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## Drives and Ports

On the Drives > Drives and Ports page you can see the drive configuration of the installed drives in the library.

Header content:

- Drive number - Drives are numbered from the bottom of the library up beginning with one.
- Serial Number - The serial number assigned to the tape drive by the library. This serial number is reported to host applications. The serial number cannot be modified.
  This is not the serial number assigned to the drive by the manufacturer; the serial number assigned by the manufacturer is shown in Manufacturer S/N.
- LTO generation (e.g. LTO7)
- Drive form factor

- HH - Half Height
- FH - Full Height

- Drive interface

- FC - Fibre Channel
- SAS - Serial Attached SCSI

- Indicator whether the drive is good or error state

- A green circle with a check mark indicates that the drive is fully operational and that no user intervention is required.
- A yellow triangle with an explanation point indicates that user attention is necessary, but that the drive can still perform most operations.
- A red circle with an X indicates that user intervention is required or the drive is not capable of performing some operations.

- Drive status

- Write - The drive is performing a write operation.
- Read - The drive is performing a read operation.
- Idle - A cartridge is in the drive but the drive is not performing an operation.
- Empty - The drive is empty.
- Encrypt - The drive is writing encrypted data.

- Power on status - Indicator whether the drive is currently powered on or off.

Detailed content after expanding the header:

- Vendor - The vendor identifier of the drive
- Personality - The personality of the drive.
- Firmware - The version of firmware currently installed on the drive.
- Manufacturer S/N - The serial number assigned to the drive when it was manufactured. Use this serial number when working with your Service.
- Powered - Indicator whether the drive is currently powered on or off.

| NOTE | Always power off a tape drive before removing it from the library or moving it to a new location within the library.

- WWNN - World wide unique number for the drive. The library assigns WWNNs to the drive bays. When a tape drive is replaced, the WWNN is re-assigned to the replacement drive.
- Temperature - Internal temperature reported by the drive. The tape drive will send out errors if there is any possibility of error due to temperature.
- Logical Library - Logical library to which the drive is assigned.
- Encryption - Indicates whether the drive is configured for encryption.
- Cartridge - Information about the cartridge, if any, currently in the drive.
- IP Address - IP address of the drive Ethernet port.
- Media Removal - Whether the media can be removed from the drive or not. Many host applications prevent media removal while accessing the cartridge in the tape drive.
- Module Loc - Module in which the drive is installed.
- Data Compression - Indicates whether the drive is using data compression.
- Cooling Fan Status - When the drive cooling fan is operating correctly, the status will be Active.
- Product ID - Displays the product identifier of the drive
- SCSI Element Addr. - SCSI Address which is reported to a SCSI Host
- Port configuration (FC)

- WWPN - Displays the world wide port name, a unique identifier for each interface.
- Speed - Displays the current interface speed.
- Port Type

- Loop
- Fabric

- Interface - The status of the port connection.
- Loop ID / ALPA - Logical port identifier for the FC drive port.

- Port configuration (SAS)

- WWPN - Displays the world wide port name, a unique identifier for each interface.
- Interface - The status of the port connection.
- Speed - Displays the current interface speed.

The actions drop down menu contains the actions below:

- Modify Port Settings
- Clean Drive
- Reset Drive
- Eject Cartridge From Drive
- Drive Tests
- Update Drive Firmware
- Export Service Logs