Spectra T50e - CREATING A CLEANING PARTITION

Chapter 6—Configuring and Managing Partitions Preparing to Configure Partitions
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Plan the Configuration Beforeyoubeginconfiguringpartitions,decide
howyouwanttoconfigureeachofthepartitionsettingslistedinthe
followingtable.
Partition: Setting Description
Cleaning partition:
Number of slots
IfyouplantousetheAutoDriveCleanfeature,decidehowmanyslotsyou
wanttoassigntothecleaningpartition.Acleaningpartitioncanbesharedby
multiplestoragepartitions.
Storage partition:
Exporter
Whenastoragepartitioncontainsmultipledrives,decidewhichdriveisthe
exporterforthepartition.Theexporterreceivestheroboticcontrolcommands
fromthehostandrelaysthemtotherobotics.
Storage partition:
Global Spares
DecidewhetheryouwanttousetheGlobalSparefeatureandifso,whichdrive
todesignateasaGlobalSpare.See
AssignaGlobalSpareDriveonpage174for
detailedinformationabouttherequirementsforusingGlobalSpares.
Important: If you plan to use one of the PostScan options that uses a Global
Spare, a Global Spare drive must be assigned to the storage partition.
Storage partition:
Number of slots
Decidehowmanyslotsyouwanttoassigntoeachstoragepartition.
Storage partition:
Drive Assignments
Decidewhichdrivestoassigntoeachpartition.Onlydrivesthatarealready
installedinthelibraryareavailable.Eachstoragepartitionmusthaveatleast
onedriveassociatedwithit.
Storage partition:
PreScan and
PostScan
Decidewhetherornotyouwantthelibrarytoscanthecartridgesinthe
partitionformediaerrors.See
UsingPreScanonpage245andUsingPostScan
onpage247 fordetailedinformationaboutthePreScanandPostScanfeatures.
Encryption Mode Decidewhetherornottoencryptdatainthepartitionandwhattypeof
encryptionandencryptionkeymanagementtouse.TheEncryptionscreen
doesnotdisplayunlessyouareloggedintothelibraryasanencryptionuser
andeithercreateoneormoreBlueScaleencryptionkeysorconfigureaSpectra

SKLMserver.See
Chapter10–Encryption andKeyManagement,beginningon
page282fordetails.
Storage partition:
Users
Decidewhichusersareallowedtoaccessthepartition.SeeConfiguringLibrary
Usersonpage96forinformationabouttheusergroupsandtheprivilegeseach
has.
Note: Membersofthesuperuserandadministratorgroupscanaccessall
partitions.
Fibre Channel
Storage Partition:

Drive Addressing
Mode and Loop ID
IfthepartitionusesFibreChanneldrives,decidewhataddressingmodetouse
foreachFibreChanneldrive.Ifyouselectsoftaddressing,eachFibreChannel
portisidentifiedbyanaddressassignedtothedrivewhenitconnectstothe
FibreChannelarbitratedloop,fabric,orSAN.Ifyouselect
hardaddressing,the
driveusesthefixedLoopIDyouset.
SCSI Storage
partition:

Drive SCSI IDs
IfapartitionusesSCSIdrives,decidewhatSCSIIDtouseforeachdrive.Each
SCSIIDmustbeuniquefortheSCSIbustowhichthedriveisconnected.Valid
SCSIIDsonawideSCSIbusare0–15.