IBM TS3500 with ALMS

448 Pages·2014·11.1 MB·English

IBM TS3500
with ALMS
Operator Guide
(cid:1)(cid:2)(cid:3)
GA32-0594-08
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Beforeusingthisinformationandtheproductitsupports,readtheinformationin“Safetynotices”onpagexvand
“Notices”onpage379.
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Contents
Figures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii Chapter 2. Main components . . . . . 35
Overviewofmaincomponents. . . . . . . . 35
Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix Libraryframe. . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Cartridgestorageslots. . . . . . . . . . 40
Read this first . . . . . . . . . . . . xi Tapedrives . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
What'snewinthisedition(October2014) . . . . xi
Doorsafetyswitch . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Eighthedition(November2012) . . . . . . . xi
I/Ostations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Seventhedition(June2011) . . . . . . . . . xi
Operatorpanel . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Sixthedition(June2010) . . . . . . . . . . xi
Fifthedition(March2010). . . . . . . . . . xi
Chapter 3. Operating procedures . . . 53
Fourthedition(September2009) . . . . . . . xii
Thirdedition(December2008) . . . . . . . . xii Overviewofoperatingprocedures. . . . . . . 53
Secondedition(November2008) . . . . . . . xii Functionsoftheoperatorpanel. . . . . . . . 61
Firstedition(September2008) . . . . . . . . xii FunctionsoftheTapeLibrarySpecialistweb
Sendusyourfeedback . . . . . . . . . . xiii interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Operatingthelibraryfromtheoperatorpanel. . . 64
Safety and environmental notices . . . xv Operatingthelibraryfromthewebinterface . . . 64
Systemsummary . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Safetynotices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv
NavigatingthroughtheTapeLibrarySpecialist
Environmentalnotices . . . . . . . . . . xvi
webinterface. . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Lasersafetyandcompliance . . . . . . . . xvi
TS3500TapeLibraryCommandLineInterface. . . 70
ClassIIlaserproduct. . . . . . . . . . xvi
Poweringon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
ClassIlaserproduct. . . . . . . . . . xvii
Poweringoff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Insertingdataorscratchcartridges . . . . . . 73
About this publication. . . . . . . . xix
Removingdatacartridgesfromthelibrary . . . . 86
Whoshouldreadthisbook. . . . . . . . . xix Removingadatacartridgefromadriveinthe
Terminologyusedinthisbook. . . . . . . . xix library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Relatedinformation . . . . . . . . . . . xix RemovingdatacartridgesfromanHDslotinthe
PublicationsabouttheTS3500tapelibrary. . . xix library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
IBMi,Systemi,andi5/OSsource. . . . . . xx Automaticcleaning. . . . . . . . . . . . 95
IBMPowerSystemsandSystempsource . . . xx Insertingacleaningcartridgeintothelibrary . . . 95
IBMSystemzsource . . . . . . . . . . xx Performingmanualcleaningofdrivesinthelibrary 96
Othersources. . . . . . . . . . . . . xx Removingacleaningcartridgefromthelibrary . . 98
Authorizedsuppliersofbarcodelabels. . . . xxi Initializingatapevolumeserialnumber. . . . . 99
Datastoragevalues . . . . . . . . . . . xxii Assigningavolumeserial(VOLSER)numbertoa
tapewithanunknownVOLSER . . . . . . . 99
Chapter 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . 1 Enablingbarcodecompatibility . . . . . . . 100
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Enablingordisablingsecurityfortheoperator
Structureofthelibrary . . . . . . . . . . . 3 panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Dualaccessorsandservicebays . . . . . . . 8 Lockingorunlockingtheoperatorpanel . . . . 101
High-densitytechnology . . . . . . . . . 9 Websecurity . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Structureoftheshuttlecomplex . . . . . . . 11 Establishingtheadministrator'sWebpassword 102
Supportedtapedrives. . . . . . . . . . . 14 Changingtheadministrator'sWebpassword 103
