Quantum Scalar i6000 User manual

User’s Guide
Scalar i6000
6-66879-15 Rev B

ii Quantum Scalar i6000 User’s Guide
Quantum Scalar i6000 User’s Guide, 6-66879-15 Rev B, December 2017, Product of USA.
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Contents
Preface xiii
Chapter 1 Description 1
Front View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Hardware Configuration Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Dual Robotics Configurations and Parking Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Control Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Expansion Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Library Management Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
I/O Management Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Control Management Blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Fibre Channel I/O Blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Ethernet Expansion Blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Robot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Import/Export Stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
I/E Station Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Extended I/E Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

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Cartridge Magazines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Tape Drives and Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
LTO Drives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Mixed Media Support and Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Support for WORM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Operator Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Power System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Library Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Density . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Centralized Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Proactive Availability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Serviceability and Reliability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Data Path Conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Host Attachment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Remote Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Capacity on Demand. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Chapter 2 Troubleshooting Your Library 43
How Does the Library Report Issues?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Status Indicator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
System Status Button Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
E-mail Notifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
SNMP TRAP Notification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Working With Tickets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Ticket Guidelines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Displaying Ticket Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Viewing Ticket Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Viewing History Ticket Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Viewing Ticket Details Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Viewing Ticket Repair Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Viewing Tape Alerts and Generating Media Integrity Analysis
Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Mailing, Saving, and Printing Ticket Information . . . . . . . . . . 80
Running Verification Tests to Determine Issue Resolution. . . . 82
Closing Tickets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Generating the Tickets Report. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Suppressing Tickets and Ticket Notifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

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Interpreting LEDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Interpreting Blade Status LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Interpreting Drive Status LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Interpreting Fibre Port Link LEDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Interpreting Ethernet Expansion Blade LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Interpreting MCB Port LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Interpreting LBX Terminator LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Interpreting Power Supply LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Interpreting Gen 2 Robot Status LEDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Interpreting HDEM Tower Enable Button Blinking Pattern . . 114
Working With Command History Logs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Viewing Command History Logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Mailing and Saving Logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Accessing Online Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Chapter 3 Configuring Your Library 123
Running the Setup Wizard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Accessing Setup Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Enabling Licenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Working With Partitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Understanding Partition Media Policy Settings . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Creating Partitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Modifying Partitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Deleting Partitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Configuring Control Paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Configuring an IBM or HP LTO-5 or later Drive as the Control Path
159
Setting Up the Network Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Setting up IPv4 Network Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Setting up IPv6 Network Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Configuring DNS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Viewing the Current Network Port Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Changing the Internal IP Network Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Managing Connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Port Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
FC Host Port Failover. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

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Setting Up Policies for the Physical Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Specifying the Date and Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Configuring E-mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Setting Up or Changing the E-Mail Configuration . . . . . . . . 188
Testing the Current E-Mail Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Setting Up E-mail Notifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Setting Up Media Security Notifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Viewing the Media Security Events Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Configuring Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Configuring Drive SCSI ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Configuring Fibre Channel Drive Speed, Topology, and Loop ID . . . . 202
Configuring Fibre Channel I/O Blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
FC Host . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Channel Zoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
FC Host LUN Mapping. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Generating the LUN Mapping Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Generating the Library Configuration Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Configuring Drive Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Assigning Cleaning Magazines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Importing Cleaning Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Exporting Cleaning Media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Unassigning a Cleaning Magazine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Registering SNMP Traps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Registering an Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Removing an Application’s Trap Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Configuring Library Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Accessing the Security Configuration Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . 235
Configuring Access for Network Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Configuring Access for Remote LMC Clients . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Configuring Access for SNMP and SMI-S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Using LDAP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
LDAP Server Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Configuring LDAP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Configuring Screen Saver Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Working With Data Path Conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Configuring Datapath Conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250

