The Operator Panel

With the Operator Panel, you can monitor, configure, and operate library functions from the library front panel.

The Operator Panel has a Power button, an LCD display, six navigation buttons, and five LEDs. To use the Operator Panel, you must use the six navigation buttons (up/down, left/right, Enter, Back). The Operator Panel is not a touchscreen. See Front panel for the location of the navigation buttons.

Operator Panel screens

Figure 1. Operator Panel main screen

Operator Panel main screen

Operator Panel main screen layout
  • Left Pane - Displays the library status (firmware revision, number of modules, number of slots, number of drives, number of errors, number of warnings.
  • Center Pane - Provides access to operate, configure, and log out of the library and to view more status information (Operation, Configuration, Maintenance, Status).
  • Bottom Pane - Displays more status information (library status, time/date, IPv4, or IPv6 address). The status pane displays one status information for 10 seconds and then switches to the next status item.
Table 1. Operator Panel menu tree
Operation Configuration Maintenance Status Logout

Move Cartridge
from Drive
to Home Slot
Move Cartridge

Initial System Setup
Date & Time
Network Settings
User Accounts
Reset

Library Tests
View Events
Drive Service Logs
Download
Library Logs
Download
Drive Firmware
Upgrade
Library Firmware
Upgrade
LCD Adjustment

Network Settings
Library
Drive

Logout

The Operator Panel provides a subset of menu items that are compared to the full capability of the Management GUI. For the operations that are available on the Operator Panel, see Locating Management functions.

Accessing the library with the Operator Panel

The Operator Panel can be accessed in two ways, with a PIN or without one.
  1. If the Operator Panel screen saver is on, press Enter.
  2. If no PIN is configured, press Enter.
  3. If a PIN is configured, enter the PIN, then select Login and press Enter.

Status icons

Figure 2. Front panel LEDs

Front panel LEDs

Table 2. Front panel LEDs
LEDs Color Descriptions
Ready Green Steady when power is on, flashing with tape Ready drive or library robotic activity.
Unit Identification (UID) Blue when activated The UID LEDs are controlled by the user through the Library>Actions>Turn Identifier Light On or Off GUI function. The UIDs on the Operator Panel and base module back panel are activated and deactivated together. In addition, UIDs on drives and expansion module back panels can be activated separately. The UIDs are helpful for locating components of the library in a data center.
Clean Amber On, when a tape drive-cleaning operation is recommended.
Attention Amber Flashing if the library detected a condition for which user attention is necessary, but the library can still complete most operations.
Error Amber On, if an unrecoverable tape drive or library error occurs. A corresponding error message is displayed on the LCD screen. User intervention is required as the library is not capable of completing some operations.