LTOUltriumtapedrives . . . . . . . . . 15 Enablingordisablingpasswordprotectionfor
3592tapedrives. . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Webscreens. . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Supportedtapecartridges . . . . . . . . . 23 EnablingordisablingtheStorageAuthentication
IBMTapeSystemReporter . . . . . . . . . 24 Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Compatibleserversandsoftware . . . . . . . 26 ManagingSecureSocketLayercertificates. . . 108
Supporteddevicedrivers. . . . . . . . . . 27 ChoosingthetimeoutsettingforWebscreens 109
CommunicationwithTSLM . . . . . . . . 27 Understandingrolesdefinedbytheweb
SecureSocketLayer(SSL)functionality . . . . . 28 interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
StorageAuthenticationService . . . . . . . . 28 Managinguseraccounts. . . . . . . . . 110
IPv6functionality . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Customizedwebaccess . . . . . . . . . 112
IPv4andIPv6addressformats . . . . . . . 30 Viewinglogicallibrarycapacity . . . . . . . 115
Assigningcartridgestoalogicallibrary . . . . 116
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Usingthedriveassignmentwebpage . . . . . 117 EnablingtheAdvancedLibraryManagement
Addingadrivetoaphysicallibrary. . . . . 117 System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Addingadrivetoalogicallibrary . . . . . 118 VirtualI/Oslots . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Sharingdrivesinalogicallibrary. . . . . . 119 EnablingordisablingvirtualI/Oslots . . . . 160
Enablingordisablingacontrolpathinalogical Creatingorremovingalogicallibrary . . . . . 161
library. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 Changingthenameofalogicallibrary. . . . . 161
Removingadrivefromalogicallibrary . . . 120 Changingthemaximumallowablequantityof
Removingadrivefromaphysicallibrary . . . 120 cartridgesinalogicallibrary . . . . . . . . 162
Detectinggapsbetweendriveelementaddresses ChangingthequantityofvirtualI/Oslotsina
inalogicallibrary. . . . . . . . . . . 121 logicallibrary . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Workingwithacartridgeassignmentpolicy . . . 121 Hidingahostapplication'sviewofcartridgesthat
Determiningthestatusofcomponentsinthe havebeenqueuedforexport . . . . . . . . 163
library. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 DiscoveringnewhardwareintheTS3500tape
Determiningthestatusofthecartridgeaccessor 123 library. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Determiningdrivestatus . . . . . . . . 124 Settingorchangingthepreferredzoneofan
Viewingdrivedisplays . . . . . . . . . 126 accessor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
DeterminingthestatusofanI/Ostation . . . 127 UsingtheWebtosetorchangethepreferred
Determiningthestatusofstorageslots . . . . 129 zoneofanaccessor . . . . . . . . . . 164
Determiningthelocationofcartridges . . . . 132 Usingtheoperatorpaneltovieworchangethe
Determiningthestatusofshuttlestations . . . 134 preferredzoneofanaccessor . . . . . . . 165
ViewingthedriveemulationmodeofTS1120tape DisplayingtheSCSIIDorLoopIDofaDrive . . 166
drives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 ChangingtheSCSIIDorLoopIDofadrive . . . 167
UsingtheWebtoviewthedriveemulation ViewingaWorldWidePortName . . . . . . 169
modeofTS1120tapedrives . . . . . . . 134 ViewingaWorldWideNodeName. . . . . . 170
Usingtheoperatorpaneltoviewthedrive ViewingorchangingFibreChannelportspeeds
emulationmodeofTS1120tapedrives . . . . 134 andtopologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
ChangingthedriveemulationmodeofTS1120tape ViewingorchangingFibreChannelportsettings 173
drives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 DisplayingFibreChannelportstatus . . . . . 174
UsingtheWebtochangethedriveemulation Displayingcontrolpaths. . . . . . . . . . 176
modeofTS1120tapedrives . . . . . . . 135 ManagingtheSimpleNetworkManagement
Usingtheoperatorpaneltochangethedrive Protocol(SNMP) . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
emulationmodeofTS1120tapedrives . . . . 136 EnablingordisablingSimpleNetwork
Librarypreferences . . . . . . . . . . . 137 ManagementProtocol(SNMP)traps. . . . . 177
