Capacity on Demand
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Capacity on Demand: Dell™ PowerVault™ ML6000 Tape
Library User's Guide
All PowerVault ML6000 library configurations ship with the purchased number of slots pre-activated. The ML6010 CM (5U) and
ML6020 CM(14U) library configurations ship with a minimum of 41* active slots, and the ML6030 CM (23U) configuration
ships with a minimum of 87* active slots.
* A base license of 41 slots requires 520G or later library firmware.
After the initial purchase of your library, you can activate any remaining inactive slots in your library by purchasing a COD
license upgrade. Upgrades are sold in 46-slot increments. For example, an ML6020 CM could have 87 slots licensed at the
time of the initial purchase (41 default + 46 purchased = 87). The remaining 46 slots of the ML6020 CM can be activated at a
later time by purchasing an upgrade. The full 133 slots would then be available for use.
If you upgrade to more slots, your new license key contains the entire license corresponding to your expanded slot count. The
new license key replaces your current license key. For more information on licensing, see
Obtaining and Installing a License
Key.
It is possible to license more slots than are physically available in the library. In that case, when 9U Library Expansion
Modules are added, the extra licensed slots then become available for use.
To see your library's current configuration and slot availability, open the Library Configuration Report (choose Reports >
Library Configuration from the Web).
Table 1 shows the number of default and available pre-activated slots available for purchase and the number of slots you can
activate with a COD license key for each library configuration.
Table 1 Available Slots and COD Upgrades Per Configuration
ML6010 CM ML6020 CM ML6030 CM
ML6030 CM
+ 1 ML6000 EM
ML6030 CM
+ 2 ML6000 EMs
Minimum*, Maximum
Available Slots (including I/E
station slots)
41, 41 41, 133 87, 225 87, 317 87, 409
Default*
Pre-Activated Slots
41 41 87 87 87
Available*
Pre-Activated Slots
41 41, 87, 133 87,
133, 179,
225
87, 133, 179, 225,
271, 317
87, 133, 179, 225, 271,
317, 363, 409
Available COD Slot Upgrades NA 87, 133 133,
179, 225
133, 179,
225, 271, 317
133, 179, 225, 271, 317,
363, 409
* A base license of 41 slots requires 520G or later library firmware.
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