User`s guide

Chapter 4 Configuring Your Library
Working With Partitions
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The Product ID setting controls the product ID string that is returned
in a standard SCSI INQUIRY response. The library can report that it
is a Scalar 24, Scalar 100, Scalar i500, Scalar 1000, Scalar i2000, Scalar
i6000, or Scalar 10K. This feature can enable the library to be used
with host applications that do not yet include the Scalar i6000 in a list
of recognized devices. In addition, the various Microsoft
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Windows
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operating systems maintain a list of recognized devices. If the Scalar
i6000 is not in an operating system’s list of recognized devices, the
library will appear as an “unknown” device in device lists. You might
prevent the library from being listed as “unknown” by setting
Product ID to a library other than Scalar i6000. This setting does not
cause any library operational changes other than the SCSI INQUIRY
response.
7 To continue, click Next.
The Partitions - Step 3: Choose Policy Settings dialog box appears.
8 Configure the following settings:
•For Media Type Checking, select either Enable or Disable. This
setting is enabled by default.
•From the Media Checking Policy drop-down list, click either
Required or Not Required.
•From the Return Media Identifier drop-down list, click either
Suffix, Pass Through, Prefix, or Disabled. Depending on which
setting you choose, you can control the use of the media type
identifier in the volume serial number that is returned to the host.
For more information about how media policies work, see
Understanding Partition Media Policy Settings on page 114.
•For Automatic Drive Cleaning, click either Enable or Disable.
This setting is enabled by default.
Enabling automatic drive cleaning allows the library to initiate
drive cleaning each time a drive requests a cleaning operation.
For automatic drive cleaning to function, you must first configure
CAUTION
After a media volume serial number has been
reported to a host, changing the Return Media
Identifier setting could cause the host to not
recognize media within the library.