Spectra T950 - Global Spare

Chapter 1 — Library Overview Library Features
November 2016 User Guide—Spectra T950 Library
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SpectraSKLMnadKMIPencryptionrunonastandaloneserverand
providecentralizedencryptionkeymanagement.BlueScaleencryptionkey
managementistightlyintegratedintotheBlueScaleenvironment.
Encryptionisperformedthroughencryption‐enableddrives.Seethe
SpectraTapeLibrariesEncryptionUserGuidefordetailedinformation.
EnergyAudit Reporting
TheBlueScaleEnergyAuditfeatureletsyoudisplayactualpower
consumption.SeeViewPowerConsumptionStatisticsonpage168for
information.
EtherLib
BeginningwithBlueScale12.4.0,multi‐framelibrariesusingSpectra
LibraryServer(SpectraLS)controlmodules(seeSpectraPCandSpectra
LSComponentsonpage43)cantakeadvantageoftheBlueScaleEtherLib
featuretoreducethetimeforsomelibrarytasks.AfterinstallingEthernet
cables,andaswitch,ifnecessary,taskssuchasfirmwareupdatesandtrace
gatheringcompletemuchfaster.
Global Spare
TheGlobalSparefeatureprovidesawaytoremotelyreplaceafaileddrive
inthelibrary.Yousimplyconfigureaninstalleddriveasadesignatedspare
forotherdrivesinthelibrary.Thisdrivecanthenbesubstitutedforafailed
driveinanypartitionthatisconfiguredtousetheGlobalSparedrive.
Whenadrivefails,yousimplylogintotheBlueScalewebinterfacefrom
anylocation,selecttheGlobalSpareoptionforthefaileddrive,and
continuenormaloperations.Youcanthenphysicallyreplacethefailed
driveatyourconvenience.SeeAssignGlobalSpareDrivesonpage195and
UsingaGlobalSpareDriveonpage396formoreinformation.
Hardware Health Monitoring
BlueScaleHardwareHealthMonitoring(HHM)tracksmaintenance
thresholdsforkeyroboticcomponentsandnotifiesyouwhena
maintenancethresholdisreached.Youcanclickthemaintenanceiconon
thestatusbartosendtheAutoSupportLog(ASL)filetoSpectraLogic
TechnicalSupportsotheycanreviewthelogfileanddetermineifany
maintenancetasksareneeded.See
UsingBlueScaleHardwareHealth
Monitoringonpage358formoreinformation.
IPv6 Support
Thelibrarysupportslink‐localaddressingfromawebbrowser.Whenthe
libraryconnectstoaroutedIPv6networkitrequestsalink‐localIPv6
address.Youcanthenusethislink‐localaddresstoconnecttothelibrary
withoutchangingtheIPaddressconfigurationsettingsinyourlibrary.See
ConfigureNetworkSettingsonpage116foradditionalinformation.