Chapter 6 — Configuring and Managing Partitions Creating a Storage Partition
December 2019 User Guide—Spectra T200, T380, and T680 Libraries
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Configure the Drive Fibre Channel Addressing
For partitions containing Fibre Channel drives, the Fibre Channel Loop ID
screen configures the Fibre Channel addressing used by each drive in the
partition. In general, you want to select the same type of addressing for
every drive in a partition.
1. From the MLM Media Verification screen (or the Encryption screen),
click Next. The Fibre Channel Loop ID’s screen displays.
2. Select Soft Addressing or Hard Addressing for each of the drives listed.
The drives use soft addressing by default. A drive is assigned a soft
address when it connects to the Fibre Channel arbitrated loop or fabric.
BlueScale
Encryption:
QIP-based
Turns on BlueScale Encryption key management for QIP-based encryption using
F-QIP-attached, SCSI LTO-2, LTO-3, or LTO-4 drives.
All key management tasks are performed through the BlueScale user interface.
Options:
Enable Compression — Turn on compression.
Enable Clear File at BOT — Reserve a portion of the media at the beginning
of the tape for unencrypted data.
If you select this option, the tape headers are unencrypted so that any
compatible drive can read the header information on an encrypted tape.
BlueScale
Encryption:
Drive-based
Turns on BlueScale Encryption key management for drive-based encryption
using direct-attached LTO-4 and later generation drives.
All key management tasks are performed through the BlueScale user interface.
Note: If you have BlueScale Encryption Professional edition and multiple
encryption keys configured on the library, select the primary key for the
partition. This key is used when encrypting and decrypting data. Then, select
none, one, or up to eight additional keys to be associated with the partition for
decrypting data.
Encryption Option Description
Figure 118 Select the type of addressing to be used by the
Fibre Channel drives.
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