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Chapter 6—Configuring and Managing Partitions Creating a Storage Partition
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Entry/Exit Port
Mode
Selecttheoperationalmodefortheaccessport.SeeEntry/ExitOperationModes
onpage157fordetailedinformationabouthowthetwomodesoperate.
 Standard—Usethis optionifyouareconfiguringtheentirelibraryasasingle
storagepartitionanddonotplantouseacleaningpartition.
 Queued Ejects—Usethisoptionifyouareconfiguringmultiplepartitions,
includingacleaningpartition.Ifyoualreadyconfiguredoneormore
partitions,QueuedEjectsistheonlyavailableoption.
Drives Selectthedrivestobededicatedtothispartition.Thecheckboxesforany
installeddrivesthatcannotbeusedinthepartitionaregrayedout.
Important: If you plan to use MLM to monitor media health, Spectra Logic
strongly recommends that you configure LTO-4 and later generation drives in
separate partitions and that you do not routinely share LTO-4 media between
LTO-4 and later generation drives. This ensures the accuracy of the LTO-4 media
health data (see
Media Health Score on page 229 for more information).
 Youcanonlyselectdriveswiththesameinterfacetypeastheexportingdrive
forthepartition.Youcannotusedriveswithdifferentinterfacetypesinthe
samepartition.
 Onlydrivesthatarenotalreadyassignedtoapartitionorconfiguredasa
GlobalSparearelisted.
 IfyouenabledGlobalSpares(seeAssignaGlobalSpareDriveonpage174),
youcanonlyselectdrivesofthesamegenerationandinterfacetypeasthe
GlobalSparedriveassignedtothepartition.
 Ifyouplantomixmultiplegenerationsofcartridgesinthesamepartit ion,
makesurethatthedrivesinthepartitionarecompatiblewitheverygeneration
(see
LTORead/WriteCompatibilityonpage504forcompatibil it y
information).
Cleaning Partition Selectthenameofthecleaningpartitiontobeusedforthedrivesinthestorage
partition.Associatingacleaningpartitionwiththestoragepartitionenablesthe
AutoDriveCleanfeatureforthepartition.IfyoudonotwanttoenableAuto
DriveClean,clickNone.
Note: Theoptiontoselectacleaningpartitionisonlyavailableifyoupreviously
configuredacleaning partitionthatusesthesametypeofmediaasthestorage
partition(see
CreatingaCleaningPartitiononpage165).Ifyoucr eateacleaning
partitionlater,editthestoragepartitiontoassociatethecleaningpar tit ionwithit.
For this option... Do the following...