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About the Configuration Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Setting Aisle Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Configuring a Webcam For Your Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Additional Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Working with Towers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Chapter 4 Active Vault 259
About Active Vault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Configure Active Vault. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Create Active Vault Partitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Configure Access to External Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Configure Active Vault Policies on Partitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
View Active Vault Partition Policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Chapter 5 Advanced Reporting 267
Media Usage Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Viewing Cross-Partition Media Moves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Chapter 6 Automated Media Pool 273
Requirements for Automated Media Pool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Configure Automated Media Pool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Create an AMP Partition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Create Magazine Extensions in Standard Partitions . . . . . . . 276
Configure AMP Import Policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Configure AMP Auto Export Policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Use an Automated Media Pool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Assign Storage Magazines to/from the AMP. . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Move Media to/from the AMP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Auto Import Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Chapter 7 Capacity on Demand 285

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Chapter 8 Encryption Key Management 287
Encryption Key Management Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
KMIP-compliant Encryption Key Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
FIPS-Certified Encryption Solution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Enabling and Disabling FIPS Mode on HP LTO-5 or Later Tape
Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Viewing FIPS Status on the Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Setting up EKM on the Scalar i6000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Step 1 — Installing the EKM License Key. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Step 2 — Preparing Partitions for Library-managed Encryption .
294
Step 3 — Installing TLS Communication Certificates on the
Library. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Step 4 — Configuring the EKM Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Step 5 — Configuring Partitions for Library-managed Encryption
306
Step 6 — Saving the Library Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Using EKM Path Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Troubleshooting EKM Path Diagnostics Problems . . . . . . . . . 312
Monitoring EKM Server Status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
Using Q-EKM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Using SKM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
SKM Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Chapter 9 Extended Data Lifecycle Management 327
About EDLM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
Configuring EDLM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Step 1: Creating the EDLM Library Managed Partition . . . . . 330
Step 2: Configuring Access to StorNext . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Step 3: Configuring EDLM Policies on Partitions . . . . . . . . . . 332
Step 4: Viewing EDLM Partition Policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
Running Manual EDLM Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
Viewing EDLM Test Sessions and Report Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348
Working with the EDLM Test Sessions List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348
Viewing EDLM Session Report Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351

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Viewing the EDLM Queue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
Diagnosing a Suspect EDLM Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Chapter 10 Path Failover 357
Use the Storage Networking Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
License Drives for Path Failover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
Configure Control Path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361
Multi Control Path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
Basic Control Path Failover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364
Advanced Control Path Failover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
Advanced Control Path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
Configuring Data Path Failover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376
Basic Data Path Failover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379
Advanced Data Path Failover (ADPF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381
Configuring Host Access to Storage Networking Drives and Partitions . .
383
Requirements for Host Access. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384
Configuring Hosts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384
Creating, Modifying, and Deleting Host Access Groups . . . . 396
Host Access Configuration – Modifying Drives/Partitions and
Viewing Host Access Groups. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411
Chapter 11 Configuring Access to StorNext 419
Step 1: Confirming the External Application is Supported . . 420
Step 2: Installing/Removing the Scalar i6000 API Client Plug-in .
420
Step 3: Configuring External Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422
Chapter 12 Partition Utilization Reporting 427
Viewing the Partition Utilization Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427
Interpreting the Partition Utilization Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . 428
Scheduling Partition Utilization Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429
Chapter 13 Running Your Library 433

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Logging On and Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434
Logging On From the Touch Screen (Local Client). . . . . . . . . 434
Logging Off From the Touch Screen (Local Client) . . . . . . . . 436
Logging On From a Web Browser (Remote Client) . . . . . . . . 436
Logging Off the Web Browser (Remote Client) . . . . . . . . . . . 438
Connecting to Multiple Libraries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 438
Operator Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439
Indicator Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440
Library Management Console (LMC). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442
Menus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443
Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453
Reading the Library Information Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455
System Status Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457
Understanding Location Coordinates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459
Cartridge Locations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460
Tape Drive Location Coordinates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465
I/O Blade Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468
I/E Station Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470
Tower Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472
Viewing the Library (Physical or Partition) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473
Displaying the Physical Library or a Partition. . . . . . . . . . . . . 474
Managing Library Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474
Changing the Library’s State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475
Working With Local User Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477
Creating Local User Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478
Modifying Local User Accounts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481
Deleting Local User Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 483
Viewing Local User Account Permissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 484
Shutting Down/Rebooting the Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485
Powering Off the Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 487
Powering On the Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 487
Locking/Unlocking the I/E Station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 488
When Robotics Are Not Ready. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 490
Using the Library Access Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 492
Aisle Access. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 493
Robot Access. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 496

