Spectra T950 - Creating a Cleaning Partition

Chapter 6 — Configuring and Managing Partitions Creating a Cleaning Partition
November 2016 User Guide—Spectra T950 Library
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CREATING A CLEANING PARTITION
ThefollowingsectionsdescribeusingtheBlueScalepartitionwizardto
createacleaningpartitionforyourlibrary.Ifyouknowthatyouwantto
useAutoDriveCleanwithastoragepartition,itiseasiertoconfigurethe
cleaningpartitionbeforeyouconfigurethestoragepartitions.Ifyou
choosetocreatethestoragepartitionsbeforeyoucreatethecleaning 
partition,AutoDriveCleanisnotenableduntilyoumodifythestorage
partitionstoassignacleaningpartitiontothem.
Note: Ifyouwanttoconfigurethestoragepartitionsfirst,skipto
CreatingaStoragePartitiononpage190.
Controller port
addressing
IftheroboticcontrolpathisprovidedbyaRIMorF‐QIP,decidewhatport
addressing(softaddressingorLoopID)andFibremode(Loop,Fabric,orAuto‐
negotiate)eachportonthecontrolleruses.Ifyouselectsoftaddressing,each
FibreChannelportisassignedauniqueaddresswhen
itconnectstotheFibre
Channelarbitratedloop,fabric,orSAN.Ifyoudonotusesoftaddressing,each
portusesthefixedLoopIDyouset.
Note: IfthelibraryusesF‐QIPstoprovidetheroboticcontrolpathandFibre
ChannelconnectivityforSCSIdrives,youmustseparatelyconfiguretheport
addressingfortheF‐QIPusedtoprovidetheroboticcontrolpathandforany
additionalF‐QIPsusedtoprovideconnectivityforthedrives
(seeConfigurethe
PortAddressingfortheControllersonpage208).
Direct-attached
Fibre Channel drive
addressing
ForeachFibreChanneldrive,decidewhethertousesoftaddressingoran
assignedLoopID.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donotuse
softaddressing,each
portusesthefixedLoopIDyouset.
Note: ThelibrarydoesnotsupportSCSIdrivesdirect‐attachedtoahost.All
SCSIdrivesattachthroughanF‐QIP(notaRIM)tothehost.SeeDrivevisibility
below.
Drive visibility IfapartitionincludesSCSIdrives,decidewhetherthedrivesconnectedtoeach
F‐QIParevisible(accessible)toexternalhoststhroughoneorbothoftheF‐QIP
FibreChannelports.
Note: Ifyouselectboth,makesurethatthestoragemanagementsoftwarecan
handleservercontentionov erdriveuseresultingfromredundantpathstoa
drive.
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