User's Guide

Chapter 2 Description
Control Module
Scalar i2000 Planning Guide 15
Cartridge Magazines 2
The cartridge magazine is a storage assembly that installs on the drive
side or door side of the control module or expansion module. It contains
the cartridge slots and provides flexibility when adding storage
cartridges to a module. There are two types of magazines, one for SDLT
and another for LTO. Because the two magazines are the same size they
can be mixed in the library. The SDLT magazines hold five cartridges and
the LTO magazines hold six cartridges.
Each magazine has a barcode label that the scanner reads for
identification and inventory. An optional, snap-on dust cover is available
for the magazines. The magazines with the dust cover have interlocked
stacking that enables easier storage of the media when they are removed
from the library for external storage.
Table 1 Cartridge Capacities
in Library Modules
Type of
Cartridge
Cartridges
per
Magazine
Magazines
per Control
Module
a
a.The minimum is based on having 11 additional drives installed. The maximum is based on having one drive
and one I/E station installed.
Magazines per
Expansion
Module
b
b.The minimum is based on having an I/E station and 12 drives installed. The maximum is based on having
no drives or an I/E station installed.
Control Module
Cartridge
Capacity
c
c.The minimum is based on having 11 additional drives installed. The maximum is based on having one drive
and one I/E station installed.
Expansion
Module Cartridge
Capacity
d
d. The minimum is based on having an I/E station and 12 drives installed. The maximum is based on having
no drives or an
I/E station installed.
SDLT 5 44 min/51
max
50 min/76 max 220 min/255 max 250 min/380 max
LTO 6 44 min/51
max
50 min/76 max 264 min/306 max 300 min/456 max