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Appendix C — Media & Upgrades Library Support and Upgrades
November 2016 User Guide—Spectra T950 Library
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Thefollowingtabledescribesthetypesofhardwareexpansionand
upgradesthatareavailable.
Hardware Description
BlueScale Vision
Camera
Theweb‐basedBlueScaleVisioncameraletsyouvisuallymonitortheinteriorof
thelibrary.Inmulti‐framelibraries,additionalBlueScaleVisioncamerascanbe
installedintheexpansionframestoprovidemonitoringoftheentirelibrary.
Eachcameracanviewtheinterioroftheframewhereitismountedand
one
frametoeitherside.ABlueScaleVisioncameraisstandardinthemainframe.
Youcanpurchaseadditionalcameraswhenyouorderyourlibraryorasan
upgradeatalaterdate.
Note: CamerasmustbeinstalledbyacertifiedSpectraLogicfieldtechnician.
Drive Bay Assembly
(DBA)
IfallofthecurrentlyinstalledDBAsinthelibraryarefullypopulatedwith
drivesandyourlibraryincludesoneormoreTeraPackBayAssemblies(TBAs)
orshelvesinthebackofamainordriveframe,youcanreplaceaTBAor
shelveswithaDBA.
Note: ReplacingaTBAorshelveswithaDBAreducesthestoragecapacityof
yourlibrary.
TeraPack Bay
Assembly (TBA) or
Shelves
Ifallofthecurrentlyinstalledchambersinthelibraryarefullypopulatedwith
TeraPackmagazinesandyourlibraryincludesmorethanoneDriveBay
Assembly(DBA),youcanreplaceaDBAwithaTBAorshelves(dependingon
theageofyourlibrary).
Note: ReplacingaDBAwithaTBAorshelvescanreducedatathroughput.
Drives EachDriveBayAssembly(DBA)holdsuptofourdrives.IfaDBAisnotfull,
additionaldrivescanbeinstalledtoincreasedatathroughput.
Important: Do not attempt to install drives purchased from other vendors in
the library. The drives used in the library are specifically configured for use in
the library and must be purchased from Spectra Logic.
Expansion Frames Thestoragecapacityorperformanceofthelibrarycanbeincreasedbyadding
mediaordriveexpansionframes,respectively.
SeeDriveandMediaFramesonpage61forinformationaboutthenumberand
typesofexpansionframesthatcanbeaddedtothelibrary.
Power Supplies Thelibraryrequiresaminimumofone5/12VDCpowersupplymoduleper
populatedDBA.Italsorequiresaminimumofone24VDCroboticspower
supplymoduleinthemainframe.Optionally,youcanpurchaseanadditional
supplyperframe,whichincombinationwiththedualACpowerinputs,
provides
redundancyandfailoverprotection.Thepowersupplymodules
neededforthepowerredundancyconfigurationareanoptionyoucan
purchaseseparatelyorwhenyouorderthelibrary.
Robotics Interface
Module (RIM)
ARIMcanbeusedtoprovidetheroboticcontrolpathforapartition.OneRIM
cansupportuptoeightlibrarypartitions;oneRIM2cansupportupto16
partitions.
TwoormoreRIMsarerequiredifyouwanttousetheBlueScalecontroller
failoverfeatureforenhancedavailability.
ARIM2canonlybeinafailover
pairwithanotherRIM2.