The TS4500 includes basic management functions. These functions are found in the
Management GUI.
Refer to the following sections:
Table 1.
Managing the library
|
Task to Accomplish
|
From the
management GUI
|
CLI Command
|
|
Inventory the library or a
frame
|
Actions
Inventory
|
No
|
|
Manage encryption
|
Choosing a method
|
|
No
|
|
Managing encryption key servers
|
|
No
|
|
Modifying advanced settings
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Manage licensed features
|
|
No
|
|
Manage logical libraries
|
Create logical libraries
|
|
No
|
|
Assign cartridges
|
|
Yes
|
|
Assign drives
|
|
No
|
|
Choose or modify method of encryption
|
|
No
|
|
Specifying how many characters in each VOLSER number are reported (first
6, first 8, all, or last 8)
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Modify the maximum number of cartridges
|
|
No
|
|
Modify the maximum number of VIO slots
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Managing ports
|
|
No
|
|
Monitoring capacity utilization
|
|
No
|
|
Monitoring I/O station status
|
|
No
|
|
Monitoring system health
|
|
Yes
|
|
Obtaining library logs
|
|
Yes
|
|
Reporting 6- or 8-character
VOLSERs
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Resetting the library and
node cards
|
|
Yes
|
|
Setting the date and time
|
|
No
|
| Save configuration |
|
Yes |
| Restore configuration |
|
Yes |
| Firmware update |
|
Yes
|
|
Using SNMP
|
|
No
|
Table 2.
Managing logical libraries
|
Task
|
From the
management GUI
|
From the CLI
|
|
Create logical libraries
|
|
No
|
|
Create VOLSER ranges
|
|
Yes
|
|
Manage encryption settings
|
|
Yes
|
|
Set the maximum VIO
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
View queued exports
|
|
Yes
|
|
View logical libraries
|
|
Yes
|
|
View VOLSER ranges
|
|
Yes
|
Table 3.
Managing cartridges
|
Task
|
From the
management GUI
|
From the CLI
|
|
Assign cartridges
|
|
Yes
|
|
Enable automatic eject of expired cleaning cartridges
|
|
No
|
|
Monitor cleaning cartridges
|
|
Yes
|
|
Mount or demount cartridges
|
|
Yes
|
|
Move cartridges
|
|
Yes
|
|
Prestage or destage cartridges
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
View cartridge accessor status
|
|
Yes
|
|
View mount history
|
|
No
|
Table 4.
Managing drives
|
Task
|
From the
management GUI
|
From the CLI
|
|
Assign drives
|
|
No
|
|
Clean drives
|
|
No
|
|
Enable or disable a control path
|
|
No
|
|
Enable encryption
|
|
No
|
|
Obtain drive logs
|
|
Yes
|
|
Reset a drive
|
|
Yes
|
|
Update drive firmware
|
|
Yes
|
|
View drive information
|
|
Yes
|
|
View encryption method
|
|
No
|
|
View Fibre Channel settings
|
|
Yes
|
Table 5.
Managing security
|
Task
|
From the
management GUI
|
From the CLI
|
|
Changing passwords
|
TS4500 management GUI banner
|
No
|
|
Enabling or disabling remote authentication
|
|
No
|
|
Enabling or disabling SSL
|
|
No
|
|
Managing encryption
|
|
Yes
|
|
Managing roles
|
|
No
|
|
Managing users
|
|
No
|
Table 6.
Managing automatic media verification
|
Task
|
From the
management GUI
|
From the CLI
|
|
Reserve a verification drive
|
|
No
|
|
Assign verification drive to a logical library
|
|
No
|
|
Remove verification drive designation
|
|
No
|
|
Check if a verification drive is verifying media
|
(Check the drive state column).
|
No
|
|
Remove last verification drive out of a logical library
|
|
No
|
|
Add a cartridge to the priority verification queue
|
|
No
|
|
Remove a cartridge from the priority verification queue
|
|
No
|
|
Enable automatic media verification on an existing logical
library
|
|
No
|
|
View media verification for a logical library
|
(Logical Library properties)
|
No
|
|
View properties for verification drive
|
|
No
|
|
View last time cartridges were verified
|
(Right-click on header and choose Last Verification column.)
|
No
|
| |
(Right-click on header and choose Verification Results column.)
|
No
|
| |
(Right-click on header and choose Last Verification column.)
|
No
|
| |
(Right-click on header and choose Verification Results column.)
|
No
|
|
View which cartridges are currently in the verification process
|
(Right-click on header and choose Last Verification column.)
|
No
|
|
Cancel media verification action
|
(Right-click on media verification row.)
|
No
|