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HP StoreEver MSL6480 Tape Library User and Service Guide

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◦ LTO 5: Ultrium 3000, Ultrium 3280
◦ LTO 6: Ultrium 6250
• Drive form factor
HH — half height◦
◦ FH — full height
• Drive interface
FC — Fibre Channel◦
◦ SAS — Serial Attached SCSI
• (Modified) — When present indicates that a setting has been changed. To apply the changes,
click Submit. To reset all changed fields to their previously saved values, click Undo.
• Pwr — Indicates whether the drive is currently powered on or off.
• Firmware — The version of firmware currently installed on the drive.
• Manufacturer S/N — The serial number assigned to the drive when it was manufactured. Use
this serial number when working with service.
• Power On — Checked when the drive is powered on.
NOTE: Always power off a tape drive before removing it from the library or moving it to a
new location within the library.
• Port configuration (FC only) — Drive port configuration.
Speed — The currently selected speed. The default is Automatic.◦
◦ Port Type
Automatic–
– Loop — Enables selection of the Addressing Mode.
– Fabric
◦ Addressing Mode — When Port Type is set to Loop, Addressing Mode can be set to Soft,
Hard, or Hard Autoselect.
◦ ALPA — When Addressing Mode is set to Hard, you can choose an ALPA address from
the drop down list.
To modify the configuration of one or more tape drives:
1. Modify any of the configurable values.
2. Click Submit.
NOTE: To configure the number of barcode characters to report to the host application and
whether to report them from the left or right end of the label, use either the Basic Partition Wizard
or Expert Partition Wizard. See “Using the Basic Partition Wizard” (page 55) or “Using the Expert
Partition Wizard” (page 56).
Changing the control path drive manually
When Basic CPF is enabled and both an active and passive drive are configured, you can change
the control path drive from the Configuration > Drives > Manual Control Path Failover screen.
Changing the control path drive before powering off the active control path drive ensures that
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