Spectra T950 - Configure Emulation

Chapter 4 — Configuring the Library Configuring Optional Library Settings
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Configure Emulation
Overview Thelibraryidentifiesitselfas“SPECTRAPYTHON”in
responsetoaSCSIInquirycommand.Ifyourstoragemanagement
softwareoroperatingsystemdoesnotspecificallysupportoneofthe
SpectraLogiclibrariesthatidentifiesitselfas“SPECTRAPYTHON,”you
canconfigureoneormorepartitionstoemulateanothertypeoflibrary.
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Becausemoststoragemanagementsoftwareiscertifiedforoneormoreof
theselibraries,usingtheemulationmodemayallowtheseapplicationsto
supportthelibrary.
Notes:  Configuringemulationchangeshowthelibraryidentifies
itselftotheoperatingsystemorstoragemanagement
software.
 Thefollowinginstructionsdescribeanadvancedpartition
configurationoptionthatisusedonlyinthecontextof
creatingoreditingapartition.Thescreensforconfiguring
emulationareonlyaccessibleafteryoucompletetheinitial
configurationstepsforthepartition(seeDefinetheInitial
StoragePartitionSettingsonpage190).
User Privilege Requirements Onlyauserwithsuperuseroradministrator
privilegescanconfigureemulation.See
UnderstandingUserGroupsand
Securityonpage101forinformationaboutthethreetypesofusergroups
andwhattypesofprivilegeseachhas.
Configure Emulation Usethefollowingstepstoconfigurethelibraryto
emulateanothertypeoflibrary.
1. Loginasauserwithsuperuseroradministratorprivileges.
2. Fromthetoolbarmenu,selectConfiguration > Partitions.TheShared
LibraryServicesscreendisplays.
Caution
Using emulation is not the preferred method of operation and should only be used
when recommended by Spectra Logic Technical Support.
Important
StorNext
®
versions 4.1.2 and later provide native support for Spectra tape libraries.
However, if you are using an earlier version of StorNext, you must configure one or
more storage partitions to emulate a Sun StorageTek L700 library. Support for using
the STK L700 emulation mode with StorNext software requires BlueScale11.0 or
later.
Configuring a partition to emulate the STK L700 library results in the following
changes to the SCSI data it reports:
 The INQUIRY command returns STK L700 as the product identification.
 The READ ELEMENT STATUS command reports the element addresses (the
element addresses for the robotics, drives, and magazine slots) using the
format defined for the Sun StorageTek L700 library.