UsingtheWebtovieworchangelibrary SettingtheversionofSNMPtraps . . . . . 178
preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 EnablingordisablingSNMPauthenticationtrap
Viewingcapacityutilizationofthelibrary. . . . 138 settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
UsingtheWebtoviewcapacityutilizationof EnablingordisablingSNMPauditlogging . . 179
thelibrary . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 ViewingorchangingSNMPsystemdata . . . 180
Performinganinventoryofthelibrary . . . . . 139 ViewingorchangingtheSimple
Performinganinventoryofaframeinthelibrary 140 Network ManagementProtocol(SNMP)
Movingacartridge . . . . . . . . . . . 142 destinationIPconfigurationandremoteport. . 180
Managingstorageslots . . . . . . . . . . 149 SendingatestSNMPtrap . . . . . . . . 181
UsingtheWebtosetstorageslotsonlineor ViewingorchangingtheSNMPtrapcommunity
offline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Usingtheoperatorpaneltosetstorageslots ViewingorchangingtheSNMPrequest
onlineoroffline . . . . . . . . . . . 149 communityname . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Displayingtheexistinglibraryconfiguration . . . 150 ViewingEthernetAddressSettings . . . . . . 182
Managingshuttlestations . . . . . . . . . 153 UsingtheWebtoviewlibraryIPaddress
Assigningshuttlestations . . . . . . . . 154 settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Unassignshuttlestations . . . . . . . . 154 UsingtheoperatorpaneltoviewEthernet
SettingthebeaconLED . . . . . . . . . 155 settings(IPv4) . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Settingshuttlestationsonlineoroffline. . . . 155 UsingtheoperatorpaneltoviewEthernet
Managinglicensedfeatures. . . . . . . . . 155 settings(IPv6) . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
UsingtheWebtoviewlicensedfeatures . . . 156 ChangingtheEthernetaddresssettings. . . . . 185
Usingtheoperatorpaneltoviewlicensed UsingtheWebtochangelibraryIPaddress
features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
UsingtheWebtoinstallorremovelicensed UsingtheoperatorpaneltochangetheEthernet
features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 IPv4addresssettingsofaframe . . . . . . 186
Usingtheoperatorpaneltoinstallorremove UsingtheoperatorpaneltochangeEthernet
licensedfeatures . . . . . . . . . . . 157 settings(IPv6) . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
ChangingthespeedoftheEthernetlink . . . . 191
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UsingDHCPserversettings . . . . . . . . 193 LTOcleaningcartridge . . . . . . . . . . 239
UsingDHCPserversettingstoassignanIPv4 LTOdiagnosticcartridge . . . . . . . . . 240
address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 LTObarcodelabel . . . . . . . . . . . 241
UsingDHCPserversettingstoassignanIPv6 GuidelinesforusingLTObarcodelabels . . . 242
address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194 Settingthewrite-protectswitchonanLTOtape
EnablingstatelessautoconfigurationforIPv6 cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
addresses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 HandlingLTOtapecartridges. . . . . . . . 244
DisablinganEthernetconnection. . . . . . . 196 ProvidetrainingforusingLTOtapecartridges 244
Changingthedateandtime . . . . . . . . 197 EnsureproperpackagingofLTOtapecartridges 245
Enablingordisablingthekeypressbeep . . . . 198 Provideproperacclimationandenvironmental
Enablingordisablingthereportingofa6-character conditionsforLTOtapecartridges . . . . . 246
or8-characterVOLSER . . . . . . . . . . 199 PerformathoroughinspectionofLTOtape
EnablingordisablingtheInsertNotificationsetting 200 cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
EnablingordisablingSecureSocketLayer(SSL) HandletheLTOtapecartridgecarefully . . . 247
settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201 ExamplesofproblemswithLTOtapecartridges 248
EnablinganddisablingtheSMI-Sagent . . . . 202 Repositioningorreattachingaleaderpininan
Determiningusageoflibrarycomponents. . . . 203 LTOtapecartridge . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Determiningaccessorusage . . . . . . . 203 RepositioningaleaderpininanLTOtape
