Contents

List of Figures

List of Tables

Title and Copyright Information

Preface

• Documentation Accessibility
• Related Documentation

Release Notes

• General Enhancements
• Drive Specific Enhancements
• Feature Card Enhancements
• GUI Enhancements
• Minimum Requirements for Related Software
• MIB Version
• LTO Drive Firmware Versions

1 Library Overview

• Library Modules Overview
  • Base Module
  • Drive Module
  • Cartridge Module
  • Parking Module
  • Access Module
  • Module Identification Block
• Hardware Components Overview
  • Operator Panel
  • Base Module Card Cage
    • Controller Card Indicators
    • Library Controller (LOC)
    • DC Power Converter (LOY)
    • Library Controller Storage (LOH)
    • Network Patch Panel (LOEB)
    • Root Switch (LOER)
    • Safety Controller (LON)
    • Video Card (LOV)
  • Supported Tape Drives
    • Tape Drive Encryption
    • Supported Tape Cartridges
    • Drive Trays
    • Drive Switch
  • Robotics
  • Rotational Cartridge Access Port (CAP)
  • Bulk Load Cartridge Access Ports (Access Module)
  • Web Camera
  • Cooling
    • Fan Assembly
    • Tape Drives
    • DC Power Supplies
• Optional Library Features
  • Features that Require an Activation File
  • Features that Do Not Require an Activation File
• Storage Capacity Overview
  • Calculating Physical Capacity
    • Capacity Calculation Example 1
    • Capacity Calculation Example 2
    • Capacity Calculation Example 3
• Power Configuration Overview
  • Power Redundancy Options
  • AC Power Source Options
    • AC Power Cables
  • DC Power Supplies
    • Base Card Cage DC Power Converters
    • Rail Power Supplies
    • Tape Drive Power Supplies
  • Calculating Power Supply Quantities
    • Card Cage Power Consumption
    • Drive Power Consumption
    • DC Power Supplies Required for the Base Module
    • DC Power Supplies Required for the Drive Module
    • Example: Calculating Required Number of DC Power Supplies
  • Calculating Total Power Consumption
    • Calculating Total Watts, CO₂ Emissions, and Btu/hr
• Host Connectivity Options
  • FC-SCSI Connection
  • TCP/IP Connection
• Library Management Applications
  • Software Vendors (ISVs)
• Ordering
  • Support Options
    • Service Delivery Platform
    • Oracle Premier Support for Systems
    • Contacting Support
  • Order an SL3000 to SL4000 Conversion Kit
    • Order a Conversion Kit Task 1: Locate Tape Storage Products within Webquote
    • Order a Conversion Kit Task 2: Update Configurator for the Library Kit
    • Order a Conversion Kit Task 3: Check the SL3000 SFPs
    • Order a Conversion Kit Task 4: Verify the Drives Trays Have LOD Cards
    • Order a Conversion Kit Task 5: Order Drive Tray Conversion Kits for HBD Trays

2 Planning for the Hardware Installation

• Library Configuration Guidelines to Maximize Performance
• Library Dimensions and Weights
  • Base Module Measurements
  • Drive Module Measurements
  • Cartridge Module and Parking Module Measurements
  • Access Module Measurements
  • Covers, Doors, and Service Clearances
  • Shipping Weights and Dimensions
• Installation Site Requirements
  • Physical Space Requirements
  • Floor Requirements
    • Weight
    • Floor Slope
  • Environmental Requirements
    • Airborne Contaminants
    • Seismic or Earthquake Ratings
  • Power Requirements
  • Waste Disposal
• Fire Suppression Planning
• Networking
  • Connect to Both Customer Ports on the Library Controller for Redundancy
• Cable Routing
  • AC Power Cables
  • Library Network Cables
• Approximate Installation Time
• Initial Configuration Wizard Information
• Initial Configuration Steps After Physically Installing the Library

3 Basic GUI Operations

• Log into the GUI
  • Log in Remotely
    • Supported Browsers
  • Log in Locally at the Front Touch Screen of the Library
  • Log in Locally Using a Keyboard, Mouse, and Monitor
• Areas of the GUI
• Export a GUI Table to a Spreadsheet
• Search and Sort Tables
  • Sort a Table
  • Search in a Table Using Filters
    • Multi-column Filtering Example
• Navigate the GUI with Keyboard

