Configuring Your Library
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• From the Web client, select Setup > Cleaning Slots.
• From the operator panel, select Setup > Partition Mgmt > Configure Cleaning Slots.
Configuring I/E Station Slots
I/E station slots are used to import and export tape cartridges into and out of the library without disrupting normal library
operations. The Setup Wizard: I/E Station screens allow you to configure I/E station slots. Administrators can also
configure these slots on either the operator panel or the Web client.
Each 5U Library Control Module contains six I/E station slots, and each 9U Library Expansion Module contains 12 I/E station
slots. The available library configurations support a minimum of six I/E slots in the 5U Library to a maximum of 54 I/E slots in
the 41U library configuration. You can also choose to configure zero I/E station slots and use all slots in all I/E stations for
tape cartridge storage. For more information on configuring zero I/E slots, see
Configuring Zero I/E Station Slots.
Each I/E station (6-slot or 12-slot) is configured as a complete unit. When configuring an I/E station, configure all the slots in
the I/E station the same way: all storage or all I/E slots.
If the library consists of an ML6010 CM, all six I/E station slots must be configured either as storage or as I/E station slots.
The ML6020 CM consists of a 5U Library Control Module (with six I/E station slots) and a 9U Library Expansion Module (with
12 I/E station slots). All 12 of the slots in the 9U Library Expansion Module must be configured the same way, as either I/E
station slots or storage slots. Therefore, the ML6020 CM can contain a minimum of six and a maximum of 18 dedicated I/E
station slots.
Table 2 lists the number of I/E station slots available per library for all base library configurations.
Table 2 Number of I/E Station Slots Available
Details on configuring I/E station slots include:
Library Configuration 5U Library Control Control Module 9U Library Expansion Module Library Total
I/E Stations I/E Slots I/E Stations I/E Slots I/E Stations I/E Slots
ML6010 CM 1 6 – – 1 6
ML6020 CM 1 6 1 12 2 18
ML6030 CM 1 6 2 24 3 30
ML6030 CM
+ 1 ML6000 EM
1 6 3 36 4 42
ML6030 CM
+ 2 ML6000 EMs
1 6 4 48 5 54
• Before changing the number of I/E station slots, remove all tape cartridges from any slots currently configured as I/E
station slots.
• An I/E station that has been configured for storage may contain cleaning slots. These cleaning slots must be deleted
before you can reconfigure the storage slots as I/E station slots.
• The default number of dedicated I/E slots is six. If you accept the Setup Wizard default configuration settings, six I/E
slots will be created in the 5U Library Control Module.
• If you increase the size of your library by adding 9U Library Expansion Modules, the I/E stations in the new modules
will be storage slots by default. You can select to reconfigure these slots as I/E slots.
• Based on the number of I/E slots you configure, the library automatically determines which I/E stations to configure as
I/E slots and which to configure as storage.
• The library configures I/E slots in the 5U Library Control Module I/E station first and then works outward to the I/E
stations in the 9U Library Expansion Modules. I/E stations in 9U Library Expansion Modules below the 5U Library
Control Module have precedence over I/E stations in 9U Library Expansion Modules above the 5U Library Control
Module.
• All slots in an I/E station must be configured the same way: as either storage or I/E slots. For this reason, if your
library includes one or more 9U Library Expansion Modules, and you configure an even number of I/E slots greater
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