartridges
•Six tape drives and up to 73 DLT/SDLT cartridges or 87 LTO
cartridges
The cartridges are stored in up to eight independently removable
cartridge magazines and up to four fixed cartridge slots.
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Chapter 1 Overview
Tape Drives
Tape Drives1
M-Series tape libraries are equipped with SCSI tape drives. One SCSI bus
is provided for the library robotics and for each tape drive installed.
These SCSI buses are Ultra 2 SCSI, Ultra 3 SCSI, or Ultra 160 SCSI,
depending on the drives installed.
LVD SCSI configurations have a maximum allowable bus length of 12
meters. To determine the cable length of the bus, measure the lengths of
the SCSI cables connecting each device to that bus and add those lengths
together. To that total length, add 12.25 inches (31.10 cm) for the internal
SCSI cable length of each SCSI tape drive.
Library Scalability1
The M1500 and M2500 library modules can be used as stand-alone
libraries, or can be combined with other M1500 and M2500 library
modules and a StackLink mechanism in a standard 19-inch rack to form a
larger library system (called a multiple library stack). The multiple library
stack appears as a single large capacity library to the host.
The StackLink mechanism connects the library modules in the multiple
library stack and transports cartridges from module to module. Each tape
drive has access to all the tape cartridges in the stack.
Once the StackLink mechanism is installed in the rack, you can add
library modules simply by sliding them into place and making the
necessary electrical connections.
Table 1
create using M1500 library modules. Table 2
sizes of multiple library stack you can create using M2500 library
modules. You can obtain different capacities by combining M1500 and
M2500 library modules in a multiple library stack.
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lists the capacities of all the sizes of multiple library stack you can
lists the capacities of all the
Table 1 Capacity,
M1500 Multiple
Library Stack
Cartridges
Max. # of
Data
Chapter 1 Overview
Library Scalability
*
Capacity (TB)
*
SDLT 320SDLT 600HP LTO Gen 1HP LTO Gen 2
†
# of M1500 Library Modules
Max. # of Tape Drives
DLT/SDLT
LTO
Native
Compressed
Native
†
Compressed
Native
†
Compressed†Native
1220243.2 6.46.012.02.44.84.89.6
2440486.412.812.024.04.8 9.6 9.619.2
3660729.619.218.036.07.214.414.428.8
48809612.8 25.624.048.09.619.219.238.4
51010012016.032.030.060.012.024.024.048.0
61212014419.2 38.436.072.014.428.828.857.6
71414016822.444.842.084.016.833.633.667.2
81616019225.651.248.096.019.238.438.476.8
91818021628.8 57.654.0 108.021.643.243.286.4
102020024032.064.060.0120.024.048.048.096.0
Compressed
* The values in the # of Cartridges and Capacity columns assume that all the magazines are
fully populated with data cartridges, and that the fixed cartridge slots are populated with
cleaning cartridges.
Front Panel1Figure 1 illustrates the features of the M1500 library front panel. Figure 2
illustrates the features of the M2500 library front panel.
Figure 1 M1500 Front
Panel
These features are described in table 3
Viewing window
GUI
Left magazine access door
Operator control panel
Left magazine door
button
GUI
.
Right
magazine
access door
Right magazine
door button
RedGUI
buttons
Green
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Chapter 1 Overview
Library Features
Figure 2 M2500 Front
Panel
Top left magazine access door (door 1)
Magazine door button
Bottom left magazine access door (door 2)
Magazine door button
Operator control panel
GUI
GUI
Viewing window
Magazine door
button
Right magazine
access door
Red
LED
GUI
buttons
Green
LED
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Table 3 Front Panel
Features
FeatureDescription
Chapter 1 Overview
Library Features
Operator
control panel
The operator control panel consists of the following elements:
• Graphical user
interface (GUI)
The GUI displays library status information and allows
you to access the library menus. These menus allow you to
view or change the library settings, run demonstration
programs, or run diagnostic tests.
The GUI is discussed in detail in this book.
•Five GUI
buttons
Use these buttons in combination with the GUI to scroll
through screens and select options or commands. The
functionality of these buttons changes depending on the
currently displayed GUI screen.
• Magazine
door buttons
Pressing these buttons opens the magazine doors, if the
magazines have already been released using the
option on the GUI (see Removing the Magazines
page 35).
