Spectra T950 - Select the Robotic Control Path

Chapter 6 — Configuring and Managing Partitions Creating a Storage Partition
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Select the Robotic Control Path
Controllersinthelibraryareusedtoprovidetheroboticcontrolpathfor
thepartition.Thecontroller“exports”thepartitiontothehosts,receiving
andprocessingtheroboticmotioncommandssentfromthehosttomove
tapes.RIMs,F‐QIPs,andLTO‐5orlatergenerationtapedrivescanactas
controllers.
Notes:  TheRIMisidentifiedasanF‐QIPintheRoboticControlPath
screenandotherscreensthatreferencethecontrollers.See
RIMandF‐QIPIdentifiersonpage65foradditional
informationabouttheRIMidentifier.
 UsinganLTO‐5orlatergenerationtapedrivefortherobotic
controlpathissupportedinBlueScale12.6.3andlater.
 ATS11x0technologydrivecannotprovidetherobotic
controlpath.TS11x0technologypartitionsmustuseaRIM.
 Youcanselectmultiplesimilarexportingcontrollers(F‐QIPs
andRIMs,ordrives),andexportthesamechangerinterface
overthemtoprovideredundancy,aslongasyourstorage
managementsoftwarecansupportthis.Youcannotuse
multiplepathsatthesametime.
 Ifapartitionusesmultipleexportingcontrollers,the
partitioncannotuseQuickScan.
 Themaximumnumberofexporterssupportedbythelibrary
issix.
 Sixdriveexporterscanbeusedforsixdifferentpartitions,
ormultipleexporterscanbeconfiguredinthesame
partition,reducingthemaximumnumberofpartitions.
 AsingleRIMcanexportuptoeightpartitions,butstill
onlycountasoneexporter;asingleRIM2can exportupto
16partitions,butstillonlycountasoneexporter.
 ThelibrarydoesnotsupportselectingdrivesandaRIMorF‐
QIPtoexportthepartition.
 Partitionswithgreaterthan930slotsshoulduseaRIMor
F‐QIPfortheroboticcontrolpath.