Spectra T950 - Page 47

Chapter 1 — Library Overview Library Features
November 2016 User Guide—Spectra T950 Library
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Aminimumofonecontrollerisrequiredtoconnectthelibrary’sroboticsto
theFibreChannelnetwork.Tolearnmoreabouttherolethecontroller
playsinthelibrary,seeRoboticControllerConnectivityonpage67.
Notes:  Atapedrivecanonlyprovidethecontrolpathforone
partition.ARIMorF‐QIPcanprovidetheroboticcontrol
pathforuptoeightpartitions.ARIM2canprovidethe
roboticcontrolpathforupto16partitions.
 Themaximumnumberofexportingcontrollers(drivesand
RIMs)supportedbythelibraryissix.
 ATS11x0technologydrivecannotprovidetherobotic
controlpath.TS11x0technologypartitionsmustuseaRIM.
 RIMsandF‐QIPscanbeconfiguredforcontrollerfailover.
RIMsandF‐QIPscanbemixedinafailoverpair;aRIM2can
onlybeinafailoverpairwithanotherRIM2.
 Ifdesired,youcanconfiguremultipleexportingcontrollers
(drivesorRIMS)forapartition,andexportthesamechanger
interfaceov erthedrivestoprovideredundancy,aslon gas
yourbackupsoftwarecansupportthis.Thesemultiplepaths
cannotbeusedatthesametime.
 TheRIMreplacestheF‐QIPandtheE‐QIP,whichareno
longeravailableforpurchase.
 F‐QIPscanprovideencryptioncapabilityusingBlueScale
encryption.SeetheSpectraTapeLibrariesEncryptionUser
Guideformoreinformation.
 Inadditiontoprovidingtheconnectivityfortherobotics, the
F‐QIPcanalsobeused toprovideFibreChannelconnectivity
forSCSIdrives.ThedrivesandF‐QIPmustbeinthesameDBA.
 TheRIMdoesnotprovideconnectivityforSCSIdrives,nor
doesitprovideanyencryptioncapability.