Magazines

Each module contains two magazines, holding up to 40 cartridges.

Figure 1. Left magazine

Left magazine

Figure 2. Right magazine

Right magazine

The library assigns each slot in a magazine a unique number to indicate its location. This numbering is shown on the Cartridges page of the Management GUI.

Table 1. Numbering of storage slots
Front of the Left Magazine 5 10 15 20 Drives 25 30 35 40 Front of the Right Magazine
4 9 14 19 24 29 34 39
3 8 13 18 23 28 33 38
2 7 12 17 22 27 32 37
1 6 11 16 21 26 31 36

Numbering of storage slots in a module starts in the bottom front of the left magazine and goes up each column towards the rear of the magazine. Numbering of the slots in the module continues in the bottom rear slot of the right magazine and goes up each column to the top of the front of the magazine.

The last 5 slots in the front of the right magazine of each module can be configured as an I/O Station. Each Module can have its own I/O station or all modules in a library can use the same I/O station in one of the modules. To enable or disable I/O Stations, go to Library > Modules and Magazines > Actions > Enable or Disable I/O Station in the Management GUI.

Important: Ensure that no tapes are in the slots before the I/O Station is enabled or disabled.
Note: For libraries with serial numbers before 7800K0K, the slots in the lowest row (1, 6, 11, 16, 21, 26, 31, 36) of the bottom module are inaccessible, and the I/O station will only contain 4 slots. These libraries will have a maximum of 32 slots in the bottom module, but all higher modules will have all 40 slots.