Determiningdriveusage . . . . . . . . 205 cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Determiningcleaningcartridgeusage . . . . 206 ReattachingaleaderpininanLTOtape
Accessingvitalproductdataforlibrary cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 EnvironmentalandshippingspecificationsforLTO
Accessingvitalproductdataforthelibrary . . 207 tapecartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
AccessingVitalProductData(VPD)fordrives DisposingofLTOtapecartridges. . . . . . . 257
inthelibrary . . . . . . . . . . . . 208 OrderingadditionalLTOcartridgesandmedia
Accessingvitalproductdatafornodecardsin supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
thelibrary . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 OrderingbarcodelabelsforLTOtapecartridges 261
Accessingvitalproductdataforshuttlestations 211
Resettingthelibrarycontrolsystem . . . . . 212 Chapter 5. Using 3592 tape drive
Accessingdriveserialnumbers . . . . . . 212 media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Accessinglogsforthelibrary . . . . . . . . 213
Overviewof3592tapedrivemedia . . . . . . 263
Accessingenhanceddatagatheringandreporting
WORMfunctionalityfor3592tapedrivesand
files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Accessingthemounthistoryoftapecartridges 214
Capacityscalingandsegmentation . . . . . . 268
Accessingstatisticsaboutdrives . . . . . . 215
3592datacartridge . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Accessingportstatisticsfordrives . . . . . 216
Cartridgememoryin3592tapecartridges. . . 271
Accessingstatisticsaboutthelibrary . . . . 216
3592cleaningcartridge . . . . . . . . . . 272
Viewingthelibraryerrorlog . . . . . . . . 217
3592diagnosticcartridge . . . . . . . . . 274
Updatingfirmwareforthelibrary . . . . . . 218
3592barcodelabel . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Accessinglogsfordrivesorsavingadrivedump 220
Guidelinesforusing3592barcodelabels . . . 276
Viewingadriveerrorlog . . . . . . . . . 220
GuidelinesforusingSilo-stylebarcodelabels 276
Updatingdrivefirmware . . . . . . . . . 221
Settingthewrite-protectswitchona3592cartridge 278
Adjustingthescannerspeed . . . . . . . . 222
Handling3592tapecartridges. . . . . . . . 279
Performingaremotedrivepowercycle. . . . . 223
Providetrainingforusing3592tapecartridges 279
Settingupandusingencryption . . . . . . . 223
Ensureproperpackagingof3592tapecartridges 279
Settingorchangingadrive'smethodof
Provideproperacclimationandenvironmental
encryption . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
conditionsfor3592tapecartridges . . . . . 280
Workingwithkeymanageraddresses . . . . 225
Performathoroughinspectionof3592tape
Testingakeymanageraddress . . . . . . 226
cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Workingwithabarcodeencryptionpolicy. . . 229
Handlethe3592tapecartridgecarefully . . . 280
Mappingencryptedcartridgekeylabels . . . 231
Repositioningaleaderpinina3592cartridge . . 281
Viewingadrive'smethodofencryption . . . 232
Environmentalandshippingspecificationsfor3592
Determiningwhetheracartridgeisencrypted 233
tapecartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Rekeyinganencryptedcartridge . . . . . . 234
Disposingof3592cartridges . . . . . . . . 284
Cartridgequalityandlibrarymaintenance. . . . 284
Chapter 4. Using LTO tape drive
Ordering3592mediasupplies. . . . . . . . 284
media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235 Ordering3592mediasuppliesbyusingthe3599
OverviewofLTOtapedrivemedia . . . . . . 235 tapemediamethod . . . . . . . . . . 285
WORMfunctionalityforLTOtapedrivesand Ordering3592mediasuppliesbyusingpart
media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235 numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
LTOdatacartridge . . . . . . . . . . . 237
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Chapter 6. Problem determination . . 291 Storageelementaddresses . . . . . . . . 373
Resolvingerrors . . . . . . . . . . . . 291 Import/exportelementaddresseswithvirtual
Resolveerrorswiththelibraryandtheinstalled I/Oslotsdisabled. . . . . . . . . . . 373
tapedrives . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291 Import/exportelementaddresseswithvirtual
