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Contents

1 Library overview.......................................................................................11

Hardware and firmware differences..........................................................................................12

Library features......................................................................................................................13

Density.............................................................................................................................13

Centralized management....................................................................................................13

Proactive availability..........................................................................................................13

Data Path and Control Path Failover.....................................................................................13

Serviceability and reliability................................................................................................14

Host attachment.................................................................................................................14

Remote management..........................................................................................................14

Capacity on demand.........................................................................................................14

Control module......................................................................................................................14

Expansion modules.................................................................................................................15

High density expansion modules..............................................................................................17

Library management module....................................................................................................17

Management control blade (MCB).......................................................................................18

Robotics control unit (RCU)..................................................................................................18

Library motor drive (LMD) or library power control (LPC1)........................................................18

I/O Management units...........................................................................................................18

Control management blade (CMB).......................................................................................19

Ethernet expansion blade (EEB)...........................................................................................19

Picker (cartridge accessor).......................................................................................................19

Import/Export stations.............................................................................................................19

Extended I/E option...........................................................................................................19

Cartridges.............................................................................................................................20

Cartridge magazines..............................................................................................................20

Support for WORM................................................................................................................22

Tape drives............................................................................................................................22

LTO drives.........................................................................................................................22

Operator panel .....................................................................................................................23

Power system..........................................................................................................................23

Using the library demonstration mode.......................................................................................23

Starting demo mode...........................................................................................................24

Pausing demo mode...........................................................................................................24

Stopping demo mode.........................................................................................................24

2 Modifying the library configuration.............................................................25

Setup Wizard prerequisites......................................................................................................25

Accessing the Setup Wizard ...................................................................................................25

Entering License Keys..............................................................................................................25

Working with partitions...........................................................................................................27

Understanding partition media policy settings........................................................................27

Media domain..............................................................................................................27

Media type..................................................................................................................27

Media ID checking........................................................................................................28

Return media identifier...................................................................................................28

Returning media identifiers to hosts..................................................................................28

Working with library control paths.......................................................................................29

Creating partitions.............................................................................................................29

Creating partitions with the Setup Wizard........................................................................29

Creating partitions automatically.....................................................................................30

Creating partitions manually using Simple mode...............................................................30

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