4 Configuring User Login Setting

• Change Your Password
  • Change the Password of Another User
• Add a Recovery Email Address to Your User Id
• Recover a Forgotten Password
• Set Accessibility Options
• Set the Session Timeout
• Set the Initial Page to Display After Login
• Display the Library's Current Date and Time in the Status Bar
• Display Dates and Times in UTC
• Restore Hidden Warnings and Confirmation Prompts
• Add, Modify, or Delete a User
  • Add a Service User
  • Unlock a User Account

5 Configuring the Library

• Configure the Library with the Configuration Wizard
  • Configure the Public Network, Service Network, or OKM Ports
    • Select the Library Interface to Use for OKM
  • Date and Time Configuration Options
  • Library Settings Options
    • What Occurs to Partitions When the Physical Configuration Changes
  • Volume Label Format Options
• View the Library Configuration Properties
• Add or Remove Optional Library Features
  • Download a Hardware Activation File
  • Upload or Delete Hardware Activation Files on the Library
  • What Occurs When You Delete a Feature Activation File
  • How to Fix a Tape Count Warning
• View the History of Feature Activation Activity
• Import or Export the Library Configuration
  • Export a Library Configuration File
    • What is Exported in the Configuration File
    • What is NOT Exported in the Configuration File
  • Import a Library Configuration File
    • What to Check Before Importing a Configuration with Partition Information
• Upload and Manage Library Firmware
  • Download Firmware from My Oracle Support
  • Upload and Activate New Firmware
  • Revert to the Previous Firmware Version
• Manage the Library's SSL/TLS Certificate for HTTPS
  • Generate a Self-Signed Certificate
  • Install a Third-Party Signed Certificate
• Default Port Numbers
  • Browser and Web Services Interface Ports
  • Service Access Ports
  • SNMP Ports
  • E-mail Ports
  • DNS Ports
  • NTP Ports
  • Oracle Key Manager (OKM) Ports

6 Managing Drives

• View Drive Information
  • IP Addressing of Drives
    • Frame ID Values
• Physically Locate a Drive Using the Locator LED
• Set a Drive Online or Offline
• Turn a Drive On or Off
• Reset a Drive (Power Cycle the Drive)
• Force a Drive to Unload a Tape Cartridge
• Configure the Drive Fast Load Setting
• Configure Drive Auto Cleaning
  • Set Drive Auto Cleaning for an Individual Drive
  • Set Drive Auto Cleaning for a Partition
• Manually Clean a Drive
• Add a Drive Alias
• Drive Serial Number Spoofing
• Configure MDVOP

7 Managing Tape Cartridges

• View a List of Tape Cartridges
• View a List of Cleaning Cartridges
• Move or Mount a Tape Cartridge
  • How the Library Avoids Conflicting Move Requests Between SCSI, SCI, and the GUI
• Import/Export Tapes in System Cells
• Set the Cleaning Tape Usage Thresholds
• Tips for Handling Tape Cartridges
  • Inspecting a Tape Cartridge
  • Cleaning the Tape Cartridge Exterior
  • Storing Tape Cartridges

8 Managing and Operating CAPs

• Guidelines for Using CAPs
• Lock or Unlock a CAP
• Open or Close a CAP Using the GUI
• Enter Tapes Through a CAP
  • Moving all Tapes in a CAP to Storage Cells Using the Library GUI
• Eject Tapes Through a CAP
• Manage CAP Pools
  • Create a CAP Pool
  • Assign CAPs to a Pool
  • Delete a CAP Pool
• Assign a CAP Pool to a Partition
• Assign Ownership of a Shared CAP to a Partition
• Default CAP States

9 Partitioning the Library

• Partitioning Guidelines to Maximize Library Performance
• Add a Partition
  • Partition Attributes
• Edit the Partition Attributes
• Move Storage Cells and Drive Bays to a Partition
  • Partitioning Selection Methods
  • Partitioning Cell Map Legend
• Delete a Partition
• Assign Partitions to a SCSI Host and Alter LUN Assignment
• View the Host Connections of a Partition
• Place a Partition Online or Offline
• Why is there a Default Partition in a "Non-Partitioned" Library?
• Why is there a Media Validation Partition?
• What Occurs When You Disable Partitioning

10 Managing the SCSI Host Connection

• Add, Modify, or Delete a SCSI Host
• View the SCSI LUN Mapping
• View Actively Logged-In SCSI Hosts
• Behavior of an Unavailable Fibre Channel Port
• Is the FC connection working? There is no LINK light.