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Chapter 14 Using the Command Line Interface 497
Logging on to the CLI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 498
Command Line Interface (CLI) Commands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 499
Initial Path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 499
Navigating Paths. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 499
Global Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500
Path-specific Commands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502
Issuing a Command from the Initial Prompt . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503
CLI Command List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503
Chapter 15 Maintaining Your Library 515
Monitoring the Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 516
Monitoring System Status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 517
Monitoring Drive Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 520
Monitoring Connectivity Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 523
Monitoring I/E Station Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 527
Monitoring Slot and Extended I/E Slot Status . . . . . . . . . . . . 529
Monitoring Media Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 532
Monitoring Sensor Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 535
Monitoring Users Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540
Monitoring Partition Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541
Monitoring Partition Policies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 544
Monitoring EKM Server Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 546
Mailing, Saving, and Printing Status Information. . . . . . . . . 548
Mailing or Saving the Configuration Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . 550
Maintenance Actions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 552
Is the Access Door Closed? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 552
Is a Cartridge Old? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 552
Using Library Explorer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 553
Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 559
Re-enable Robot Remotely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 569
Working With Connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 570
Capturing Snapshots. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 572
Capture a Network Trace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 575
Updating Library Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 579
Updating Drive Firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 592
Teaching the Library (Configuration and Calibration) . . . . . . 599
Saving and Restoring Library Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . 601
Viewing the Drive Resource Utilization Reports. . . . . . . . . . . 610

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Setting Up Advanced Reporting Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 616
Working With Verification Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 622
Using the Partitions Defragmentation Tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 674
Removing Lodged Cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 677
Using Sift Sort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 678
Exporting Media via Sift/Sort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 678
Capturing Sift Sort Screen Shot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 682
Retrieving MIBs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 682
Emailing or Saving an MIB File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 682
Maintaining Air Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 683
Removing an Air Filter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 685
Replacing an Air Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 686
Robot, Tower and Power Rail Health Checks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 687
Chapter 16 Working With Cartridges and Barcodes 689
Handling Cartridges Properly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 690
Write-Protecting Cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 691
Supported Barcode Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 692
Barcode Label Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 693
Installing Barcode Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 693
Using Cleaning Cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 696
Managing and Moving Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 697
Importing Cartridges Into Partitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 697
Exporting Cartridges From Partitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 699
Loading Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 700
Unloading Drives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 702
Moving Media Within a Partition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 703
Moving Media Between Active Vault or AMP and Standard
Partitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 704
Taking Inventory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 706

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Preface
This guide contains information and instructions necessary for the
normal operation and management of the Scalar i6000 library. This
guide is intended for system administrators, operators, or anyone
interested in learning about or using the Scalar i6000 library after its
initial installation and configuration. Be aware that you must have
administrator privileges to use many of the features that this guide
describes.
Caution: Be sure to read all operating instructions in this manual
and in the
System, Safety, and Regulatory Information
Guide before operating this product.
Product Safety Statements
This product is designed for data storage and retrieval using magnetic
tape. Any other application is not considered the intended use.
Quantum will not be held liable for damage arising from unauthorized
use of the product. The user assumes all risk in this aspect.
This unit is engineered and manufactured to meet all safety and
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bodily injury, damage to the equipment, or interference with other
equipment.
Caution: Be sure to read all operating instructions in this manual
and in the
System, Safety, and Regulatory Information
Guide before operating this product.
WARNING: Before powering on or using this equipment, read THE
System, Safety, and Regulatory Information Guide . Keep
the Guide for future reference.
Note: When drive sled positions are empty, drive cover plates must be
installed and in place at all times to prevent access into the
empty drive sled Positions.
Mechanical Locks The access and service doors can only be opened with a key. The key
should be kept by an authorized person at your company. Access to the
interior of the library is both a data-integrity and safety issue.
Power Button on the
Library’s Indicator Panel
Switching off the Power button on the indicator panel, located on the
front of the library, removes power from the electronics, which causes
the picker to stop immediately. This button also removes power from
the drives.
WARNING: This power button functions as a power interrupt only. To
completely remove all power before servicing or in an
emergency, turn off the circuit breaker on the power
distribution unit, and then disconnect the power cord
from the electrical source.
Mercury Statement Projectors, LCD displays, and some multifunction printers may
use lamp(s) that contain a small amount of mercury for
energy-efficient lighting purposes. Mercury lamps in these
products are labeled accordingly. Please manage the lamp