• Light emitting
diode (LED)
indicators
The operator control panel has two LED indicators:
• The green LED lights when the library is fully
operational and ready to accept host commands. It
flashes while the library is transitioning from a READY
state to a NOT READY state. The library will not be
READY during power-on self-tests, when magazines
are being released, or during access to certain menu
items.
Mags
on
Magazine
access doors
Viewing
window
• The red LED lights when there is a library error.
• Both LEDs flash when there is a library fault that
requires operator attention.
These doors protect the data cartridge magazines.
This window allows you to view the library robotics while the library is
operating.
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Chapter 1 Overview
Library Features
Internal Layout1Figure 3 illustrates the internal layout of an M1500 library. Figure 4
illustrates the internal layout of an M2500 library.
Figure 3 M1500
Internal Layout
Fixed drive slot
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Figure 4 M2500
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d)
Internal Layout
Chapter 1 Overview
Library Features
Level 1 left
magazine*
Level 2 left
magazine*
Level 3 left
magazine*
rary shown w
Level 1
tape drive 1
ront bezel and doors remove
Robotic
hand
Level 1
tape drive 2
Level 1 right
magazine
Level 2 right
magazine
Level 3 right
magazine
Level 4 left
magazine*
*There is a fixed slot
behind each left
magazine.
Level 2
tape drive 1
Level 4 right
magazine
Level 3
tape drive 1
Level 3
tape drive 2
Level 2
tape drive 2
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Chapter 1 Overview
Library Features
Each cartridge magazine holds 10 DLT/SDLT cartridges or 12 LTO
cartridges. The bins in the left magazines are numbered from 1 through
10 (or 12 in LTO libraries) from front to back. The bins in the right
magazines are numbered from 1 through 10 (or 12 in LTO libraries) from
back to front.
The M1500 has one fixed cartridge slot behind the left magazine. The
M2500 has four fixed cartridge slots, one behind each left magazine. The
fixed cartridge slots can be used as additional data cartridge bins, or can
be used to hold cleaning tapes, which can be moved to a tape drive when
cleaning is required.
A bar code reader is attached to the library’s robotic hand. This bar code
reader automatically identifies the cartridges in the library, if the
cartridges are fitted with acceptable bar code labels.
Back Panel1Figure 5 illustrates the back panel of the M1500 library. Figure 6
illustrates the back panel of the M2500 library.
Figure 5 M1500 Back
Panel
Power inlet
Vents
Power Supply
Power switch
Tape drive 2Tape drive 1
VentVent
Interlibrary
Diagnostics port
SCSI
SCSISCSISCSI
control
StackLink
motor drive
Electronics
module
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Figure 6 M2500 Back
Interlib
lDi
t
Panel
Chapter 1 Overview
Library Features
Vents
Vent
SCSI
Vents
SCSI
Vent
Vents
Tape
drive
Tape
drive
rary contro
Tape
drive
Tape
drive
agnostics por
Electronics
module
SCSI
StackLink
motor
drive
Vents
Power
switch
Power
inlets
Power
outlets
SCSI
Vents
Power
Tape
drive
Tape
drive
inlet
Power
switch
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Chapter 1 Overview
Library Features
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Chapter 2
Basic Operations2
This chapter introduces the library GUI screens and explains how to use
them to perform the following basic library operations:
•Viewing library information (see Using the Quick View Menu Screen
on page 19)
•Moving tape cartridges within the library (see Moving Tape
Cartridges on page 25)
•Using the mailbox (see Using the Mailbox
•Removing the tape cartridge magazines (see Removing the
Magazines on page 35)
•View library, drive and SCSI statistics (see Viewing Statistics
page 43)
•Viewing the configuration of the entire library and stack, if the library
is part of a multiple library stack (see Viewing the Stack
Configuration on page 47)
on page 28
on
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Chapter 2 Basic Operations
Introduction
Introduction2
Before using the GUI to perform library functions, familiarize yourself
with the:
•Main screen
•GUI buttons
•GUI icons
Main Screen2The first screen the GUI displays after library initialization is the main
screen. This screen displays library status and provides inventory
information for the cartridge magazines, the fixed slot(s), the drives, and
the robotic hand. It also provides access to the library menus. It updates
in real time as cartridges move within the library.
The main screen appears somewhat different depending on whether the
library is an:
•M1500 stand-alone library
•M1500 library in a multiple library stack
•M2500 library
If the library is a stand-alone M1500, the main screen appears as shown in
figure 7
.
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