11 Operating and Managing the Library

• View the State of the Library, Devices, and Partitions in the Status Bar
  • Locate a Failed Device
• View the Cell Map
  • Cell Map Legend
• View Hardware Device Status
• View the Inside of the Library Using the Web Camera
• View Library Requests, Jobs, and Resources
• Cancel a Library Request
  • Cancellation is Not Immediate
• View a List of All Cells in the Library
• View the SCSI Element IDs
• View Firmware Levels
  • View Device Firmware
  • View Library Firmware
• View a Graph of Device Telemetry Data
  • Types of Telemetry Measurements
    • Robot Measurements
    • CAP Measurements
    • Library Energy Measurements
    • Device Power Measurements
    • Network Statistics Measurements
    • Fan Measurements
    • Temperature Measurements
• Set the Control State of a Device Online or Offline
  • What's the Difference Between Control State and Location State?
• Set the Library Online or Offline
• Turn Off the Library
• Turn On the Library
• Restart the Library or Reboot Library Operating System
• Audit All or Part of the Library

12 Configuring Notifications - Email, SNMP, SCI, or ASR

• Alerting Event Categories
• View a List of Library Events
• Configure Email Notifications
  • Configure the SMTP Server
  • Configure Email Recipients
  • Test an Email Notification
• Configure SNMP Notifications
  • Configure SNMP Users
  • Configure SNMP Trap Recipients
  • Test an SNMP Recipient
  • Download the MIB File
• Configure Outbound SCI Notifications
  • Configure the Library to Send Outbound SCI
  • Configure the Destination to Receive SCI Notifications
    • Implement the WSDL Interface
  • Test a SCI Destination
• Add an SDP2 Server to Receive ASR Notifications
  • Add the ASR Destination
  • Register an ASR Destination
• View the History of ASR Notification Activity
• Create a Test Event Alert

13 Validating Media

• Add or Remove Drives from the Media Validation Partition (Pool)
• Validate a T10000 Tape (Media Validation)
  • Media Validation Types

14 Logging

• Logging Overview
  • Fault Example
• View a System Report
• View a Fault Report
• View or Download a Library Log
  • Analyzing the Log
• A log message or support bundle was there previously, where did it go?

15 Servicing the Library

• Log In As a Service User
• Run a Diagnostic Test
  • Diagnostic Tests Descriptions
  • How to Locate Diagnostic Test Values
    • Determine a Cell ID
    • Determine a Device ID
    • Determine a CAP ID
    • Determine a Drive ID
    • Determine a Robot ID
    • Determine a Partition ID
    • Determine the Robot Range
    • Robot Mechanisms
    • Mils to Tach Conversion Factors
• Block, Allow, or Force Device Firmware Upgrades
• Create, Download, or Delete Support Bundles
• Modify the Logging Levels
  • Logging Level Options
• Clear the Database
• Modify the Database
• View and Modify the Library File System
• Open and Go Inside the Library
  • Safety Precautions When Entering the Library
  • Entering the Library
  • Exiting the Library
• Open an Access Module Door by Overriding the Lock
• Ping a Host
• Run a Host Trace Route
• Calibrate the Local Op Panel Touch Screen
• Restart the Local Op Panel Touch Screen
• Reset the Library to Factory Defaults

A User Roles

• Available Functions for Each User Role

B Library Addressing Reference

• Comparison of Cell Addressing Schemes
• The Center Line of the Library and Module Numbers
• Library Cell Addressing Scheme
  • Cell Addressing Overview
  • Cell Addressing of Tape Drive Bays
  • Cell Addressing of Rotational CAP Cell
• SCSI Element Addressing
• Cell Maps

C Barcode Labels Overview

• Barcode Standards
• Label Design
  • LTO Labels
  • T10000 Labels
  • Cleaning and Diagnostic Labels
  • Tape Label Examples
• Label Care

Glossary