Using the operator panel to display the existing library configuration
Complete this task to use the operator panel to display the library configuration.
About this task
To use the operator panel to display the existing configuration of the TS3500 tape library, perform the following steps:
Procedure
- From the library's Activity touchscreen, press MENU
—> Settings —> Configuration —> Display Configuration —> ENTER. The Physical Configuration screen displays. The screen shows the total quantity of drives, storage slots, and I/O slots in the library's physical configuration. For libraries that use both LTO and 3592 media, the screen provides totals for each media type. The Mode field indicates the menu selection (Configure Library or Advanced Configure) that was used to create the current library configuration.Note: With the Advanced Library Management System (ALMS) is enabled, the Mode is
ALMS
.Physical Configuration Panel 0102 Total Frames: 4 LTO: 1 3592 1 Service Bays: 2 Total Drives: 7 LTO: 4 3592: 3 Total Storage Slots: 280 LTO: 180 3592: 100 Total I/O Slots: 26 LTO: 10 3592: 16 Configuration Mode: Advanced [BACK] [DETAIL] [ENTER]
You can view the physical configuration for each frame, or you can view the configuration for each logical library:
- To view the quantity of physical drives, storage slots, and I/O
slots in each frame, press DETAIL. The Configuration Details screen
displays. For libraries that use both LTO and 3592 media, the Media
Type field indicates the type of media used in the frame.
Configuration Details Panel 0104 Frame 1 Media Type: LTO Drives: 9 Ultrium-1 3 Ultrium-2 3 Ultrium-3 1 Ultrium-4 2 Storage Slots: 280 I/O Slots: 10 [BACK] [ UP ] [DOWN]
To view the details for additional frames, press UP. The Configuration Details screen displays for the next frame. To return to frames that you have viewed, press DOWN. To return to the Physical Configuration screen, press BACK.Configuration Details Panel 0104 Frame 1 Media Type: 3592 Drives: 3 3592-J1A 1 3592-E05 2 Storage Slots: 272 I/O Slots: 32 [BACK] [ UP ] [DOWN]
- To view the library's logical configuration, from the Physical
Configuration screen press ENTER. The Configuration Summary screen
displays. The screen shows the total quantity of storage slots and
drives in the logical library configuration. It shows the element
address range for the slots and drives. The screen indicates which drives are control paths. It also indicates
the quantity of control paths. Note: With ALMS enabled, the key, the
Location Start
field, and theLocation End
field do not display.
The Element Addr Range field is the range of SCSI element addresses defined for this logical library. To view the summaries for additional logical libraries, press UP. The Configuration Summary screen displays for the next logical library.Configuration Summary Panel 0103 Key: LL=Logical Library, F=Frame, C=Column, R=Row LL: Logical Library 1 Media Type: LTO Storage Slots: 1451 Elem Addr Range: 1025 - 2475 First Location: [F01,C01,R02] Last Location: [F01,C08,R44] Drives: 012 Elem Addr Range: 0257 - 0268 First Location: [F01,R01] Last Location: [F01,R12] Control paths: 001 [BACK] [UP]
To return to summaries that you have viewed, press DOWN.Configuration Summary Panel 0103 Key: LL=Logical Library, F=Frame, C=Column, R=Row LL: Logical Library 2 Media Type: 3592 Storage Slots: 0359 Elem Addr Range: 1026 - 1384 First Location: [F02,C01,R03] Last Location: [F02,C10,R36] Drives: 012 Elem Addr Range: 0305 - 0316 First Location: [F02,R01] Last Location: [F02,R02] Control paths: 001 [BACK] [DOWN]
- To view the quantity of physical drives, storage slots, and I/O
slots in each frame, press DETAIL. The Configuration Details screen
displays. For libraries that use both LTO and 3592 media, the Media
Type field indicates the type of media used in the frame.
- Press BACK until you return to the Activity screen.