ResolvingerrorswiththeLTOtapedrives. . . 314 I/Oslotsenabled . . . . . . . . . . . 373
Attachingthelibrarytoopensystems . . . . . 316 Import/exportelementaddressesforshuttle
InterpretingSNMPtraps . . . . . . . . . 317 connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
ManuallyinterpretinganSNMPtrap . . . . 317 Datatransferelementaddresses . . . . . . 375
UsingSNMPMIBstomonitorthelibrary . . . . 322
ObtainingaManagementInformationBase . . . 324 Accessibility. . . . . . . . . . . . 377
Chapter 7. TapeAlert flags . . . . . . 325 Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379
OverviewofTapeAlertflags . . . . . . . . 325 Homologation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380
TapeAlertflagssupportedbytheLTOtapedrives 326 Trademarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381
TapeAlertflagssupportedbythe3592tapedrives 333 Electronicemissionnotices . . . . . . . . . 382
TapeAlertflagssupportedbythelibrary . . . . 339 FederalCommunicationsCommissionStatement 382
IndustryCanadaComplianceStatement . . . 382
Chapter 8. Technical components of EuropeanUnionElectromagneticCompatibility
the library. . . . . . . . . . . . . 343 Directive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382
People'sRepublicofChinaClassAStatement 384
Overviewoftechnicalcomponentsinthelibrary 343
TaiwanClassAStatement . . . . . . . . 384
Railassembly . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
TaiwanContactInformation . . . . . . . 384
Cartridgeaccessor. . . . . . . . . . . 344
JapanVoluntaryControlCouncilforInterference
Accessorcontroller . . . . . . . . . . 346
ClassAStatement. . . . . . . . . . . 385
Operatorpanelcontroller . . . . . . . . 346
JapanElectronicsandInformationTechnology
PowerStructures . . . . . . . . . . . 347
IndustriesAssociationStatement . . . . . . 385
KoreanCommunicationsCommissionClassA
Chapter 9. Frame capacity. . . . . . 369
Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385
CapacityofModelL22,D22,L23,D23,andS24
RussiaElectromagneticInterferenceClassA
Frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386
CapacityofModelL32andD32Frames . . . . 370
CapacityofModelL52,D52,L53,D53,andS54
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387
Frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411
Chapter 10. Addresses of SCSI
Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
DeterminingSCSIElementAddresses . . . . . 373
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Figures
1. Lasersafetycautionlabel . . . . . . . xvii 32. ProperorientationofLTOtapecartridgesin
2. TheTS3500tapelibrary. . . . . . . . . 2 HDslots . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
3. FramesintheIBMTS3500 . . . . . . . . 7 33. Properorientationof3592tapecartridgesin
4. LocationofservicebaysintheTS3500tape HDslots . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 34. Flowofcartridgesthatareexportedfromthe
5. TheHDframe(left)andtop-downviewof TS3500tapelibrarywithvirtualI/Oslots
rowinanHDframe(right) . . . . . . . 10 enabled. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
6. TS3500tapelibraryshuttlecomplex . . . . 12 35. RemovingacartridgefromanUltriumtape
7. TapeSystemReporterdataflow. . . . . . 25 drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
8. MaincomponentsoftheIBMTS3500Model 36. Removingacartridgefroma3592tapedrive 91
L52 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 37. LTOHDslotgaterelease . . . . . . . . 92
9. Locationofthepowerstructureinalibrary 38. LTOcartridgeremovalfromanHDslot 92
frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 39. LTOcartridgeremovedfromanHDslot 93
10. Cartridgeslotsintheservicebaysofthe 40. 3592HDslotgaterelease . . . . . . . . 93
TS3500tapelibrary . . . . . . . . . . 39 41. 3592cartridgeremovalfromanHDslot 94
11. Ultriumtapedrivesmountedinsidethe 42. 3592cartridgeremovedfromanHDslot 94
TS3500tapelibraryandloadedwithLTO 43. AnIBMLTOdatacartridgeforLTOtape
Ultriumtapecartridges . . . . . . . . 42 drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
12. 3592tapedrivesmountedinsidetheTS3500 44. TheIBMLTOdatacartridge . . . . . . 238
