Using the operator panel to change the drive emulation mode of TS1120 tape drives

Complete this task to change the drive emulation mode of TS1120 tape drives.

About this task

When you use the operator panel to change the drive emulation of a TS1120 tape drive, you can change it for a single drive, for the drives in a logical library, or for all the TS1120 tape drives in the TS3500 tape library.

To use the operator panel to change the drive emulation mode of one or more TS1120 tape drives, perform the following steps:

Procedure

From the library's Activity touchscreen, press MENU —> Advanced Settings —> Drive Emulation —> ENTER.
The Drive Emulation screen displays.
```
Drive Emulation                     Panel 0040

Display Emulation Settings
Set Drive Emulation

[BACK]  [ UP ]  [DOWN]  [ENTER]
```
Press UP or DOWN to highlight Set Drive Emulation, then press ENTER.
The Set Drive Emulation screen displays. You can specify to change drive emulation for a single TS1120 tape drive, a TS1120 tape drive drive in a logical library, or for all the TS1120 tape drives.
```
Set Drive Emulation                     Panel 0042

Set By Drive
Set by Logical Library
Set All Drives

[BACK]  [ UP ]  [DOWN]  [ENTER]
```
- To specify a drive emulation mode for a single TS1120 tape drive, highlight Set by Drive and press ENTER. The Select Drive screen shows the physical location and media type of only the TS1120 tape drives. The physical locations are listed as [Fxx,Rzz] (where F equals a frame and xx equals its number, and where R equals a row and zz equals its number). The media identifier is represented as J2). Press UP or DOWN to highlight the drive to which you want to apply emulation and press ENTER.
```
Select Drive                     Panel 0043

Key: F=Frame, R=Row

[F01,R04]  J2
[F01,R05]  J2
[F01,R06]  J2
[F02,R01]  J2
[F02,R03]  J2
[F02,R04]  J2
[F02,R05]  J2

[BACK]  [ UP ]  [DOWN]  [ENTER]
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- To specify a drive emulation mode for the TS1120 tape drives in a logical library, highlight Set by Logical Library and press ENTER. The Select Logical Library screen displays a logical library that contains TS1120 tape drives. Press UP or DOWN to view another logical library that contains TS1120 tape drives. Continue this process to view all logical libraries that contain TS1120 tape drives. When you identify a logical library to which you want to apply emulation for all drives, press ENTER.
```
Select Logical Library                Panel 0025

Log lib 3   Media Type: 3592

[BACK]  [ UP ]  [DOWN]  [ENTER]
```
- To specify a drive emulation mode for TS1120 tape drives in the 3584 Tape Library, highlight Set All Drives and press ENTER.
The Select Emulation Mode screen displays with the two choices of emulation. The emulation mode for a 3592 J1A tape drive is represented as 3592J1A; the emulation mode for a TS1120 tape drive is represented as 3592E05. Press UP or DOWN to highlight the emulation mode that you want and press ENTER.
The message Completed setting drive emulation mode displays.
```
Select Emulation Mode                Panel 0044

3592J1A
3592E05

[BACK]  [ UP ]  [DOWN]  [ENTER]
```
Press BACK until you return to the Activity screen.