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Chapter 1 — Library Overview Library Features
November 2016 User Guide—Spectra T950 Library
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ThefollowingtabledescribeseachofthecomponentsshowninFigure4on
page32.
Component Description
Tool Storage Thecompartmentabovethemediastorageareainthemainframeprovides
spaceforstoringthetoolkitanddocumentationthataccompaniesthelibrary.
BlueScale Vision
Camera Connector
ThededicatedEthernetportfortheBlueScaleVisioncameraletsyouconnect
thecameratoanEthernetnetworkandusetheweb‐basedBlueScaleVision
softwaretomonitortheinteriorofthelibrary.Eachframethatcontainsa
camerahasanEthernetconnector.SeeBlueScaleVisionCameraonpage52for

informationabouttheBlueScaleVisioncamera.
Notes:
 TheBlueScaleVisioncameraconnectorisnotpresentifaframedoesnothave
aBlueScaleVisioncamerainstalled.
 Inmediaexpansionframes,theconnectorisinasimilarlocation.
Media Storage
Chambers
AllofthemediainthelibraryisstoredinTeraPackmagazines,eachofwhich
containstenslotsforLTOmediaornineslotsforTS11x0technologymedia.The
magazinesareplacedonshelvesdividedintochambers.Thenumberof
chambersatthebackofaframedependsonthetype
offrameandits
configuration(seeDriveandMediaFramesonpage61).
Flex Bays (older
libraries only)
Threeflexbaysmakeitpossibletoconfiguretheframetoincreasemedia
storagecapacityordatathroughput.Theflexbaysaccommodateeitherthree
DriveBayAssemblies(DBAs)orthreeTeraPackBayAssemblies(TBAs).
Note: InnewerT950Bdriveandmainframes,shelvesreplaceflexbaysto
provideadditionalstoragechambers.
TeraPack Bay
Assemblies (TBAs)
(older libraries
only)
EachTBAcont ain sfourchambe rs, eachofwhichaccommodatesasingle
magazine.IftheframehasonlythreeDBAsinstalled, TBAsoccupytheflexbays.
Note: InnewerT950Bdriveandmainframes,shelvesreplaceTBAstoprovide
additionalstoragechambers.
Drive Bay
Assemblies (DBAs)
NewerT950Bmainframescanhaveone,three,orsixDBAsinstalled.Drive
expansionframescanhavethreeorsixDBAsinstalled.Shelvesformedia
storageareinstalledintheremainingspacewhereDBAscouldbeinstalled.
Inolderlibraries,amainordriveframecanhaveeitherthreeorsix
DBAs
installed.WhenonlythreeDBAsarepresent,uptothreeadditionalDBAscan
beinstalledintheflexbays,replacingtheTBAs.
EachDBAprovidestheelectricalandinternalinterfaceconnectionsforupto
fourfull‐heightdrives.SeeTapeDrivesonpage50forinformationaboutthe
drivesused
inthelibrary.EachDBAalsoincludesacontrollerbayforaRIM,
F‐QIP,orEtherLibswitchtotherightofthedrives.
Note: Anydriveorcontrollerbaysthatdonotcontaincomponentsmusthave
coversinstalledtomaintainproperaircirculationthroughoutthelibraryandto
protectinternalcomponents.