Chapter 3—Introducing the BlueScale User Interface Overview of the BlueScale User Interface
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Menu Option Overview
Thefollowingtableprovidesanoverviewoftheoptionsavailableunder
eachmenuitem.Figure43onpage81showsthesequenceofthescreens
undereachoption.
Menu Available Options
General TheGeneralmenuprovidesaccesstothemostfrequentlyusedlibraryscreens
andcontrols.
General Status—Displaysthecurrentstatusforthemajorlibrary
components.See
GeneralStatusScreenonpage75fortolearnaboutusing
theoptionsavailableontheGeneralStatusscreen.
Inventory—DisplaystheInventoryscreen,whichshowsthelibrary’smedia
inventoryinformation.UsethecontrolsontheInventoryscreentolocate
individualcartridgesandmovecartridgesfromonelocationinthelibraryto
another.See
UsingtheCartridgeInventoryonpage216tolearnaboutusing
theoptionsavailablefromthisscreen.
Metrics—Displaysscreensthatshowthemetricsforpowerconsumptionand
storagedensityforthemediatypescurrentlyinthelibrary.See
Use
PerformanceMetricsonpage140forinformationaboutviewingthemetrics
availableforthelibrary.
Import/Export—DisplaystheImport/Exportscreen,whichprovidescontrols
forimporting,exporting,andexchangingcartridges.See
Understanding
CartridgeImportandExportonpage193tolearnaboutusingtheoptions
availablefromthisscreen.
Note: TheImport/Exportoptionisnotavailablewhenaccessingthelibrary
remotelyusingtheBlueScalewebinterface.
MLM (Media Lifecycle Management)—DisplaystheMediaLifecycle
ManagementReportscreen,whichprovidescontrolsforgeneratingmedia
lifecyclereports.See
UsingMLMReportingonpage255tolearnaboutusing
theoptionsavailablefromthisscreen.
Robot Usage—DisplaystheRobotUtilizationscreen,whichshowsthemetric
thatmeasuresthepercentageoftimetheroboticsisbeingusedwhilethe
libraryispoweredon.See
ViewRobotUtilizationInformationonpage142to
viewthismetric.
Figure 39 The General menu.