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according to local, state, or federal laws. For more information, contact
the Electronic Industries Alliance at www.eiae.org. For lamp-specific
disposal information check www.lamprecycle.org.
Disposal of Electrical
and Electronic
Equipment
This symbol on the product or on its packaging
indicates that this product should not be disposed of
with your other waste. Instead, it should be handed
over to a designated collection point for the
recycling of electrical and electronic equipment. The
separate collection and recycling of your waste
equipment at the time of disposal will help to
conserve natural resources and ensure that it is
recycled in a manner that protects human health and
the environment. For more information about where you can drop off
your waste equipment for recycling, please visit our Web site at: http://
qcare.quantum.com or contact your local government authority, your
household waste disposal service or the business from which you
purchased the product.
Product Model Number
The Scalar i6000 Regulatory Model Number is as follows:
SCi6000.
Explanation of Symbols and Notes
The following symbols appear throughout this document to highlight
important information.
Note: Indicates important information that helps you make better
use of your system.

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Caution: Indicates a situation that may cause possible damage to
equipment, loss of data, or interference with other
equipment.
WARNING: Indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not
avoided, could result in death or bodily injury.
Other Documents you Might Need
The following documents are also available for this product. These
documents can be found at www.quantum.com/support.
• Scalar i6000 Planning Guide (6-66882-xx)
• Scalar i6000 Release Notes (6-66883-xx)
• Scalar i2000/i6000 Maintenance Guide (6-66880-xx)
• Scalar i6000 Installation Guide (6-66881-xx)
• Scalar i6000 Unpacking Instructions (6-00771-xx [Gen 1] or 6-
67467-01-xx [Gen 2])
• System, Safety, and Regulatory Information Guide ( 6-00618-xx)
Note: Release Notes are also available for this product. The Release
Notes describe changes to your system or firmware since the
last release, provide compatibility information, and discuss any
known issues and workarounds. The Release Notes can be
found at www.quantum.com/support.

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Chapter 1
Description
The Scalar i6000 library automates the retrieval, storage, and control of
tape cartridges. Application software on the host can use the library’s
robotics to mount cartridges into tape drives and retrieve them without
operator intervention.
The library can be installed on a solid or raised floor. It has a standard
19-inch rack footprint and can be placed in a standard server rack space.
Because the library provides access by way of the access and service
doors, the library can be placed with either side against a wall or
between racks.
In December, 2011, the library robotics were redesigned. The redesign
accommodates either a single robot or dual robotics. The original robot
hardware is referred to as Gen 1; the new robot hardware is referred to
as Gen 2.
With firmware version i11, robots in a dual-robot system work in an
active/active manner, where both robots perform move commands and
other library operations.
In March 2013, the library electronics were redesigned, including a new
second generation Management Control Blade (MCB 2). The electronics
redesign is referred to as Gen2 Electronics and is required for to support
new features, such as Active/Active operation for Dual Robots and the
High-Density Expansion Module (HDEM).
In June 2015 new Series 3 modules were released for the Control
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Expansion Module (SEM3). These new modules are capable of a higher
number of drive support than the previous modules.
Dual robotics libraries require special modules on either end called
parking modules, which house the robots when not in use. See Dual
Robotics Configurations and Parking Modules on page 7 for more
information.
You can tell which generation robot you have via the library user
interface. The library displays which generation of robot hardware is
installed. Select Monitor > System from the menu, click the Robot tab,
and look in the Generation column (see Figure 1).
Figure 1 Robot Tab
To determine what generation electronics your library is running, select
Monitor > System from the menu, click the Components tab and look in
the Name column. If you have MCB2 and RCU2, you have gen2
electronics. Any other MCB or RCU level means gen1 electronics.