User`s guide

Chapter 6 Maintaining Your Library
Maintenance Actions
Scalar i6000 User’s Guide 368
In the Drive Settings: Fibre Channel Parameters area:
Speed
drop-down list
Configures the speed of the specified drive. Possible speed settings are:
• Auto (default)
•1-Gb/s
•2-Gb/s
•4-Gb/s
For LTO-5, possible settings are:
• Auto (default)
•2-Gb/s
•4-Gb/s
•8-Gb/s
Connection
Options
drop-down list
Configures the type of connection for the specified drive. This setting is not
available for libraries in advanced configuration. Possible connection types
are:
• Loop Preferred
• Point to Point
• Loop
Set button Applies the selections you made in the Fibre Channel Parameters area to the
specified drive.
In the Control area:
Power Cycle
button
Cycles power to the specified drive by removing the power and then restoring
it. In general, you should try to reset drives before you cycle power to them.
Reset Drive
button
Resets the specified drive without cycling the power.
Vary Off or Vary
On button
Varies off or varies on the specified drive. The label of the button toggles
between Vary Off and Vary On. Each use of this button updates the drive
information in the Drive(s) area. Use this button when you hot swap drives.
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