Chapter 3 Configuring Your Library
Configuring I/E Station Slots
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available. If no slots are available in the library, you must modify or
delete a partition to free up slots. For more information see Modifying
Partitions on page 73 and Deleting Partitions on page 74.
Administrators can also clean tape drives manually. For information, see
Manually Cleaning Tape Drives
on page 264.
The paths to open the appropriate screens are as follows:
• 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 control module contains six I/E station slots, and each 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
Note: Cleaning slots are not visible to the host application. To choose
host-based cleaning, do not configure any cleaning slots, and
configure your host application to manage cleaning tape
drives. Configuring cleaning slots on the library may affect the
host application. See your host application documentation for
information.
Note: This operation should not be performed concurrently by
multiple administrators logged in from different locations.
You can access the screen, but you cannot apply changes while
another administrator is performing the same operation.
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