Spectra T950 - Page 24

Chapter 1 — Library Overview Library Features
November 2016 User Guide—Spectra T950 Library
24
AutoSupport
AutoSupportconfiguresthelibrarytoautomaticallycontactconfigured
userswith messageswhenspecificeventsoccur.Itcanalsobeusedtoopen
orupdateasupportticketandsendittoaspecifiedemailrecipientorto
SpectraLogicTechnicalSupport.SeeChapter11–ConfiguringandUsing
AutoSupport,beginningonpage330fordetailedinformation.
Controller Failover (RIMs and F-QIPs)
ControllerfailoverconfigurestwoRoboticsInterfaceModules(RIMs)or
twoFibreChannelQuadInterfaceProcessors(F‐QIPs)asafailoverpair.
RIMsandF‐QIPscanbemixedinafailoverpair.ARIM2canonlybeina
failoverpairwithanotherRIM2.Onememberofthepair(theprimary
controller)providestheroboticcontrolpathinthepartition.Theother
controller(thesecondary)isdesignatedasthespare.Intheeventthatthe
secondarycontrollerdetectsaninternalproblemwiththeprimary
controller,itautomaticallytakesoverallroboticscontroloperationsto
provideuninterruptedoperation.SeeControllerFailoveronpage77for
moreinformation.
Note: Drivesusedtoprovidetheroboticcontrolpathcannotbe
configuredwithcontrollerfailover;however,youcanselect
multipledrivesascontrollers,andexportthesamechanger
interfaceoverthedrivestoprovideredundancy,aslongasyour
softwarecansupportthis.
Diagnostics and Utilities
Diagnosticsandutilities areavailablethroughtheBlueScaleinterface.
Selectingadiagnosticorutilitydisplaysadditionalinformation,including
whetherornotitcanberunwhilethe libraryisoperating.
Drive Lifecycle Management
BlueScaleDriveLifecycleManagement(DLM)helpsyouidentifydrives
thatareexperiencinghigherrorratesorotherproblems.DLMis
automaticallyenabledwhenMediaLifecycleManagement(MLM)is
enabled.SeeChapter10–UsingDriveLifecycleManagement,beginning
onpage322fordetailedinformation.
Encryption Key Management
TheSpectraT950librarycanencryptdataandmanageencryptionkeys,
usingBlueScalekeymanagement,theSpectraSKLMkeymanagement
system,orKMIPencryptionkeymanagement.
Important
In general, the library diagnostics and advanced utilities are only for use under the
direction of Spectra Logic Technical Support.