tapelibraryandloadedwith3592tape 45. SamplebarcodelabelontheLTO5tape
cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
13. FrontdooroftheTS3500tapelibrary . . . . 44 46. Settingthewrite-protectswitchonanLTO
14. StorageslotaddressesintheI/Ostationsof tapecartridge . . . . . . . . . . . 243
theTS3500tapelibrary. . . . . . . . . 47 47. TapecartridgesinaTurtleCase . . . . . 245
15. StorageslotaddressesinfourI/Ostation 48. Double-boxingtapecartridgesforshipping 246
framesintheTS3500tapelibrary . . . . . 48 49. Gapincartridgeseam . . . . . . . . 247
16. Samplescreenontheoperatorpanelofthe 50. Leaderpinintheincorrectandcorrect
IBMTS3500,ModelL22orL52 . . . . . . 49 positionsinanLTOtapecartridge . . . . 250
17. SampleActivityscreenontheTS3500tape 51. Placingthedislodgedleaderpinintothe
library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 correctposition . . . . . . . . . . . 251
18. FunctionsoftheoperatorpanelontheTS3500 52. Rewindingthetapeintothecartridge 251
tapelibrary . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 53. LeaderPinReattachmentKit . . . . . . 252
19. FunctionsoftheTapeLibrarySpecialistweb 54. Attachingtheleaderpinattachtooltoan
interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 LTOtapecartridge. . . . . . . . . . 253
20. SampleSystemSummaryoftheTapeLibrary 55. WindingthetapeoutoftheLTOtape
Specialistwebinterface . . . . . . . . 66 cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
21. ViewofshuttlecomplexfromtheTapeLibrary 56. RemovingtheC-clipfromtheleaderpin 254
Specialistwebinterface . . . . . . . . 67 57. Attachingtheleaderpintothetape . . . . 255
22. ElementsinatypicalTapeLibrarySpecialist 58. IBM3592tapecartridge . . . . . . . . 263
webscreen. . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 59. ComponentsoftheIBM3592tapecartridge 270
23. PoweringontheTS3500tapelibrary . . . . 71 60. Leaderpininproperpositioninthe3592
24. UsinganI/Ostationtoinsertcartridges 76 cleaningcartridge(thecartridgedooris
25. PositioninganLTOUltriumtapecartridgein manuallyretracted) . . . . . . . . . 273
theI/Ostation . . . . . . . . . . . 77 61. Characteristicsthatidentifythe3592cleaning
26. Scenariosforimportingcartridgesintothe cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
TS3500tapelibrarywhenvirtualI/Oslotsare 62. Doorofthe3592cleaningcartridge . . . . 274
enabled. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 63. SamplebarcodelabelonanIBM3592tape
27. ActivityscreenonthefrontpaneloftheIBM cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
TS3500 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 64. Settingthewrite-protectswitchonthe3592
28. ProperorientationofLTOUltriumtape tapecartridge . . . . . . . . . . . 278
cartridgesincartridgestorageslots . . . . 83 65. Leaderpinintheincorrectandcorrect
29. Properorientationof3592tapecartridgesin positionsina3592tapecartridge . . . . . 281
cartridgestorageslots . . . . . . . . . 83 66. Placingthedislodgedleaderpinintothe
30. ActivityscreenonthefrontpaneloftheIBM correctposition . . . . . . . . . . . 282
TS3500 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 67. Rewindingthetapeintothecartridge 282
31. Blackandyellowbarcodelabel. . . . . . 85 68. Frontviewofthe3592J1A . . . . . . . 291
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69. Rearviewofthe3592J1A . . . . . . . 292 80. Removingorreplacingaredundantpower
70. FrontviewoftheLTO3tapedrive . . . . 315 supply-modelsL32orD32hotswap . . . 358
71. SampleSNMPtrap . . . . . . . . . 318 81. Removingorreplacingaredundantpower
72. Technicalcomponentsofthethatare supply-modelsL22,D22,L52,orD52hot
accessiblethroughthefrontdoor . . . . . 344 swap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
73. Componentsoftheframecontrolassembly 347 82. DualACpower. . . . . . . . . . . 362
74. MCPwith10/100Ethernetport . . . . . 348 83. Componentsoftheenhancedframecontrol
75. Compartmentthathousesthetapedrivesand assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
thepowersuppliesinmodelL22orD22 84. Mediumchangerassembly . . . . . . . 364
frames. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350 85. Compartmentthathousesthetapedrivesand
