Drive Serial Number Spoofing

The library "spoofs" the true serial number of LTO drives, meaning the library uses the right-most 10 characters of the drive tray serial number rather than the drive manufacturing serial number.

The library only spoofs drive serial numbers for LTO drives (T10000 drive spoofing is not supported). The library returns the spoofed value for the SCSI medium changer "read element status" command and the "inquiry" command. Spoofing helps when replacing a failed drive because the "spoofed" serial number of the drive is the same after the replacement, eliminating the need to reconfigure applications. When requesting drive service, you can provide the spoofed value to look up the service contract for the drive.