User`s guide

Chapter 6 Maintaining Your Library
Monitoring the Library
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RAS The status of the drive as reported by the RAS system (for example, Good or
Failed).
Firmware level The firmware level of the drive.
Media ID The barcode of the loaded cartridge.
Location The location of the drive by means of a coordinate system. For information
about location coordinates, see Understanding Location Coordinates
on
page 288.
Physical SN The serial number of the particular drive.
Logical SN The logical serial number that the library assigns to a drive in a specific location.
This is not the serial number of the particular drive (see Physical SN in this
table). If a drive is replaced by another drive in the same library location, the
logical serial number remains the same. From the host’s perspective, the
replacement drive is the same as the original one. If the logical serial number
addressing feature is disabled for the library, Disabled appears in this field.
Vendor The name of the drive vendor.
IO Blade The location of the I/O blade to which the drive is attached. Locations are
indicated by means of a coordinate system. For information about location
coordinates, see Understanding Location Coordinates
on page 288.
Encryption The Encryption type currently used by the drive; the values are 'Application
Managed', 'Library Managed' or 'Unsupported if the drive does not support
encryption.
EEB Reports if a drive is connected to an Ethernet Expansion Blade. The values are
Connected, or Not Connected.
Control Path Reports if a drive is a Control Path (Primary). The values are Primary or None.
It also reports which drive is currently the active drive by Display "(Active)",
example "Primary (Active)"
Partition Name The name of the partition to which the drive is assigned.
Usage Type Indicates if the drive is specialised for use in Library Managed Partitions
(MeDIA) or is for use in regular partitions (Standard).
Element Description