1. Library Guide
  2. Configure the Library
  3. Initial Configuration Steps After Physically Installing the Library

Initial Configuration Steps After Physically Installing the Library

After physically installing the modules and tape drives, use these guidelines to initially configure the library and connect to SCSI host applications.

What to do before a library power up or restart

  • Connect Ethernet cables to the library controller Customer port, and optionally connect to the Service and OKM ports.
  • Install the tape drives (if not already installed). Connect Fibre Channel cables to all drives. DO NOT connect Ethernet cables to individual drives. The drive IP network is internal to the library.
  • If using FC-SCSI host applications, connect Fibre Channel cables to the library controller ports. Initially, only port 1 is fully active.

What to do after the library powers up and completes initialization

  • Verify the LINK light is active on the FC switches for the tape drives and the library controller connection. The library controller does not have FC link lights. To verify the connection, you must check the FC switch or use the GUI.
  • Install hardware activation files: redundant control path and tape capacity as appropriate.
  • OPTIONAL: Partition the library. Create CAP pools. Create partitions and assign cells to partitions.
  • Load tapes using the CAP (if not done before power up).
    • For shared CAPs, you must assign ownership to a partition before importing tapes
    • Open the CAP, load tapes, and use the GUI to move the tapes out of the CAP.

How to remotely access the library's tape drives

  • You will need to configure a separate admin server to remotely access the drives. You will use this admin server for OKM drive enrollment, VOP 2.3.3 operations, IBM drive encryption firmware upgrades, and drive firmware upgrades.
  • The SL4000 drive network differs from that of the SL3000, and therefore requires different routing. Refer to the OKM documentation for the OKM SL4000 setup information.
  • After configuring the admin server, try pinging an SL4000 drive using the drive's IP address as found in the GUI.

How to connect SCSI host applications to the library

  • Verify that the library and drive FC ports are logged into the FC switches. Zone the FC switch so that the drives and library robots will be available to host applications. At this point, the hosts should be able to see the drives.
  • Verify the hosts appear in the GUI. The World Wide Port Name (WWPN) is the WWPN of the host HBAs. Rename the host to make them easier to identify.
    • More "hosts" than expected may appear in the list. These are most likely FC switch ports. After identifying them, you may rename or ignore these "hosts".
  • Assign partitions. Each host must have one and only one LUN 0 per host port.
  • The host applications should now be able to see the robots.
  • Configure the host applications. For example, install necessary patches to support the SL4000 library, setup the devices (paying attention to the drive order, which may be the SCSI addressing order), inventory the tapes, and so on.