Overview

Beginning with ACSLS 8.5, you can install the ACSLS server on a feature card inserted into the Base Card Cage of the SL4000 library. This upgrade provides a fully functional Oracle Enterprise Linux environment with ACSLS installed in a secure RAID-1 file system.

The feature card upgrade kit is an ordered option for the SL4000 library. It includes the following:

• One library controller card. This will be converted into a feature card.

• Two library controller storage cards, each card containing a hard drive and local power for the drive. These will be used by the feature card.

• One DC power converter.

The SL4000 Base Card Cage can accommodate two feature card upgrade kits.

• For ACSLS 8.5.0, only one feature card upgrade kit is supported.

• For ACSLS 8.5.1, one or two feature card upgrade kits are supported.

The feature card is shipped as a generic library controller card. Its character as an ACSLS feature card is established when the card is inserted into its designated position within the SL4000 library frame.

Note:

ACSLS on the feature card does not support multiple library connections.

There is a one-to-one correspondence between the instance of ACSLS running on the feature card and the SL4000 library it supports. Accordingly, this instance of ACSLS is only used to manage the library where the feature card is installed and running. This also applies in a dual feature card configuration, even if both feature cards have ACSLS installed. If you have two feature card kits installed in the same library, even if both feature cards have ACSLS installed, you can still only use ACSLS to manage the single library where the cards are installed and running.

Refer to Using the ACSLS Feature Card Availability Toolkit for more information on how to use ACSLS in a dual feature card configuration.