1. Administrator's Guide
  2. ACSLS Support of the SL8500
  3. Using SL Console to Translate Addresses

Using SL Console to Translate Addresses

Use the SL Console Search utility to translate between the SL8500 internal address and the ACSLS or HSC panel, row and column. To locate a cartridge:

  1. Log in to the SL Console.
  2. Select Tools > Diagnostics > Search.
  3. Select Location.
  4. Select one of the following operations in the Location field:

    contains

    Example: 1,1,-9 lists the contents in Library 1, Rail 1, Column -9 for all rows on both sides

    endsWith

    Example: 1,5 lists the slot contents for all rails and columns for Side 1, Row 5

    equals

    Example: 1,1,-9,1,1 lists the contents in that specific location (L,R,C,S,W)

    startsWith

    Example: 1, 3 lists the slot contents for all columns, sides, and rows in Library 1, Rail 3

  5. Select one of the following from the Requestor pull-down menu.

    • default

      The physical location inside the library (cell, drive, CAP).

      If you know the physical location (the internal address), and need to find the HLI-PRC address, enter that address in the location and pick default as the requester.

    • hli#

      This selects the HLI-PRC address of the cartridge from the library management software where # is one of the following:

      • hli0 for a non-partitioned.

      • hli1-8 for a partitioned library, where the number is the partition number.

      This option displays both the Internal Address and the hli# Requester.

  6. Click the Search button in the top right corner of the SL Console.

    The search result lists the location by slot-type (cell, drive, or CAP).

  7. Click the Details (...) field.

    A pop-up window provides more information, such as: VOLID, media and cartridge type (LTO, SDLT tape, and T-Series, data, cleaning, or diagnostic) for cartridges, and shows both the internal and HLI addresses for the location.

Tape Drive Locations

The tape drives are associated with, and belong to an LSM. To mount a cartridge tape in a different LSM, the cartridge must go through an internal pass-thru operation (in this case, the elevator) to the drive.

The following figure shows the internal—software—mapping (viewed from looking inside the library at the tape drives), and the external—physical numbering of the drives (looking outside at the rear of the Drive and Electronics Module).

Figure C-2 Software and Physical Drive Numbering

Description of Figure C-2 follows
Description of "Figure C-2 Software and Physical Drive Numbering "

The highlighted drives show a matching drives. For example:

  • Internal/software LSM 0 Drive 0 matches with external/physical Drive 64.

  • Internal LSM 1 Drive 15 matches with external/physical Drive 33.

  • Internal LSM 2 Drive 3 matches with external physical Drive 20.