User`s guide

Chapter 4 Configuring Your Library
Working With Partitions
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The Partitions - Step 6: Configure Drive Firmware Autoleveling
dialog box enables you to set up drives to participate in auto leveling
operations. Drives are auto leveled whenever they are reset, such as
when the library is power cycled or rebooted, and whenever they are
added or replaced.
18 To ena
ble autoleveling for the partition, perform the following steps:
a Fr
om the Drive Type drop-down list, click the type of drives that
you want to list in the table. Listed drive types use the following
format:
<vendor>_<product>_<interface>
Drives of the specified type within the partition appear in the
tab
le.
All drives of the specified type within the partition
are listed, regardless of whether they are attached
to an I/O blade.
b If you need to download a new drive firmware image to use with
drives that you want to participate in auto leveling operations,
perform the procedure under
Updating Drive Firmware on
page 398, and then proceed with the next substep. Otherwise,
proceed directly to the next substep.
After you download a new image, the new drive firmware
versi
on is automatically added to the Firmware Version drop-
down list.
c In the left
-most column of the table in the Selected Drives will be
Autoleveled area, select one or more check boxes that
correspond to drives that you want to update with the same
drive firmware version, and then click the version in the
Firmware Version drop-down list.
19 To continue, click Next.
The Partitions - Summary Information dialog box
appears.
Note
Note
Only drives that are attached to an I/O blade can
participate in drive firmware autoleveling
operations. If you select drives that are not
attached to I/O blades, they will not be updated
during autoleveling operations.