76. Compartmentthathousesthetapedrivesand thefixedtrayassembliesinModelL23orD23
thepowersuppliesinmodelL32orD32 frames. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
frames. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351 86. PowerDistributionUnitandbackendFibre
77. Compartmentthathousesthetapedrivesand Channelswitches . . . . . . . . . . 366
thepowersuppliesinmodelL52orD52 87. Compartmentthathousesthetapedrivesand
frames. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352 thefixedtrayassembliesinModelL53orD53
78. Removingandreplacingadrivecanister frames. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367
assembly-LTOfibrechannelhotswap. . . 353
79. Removingorreplacingadrivecanister
assembly-3592FibreChannelhotswap . . 356
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Tables
1. Authorizedsuppliersofcustombarcode 27. OrderingLTOcartridgesandmediasupplies 258
labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxii 28. Authorizedsuppliersofcustombarcode
2. Comparisonofbinaryanddecimalunitsand labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
values. . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxiii || 29. TypesofIBM3592tapecartridges . . . . 264
3. Percentagedifferencebetweenbinaryand 30. Environmentforoperating,storing,and
decimalunits . . . . . . . . . . . xxiii shippingtheIBM3592tapecartridge . . . 283
4. TS3500tapelibraryconfigurations . . . . . 3 31. Descriptionsof3599tapemediafeatures 285
5. TS3500tapelibraryframemodels . . . . . 4 32. Ordering3592mediasuppliesbyusingpart
6. TapedrivesthataresupportedbytheTS3500 numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
tapelibrary . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 33. Authorizedsuppliersofcustombarcode
|| 7. Featuresofthe3592tapedrive . . . . . . 17 labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
8. CapacityofUltriumtapecatridges. . . . . 23 34. ResolvingerrorswiththeIBMTS3500 292
|| 9. Capacityof3592tapecartridges. . . . . . 23 35. FIDmessages . . . . . . . . . . . 302
| 10. NetworkrangesforprefixlengthsofIPv6 36. ASC/ASCQcodesthatarerelatedto
|| addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 encryption . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
11. LocationofI/OslotsandLEDdisplayin 37. Errorsthatarereportedbytheencryptionkey
frameswithfourI/Ostations . . . . . . 48 manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
12. PresenceorabsenceoftheLOCK,UNLOCK, 38. SCDerrorcodesfortheLTOtapedrives 315
andMENUbuttonsontheActivityscreenof 39. VariablessentfromthelibraryTapeAlertsfor
theTS3500tapelibrary. . . . . . . . . 51 Traps1through32. . . . . . . . . . 318
13. ManagingtheTS3500tapelibrary . . . . . 53 40. VariablessentbyLTOandtapedrive
14. Managingashuttlecomplex . . . . . . . 56 TapeAlertsforTraps200through254 . . . 319
15. ManagingDrives. . . . . . . . . . . 56 41. Variablessentbylibraryforeventsthatare
16. ManagingTapeCartridges . . . . . . . 57 notcoveredbyTapeAlertsforTraps400
17. ManagingPorts . . . . . . . . . . . 58 through408 . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
18. ManagingAccess. . . . . . . . . . . 59 42. FieldsinanSNMPtrap . . . . . . . . 320
19. ManagingEncryption . . . . . . . . . 60 43. TapeAlertFlagsthataresupportedbythe
20. TypesofpasswordprotectionforWebscreens 105 LTOtapedrives. . . . . . . . . . . 326
21. Partnumbersforenhancednodecards 210 44. TapeAlertflagsthataresupportedbythe
22. Minimumlevelsoflibraryanddrive 3592tapedrives . . . . . . . . . . 333
firmwarerequiredfornondisruptivelibrary 45. TapeAlertflagsthataresupportedbythe
firmwareupdates . . . . . . . . . . 218 TS3500tapelibrary . . . . . . . . . 339
23. Libraryfirmwareupgradescenarios . . . . 219 46. QuantityofstorageslotsinL22,D22,L23,
24. LTOWORMcartridgecapacities . . . . . 236 D23,andS24frames . . . . . . . . . 369
25. Compatibilityofdiagnosticcartridgeswith 47. QuantityofstorageslotsinModelL32and
LTOtapedrives. . . . . . . . . . . 240 D32frames . . . . . . . . . . . . 370
26. Environmentforoperating,storing,and 48. QuantityofstorageslotsinModelL52,D52,
shippingtheLTOtapecartridges . . . . . 256 L53,D53,andS54frames . . . . . . . 371
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