User Guide

5-6 Preliminary Draft Ampex 1308904-X4
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Running Head
acl_intro ACL Application Programmer’s Guide
-t < separator>
Specifies the separator character that encloses each element in a multi-element input field. If
omitted, colons are used as the separator characters. Valid for all commands that take
multi-element lists as input.
-retry_on_reset
Specifies that the utility perform one retry automatically when a failure is caused by a SCSI
Bus Device Reset of the ACL. There are no arguments to this option. Any arguments listed
after the option cause the utility to fail.
If the -retry_on_reset option is omitted, the $RETRY_ON_RESET environment variable can
be used to enable retries after resets. If the -retry_on_reset option and the
$RETRY_ON_RESET environment variable are both omitted, the utility will not retry
automatically after a SCSI Bus Device Reset of the ACL. This is the default.
ACL LOCATIONS
Names are assigned to all ACL locations that can contain a tape cartridge. ACL Management
utilities recognize the location names described below.
2XX and 4XX ACLs can move a tape cartridge from a storage bin to the tape drive, or from
the tape drive to a storage bin
8XX ACLs can move a tape cartridge to or from any of the named locations (tape drive,
storage bin, IMEX bin, or CHS)
ACL Series 2XX and 4XX
Tape Drive The ACL has one tape drive named DR1.
Cartridge Handling System The ACL cartridge handling system is named CHS.
Storage BIn The ACL contains seven storage bins named A01 through A07
(from top to bottom).
ACL Series 8XX
Tape Drive(s) The ACL can contain up to four tape drives. The drives are
named DR4 through DR1 (from top to bottom).
Cartridge Handling System The ACL cartridge handling system is named CHS.
Storage BIns The ACL contains 248 storage bins. The bins are arranged in an
8-column by 32-row matrix (which also contains eight
import/export bins). The rows are numbered 01 through 32 from
top to bottom and the columns are alphabetized A through H
from left to right.