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Chapter 6 — Configuring and Managing Partitions Partition Configuration Overview
December 2019 User Guide—Spectra T200, T380, and T680 Libraries
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 Restrictions on the Number of Partitions — By default, you can only
create a single storage partition. If you need additional storage
partitions, you must purchase a Shared Library Services (SLS)
activation key. Refer to Enabling BlueScale Software Support, Options,
and Upgrades on page 101 for information about purchasing and
entering activation keys.
 Libraries running BlueScale software versions earlier than
BlueScale12.6.3, are limited to eight storage partitions.
 Libraries using BlueScale12.6.3 or later can have a maximum of 8
partitions for a T200 or 12 partitions for a T380 or T680.
Notes:  Cleaning partitions do not require an SLS activation key and
do not count toward the partition maximum.
 The more partitions in a library, the longer each move can
take. If move requests can be sent to several partitions at
once, you may need to increase the timeout setting in your
storage management software.
 Restrictions on Exporters — Each partition is exported by an F-QIP/
RIM or a Fibre Channel drive.
 For libraries using BlueScale revisions 12.6.3 through 12.6.44, the
library is limited to six drive exporters. If there are fewer than six
drive exporters, additional partitions can have RIM or F-QIP
exporters until you reach the partition limit described above.
 With BlueScale 12.7.05 or later, the maximum number of physical
exporting devices (Fibre Channel drives or F-QIP/RIM) supported
by the library is six.
 If the library has Thin Provisioning enabled, a single F-QIP or RIM
can export 60,000 elements. A single RIM2 does not have this limit.
 If desired, you can configure multiple exporting controllers of
similar type (RIMs and F-QIPs, or drives) to a single partition and
use your host software to export the same changer interface over the
controllers to provide redundancy.
Notes:  A single partition can have, at most, six physical exporting
devices configured.
 If the library only uses drive exporters, this limitation may
reduce the maximum number of partitions supported. Six
drive exporters can be used for six different partitions, or
multiple exporters can be configured in the same partition,
reducing the maximum number of partitions.
 A single RIM or F-QIP can export up to eight partitions, but
still only count as one exporter; a single RIM2 can export up
to 8 partitions for a T200 or 12 partitions for a T380 or T680,
but still only count as one exporter.