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Chapter 6—Configuring and Managing Partitions Partition Overview
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Entry/Exit Operation Modes
ThelibrarysupportstwomodesofoperationfortheEntry/Exitslot:
StandardmodeandQueuedEjectsmode.Themodeusedbythelibraryis
setontheSlotsandDrivesscreenforthefirststoragepartitionyou
configure(seeAllocateSlotsandDrivesonpage175).Themodeyouselect
affectsthenumberofpartitionsthatcanbeconfiguredanddetermines
howtheE/Eslotoperatesduringexportorexchangeoperations.
Notes:  TheEntry/Exitmodeonlyappliestostoragepartitions.
Importing,exporting,orexchangingcleaningcartridgesin
cleaningpartitionsisalwaysdonemanuallyusingthelibrary
operatorpanel.
 ForadditionalinformationabouttheEntry/Exitmodes,log
ontotheportal(seeAccessingtheTechnicalSupportPortal
onpage466),opentheKnowledgeBase,andsearchforKBA‐
01770,HowdoSharedIEandQueuedEjectsfunctiononthe
T120?.TheinformationappliestotheT50easwell.
If you select... Then...
Standard Mode Theentirelibrarymustbeconfiguredasasinglestoragepartition.Fromthe
perspectiveofthestoragemanagementsoftware,theE/Eslotisaccessibleatall
times.Whenthestoragemanagementsoftwareejectsa cartridge,thecartridge
isphysicallymovedtotheE/Eslot.YoumustthenusetheOpen Dooroption
on
theImport/Exportscreentoopentheaccessportsothatyoucanremoveor
exchangethecartridge.
Notes:
 UsingStandardmodeisrecommendedwhenthelibraryisconfiguredwitha
singlestoragepartition.Standardmodeisnotanoptionwhenthelibraryis
configuredwithmultiplepartitions,includingacleaningpartition.
 WhenyouconfigureastoragepartitiontouseStandardmode,theBlueScale
softwarepreventsyoufromconfiguringanyadditionalpartitions.Youmust
reconfigurethepartitiontouseQueuedEjectmodebeforeyoucanconfigure
anotherstoragepartition.Similarly,ifanexistingstoragepartitionusesthe
QueuedEjectmode,youcannotselect
Standardmodeforanotherstorage
partition.
 Ifyouhaveonlyonestoragepartitionandyouplantoejectmultiple
cartridgesatatime,usingQueuedEjectsmodemaysimplifytheprocess.
Youcanuseyourstoragemanagementsoftwaretoejectasmanycartridgesas
desiredandthenremoveorexchangethecartridgeswhenitisconvenient.