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Chapter 1—Library Overview Library Features
August 2017 User Guide—Spectra T50e Library
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Tape Drives and
Drive Bays
Thelibraryaccommodatesoneortwofull‐heightLTOtapedrivesorfromone
tofourhalf‐heightLTOtapedrivesfordatabackup.Youcanalsoinstallone
full‐heightdriveandtwohalf‐heightdrives.Tolearnmore,see
LTOTape
Drivesonpage32.
Note: Anydrivebaysthatdonothavedrivesinstalledhavecoversinstalled
tomaintainproperaircirculationthroughoutthelibrary.
Product ID TheproductIDtabslidesoutwardfromthebottomofthelibraryandshows
thelibraryserialnumber.
Library Control
Module (LCM)
TheLCMisadedicatedon‐boardcomputermodulethatrunstheBlueScale
softwarethatcontrolsallaspectsoflibraryoperation.Tolearnmore,see
LibraryControlModule(LCM)onpage35.
Expansion Slots
(not shown)
Optionally,uptothreehalf‐heightdrivebayscanbereplacedwithcapacity
expansionslotsiftheyarenotusedfortapedrives(see
InstallingCapacity
ExpansionSlots(Optional)onpage60).
Rack-mount
Hardware (not
shown)
Thelibraryisdesignedtomountinastandard4‐post,19‐inchrackusingjust
4
units(4U)ofrackspace.Alternatively,thelibrarycanbeplacedonalevel
tabletoporotherlevelhorizontalsurface.See
InstalltheLibraryinaRackon
page45forimportantinformation.
Component Description