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Contents
About This Guide 18
INTENDED AUDIENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
PRODUCT STATUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
RELATED INFORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Chapter 1 – Library Overview 23
LIBRARY FEATURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
BlueScaleSoftware......................................... 24
LibraryComponents........................................ 28
InteriorComponents....................................... 31
MainandDriveExpansionFrameRearComponents............ 33
MediaExpansionFrames.................................... 37
OperatorPanelandTouchScreen............................ 38
TeraPackAccessPort(TAP)................................. 39
SpectraLibraryControlModules(LCMandRCM)............. 40
ExportingControllers....................................... 43
TapeDrives............................................... 45
TERAPACK CARTRIDGE HANDLING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
LIBRARY EXPANSION AND UPGRADES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Chapter 2 – Architecture Overview 49
MEDIA POOLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
LIBRARY PARTITIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
StoragePartitions.......................................... 53
CleaningPartitionsandAutoDriveClean..................... 54
DRIVE AND MEDIA FRAMES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
COMPONENT IDENTIFIERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
RIM2Identifiers........................................... 58
DriveIdentifiers........................................... 58
FIBRE CHANNEL CONNECTIVITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
RoboticControllerConnectivity.............................. 60
DriveConnectivity......................................... 65
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HIGH-AVAILABILITY CONFIGURATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
RedundantConnectivity.................................... 67
GlobalSpareDrives........................................ 70
RedundantPowerSupplies.................................. 70
Chapter 3 – Introducing the
BlueScale User Interface 71
OVERVIEW OF THE BLUESCALE USER INTERFACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
AccessOptions............................................ 72
UserInterfaceFeatures...................................... 74
LibraryManagement....................................... 82
USING THE BLUESCALE USER INTERFACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
LogIntotheUserInterface.................................. 83
LogOfforSwitchUsers..................................... 87
EnterInformationonScreens................................ 88
Chapter 4 – Configuring the Library 90
CONFIGURING LIBRARY USERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
UnderstandingUserGroupsandSecurity..................... 91
AddaNewUser........................................... 92
ModifyanExistingUser.................................... 94
DeleteanExistingUser..................................... 94
ACCESSING THE SYSTEM SETUP SCREEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
ENABLING BLUESCALE SOFTWARE SUPPORT, OPTIONS,
AND UPGRADES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
EnterActivationKeys....................................... 98
AddOptions.............................................. 99
CONFIGURING THE GLOBAL SYSTEM SETTINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
ConfiguretheSystemSettings.............................. 101
ConfigureNetworkSettings................................ 105
ConfigureMailUsers...................................... 107
EnableEmailfortheAutoConfigurationSaveFile............. 109
SettheDateandTime..................................... 111
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CONFIGURING OPTIONAL LIBRARY SETTINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
InstallaSecurityCertificateandAuthenticationKey........... 113
ConfigureRoutineMaintenance............................. 116
EnableandConfigureSNMP............................... 117
ConfigureControllerFailover............................... 120
ConfigureEmulation...................................... 123
ConfigureBarcodeReporting............................... 125
ConfigureaPackageServer................................. 130
ModifyAutoDownloadOptions............................ 133
ConfigureRotationManager................................ 134
BACKING UPTHE LIBRARY CONFIGURATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
UseAutomaticBackupoftheLibraryConfiguration........... 137
UseManualBackupoftheLibraryConfiguration............. 137
Chapter 5 – Operating the Library 141
CONTROLLING THE LIBRARY POWER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
PowerOntheLibrary...................................... 142
PowerOfftheLibrary..................................... 144
MONITORING YOUR LIBRARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
CheckandRespondtoMessages............................ 147
UsePerformanceMetrics................................... 150
ViewRobotUtilizationInformation......................... 153
ViewDriveStatusInformation.............................. 154
ViewaPartition’sWorldWideName........................ 157
USING AUSB DEVICE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
ContinuingBackupsWhileUsingaUSBDevice............... 158
ConnectaUSBDevicetotheLibrary......................... 159
Chapter 6 – Configuring and Managing Partitions 160
PARTITION CONFIGURATION OVERVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
PartitionTypesandRequirements........................... 161
PREPARING TO CONFIGURE PARTITIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
CREATING ACLEANING PARTITION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
DefinetheInitialCleaningPartitionSettings.................. 168
ConfiguretheChambersforthePartition..................... 169
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CREATING ASTORAGE PARTITION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
DefinetheInitialStoragePartitionSettings................... 170
SelecttheRoboticControlPath.............................. 174
AssignGlobalSpareDrives................................. 176
AllocateChambersandDrives.............................. 178
EnableandConfigureMLMPreScanandPostScan............ 180
SelecttheEncryptionMode................................. 183
ConfiguretheDriveFibreChannelAddressing............... 185
SpecifythePartitionUsers.................................. 186
ConfiguretheRoboticPathVisibility........................ 186
ConfigurethePortAddressingfortheControllers............. 187
CONFIRMING AND SAVING THE PARTITION SETTINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
MODIFYING AN EXISTING PARTITION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
DELETING APARTITION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
DeleteaPartition.......................................... 197
Chapter 7 – Importing and Exporting Cartridges 198
PREPARING CARTRIDGES FOR USE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
CartridgeGuidelinesandRequirements...................... 199
PreparetheCartridgesforUse.............................. 201
M8Media................................................ 202
IMPORT AND EXPORT OVERVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Requirements............................................. 203
Restrictions............................................... 203
IMPORTING INTO ASTORAGE OR CLEANING PARTITION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
ImportRequirements...................................... 204
PreparetheStoragePartitionortheCleaningPartition......... 207
ImporttheMagazines..................................... 208
PreparetheEntry/ExitPool................................. 211
EXPORTING OR EXCHANGING MAGAZINES AND CARTRIDGES . . . . . . . . . . . 211
PreparefortheExportorExchange.......................... 212
ExportMagazinesfromaPartition.......................... 213
ExchangeMagazinesorCartridgesinaPartition.............. 214
ExportorExchangeExpiredCleaningCartridges.............. 215
USING THE ADVANCED IMPORT/EXPORT OPTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
ManuallyCreateaMoveQueue............................. 218
UploadaMoveQueue..................................... 221
StarttheMoves........................................... 224
UPDATING THE STORAGE MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE INVENTORY . . . . . . . 224
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Chapter 8 – Using the Cartridge Inventory 225
UNDERSTANDING THE CARTRIDGE INVENTORY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
VIEWING AND DOWNLOADING THE CARTRIDGE INVENTORY . . . . . . . . . . . 226
ViewtheCartridgeInventoryforaLocation.................. 227
DownloadtheCartridgeInventory.......................... 229
LOCATING ASPECIFIC CARTRIDGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
MOVING CARTRIDGES WITHIN APARTITION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
MoveCartridgesUsingtheBlueScaleInventoryScreen......... 234
MoveCartridgesUsinganASCIIMoveFile.................. 239
Chapter 9 – Configuring and Using Media Lifecycle
Management 245
BLUESCALE MEDIA LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
SpectraCertifiedMLM‐EnabledMedia....................... 246
AutomaticMediaDiscovery................................ 247
MediaTrackingandReporting.............................. 249
MLMPreScanandPostScan................................ 252
AdditionalMLMFeatures.................................. 253
ENABLING MLM AND CONFIGURING GLOBAL SETTINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
EnableMLMandConfigureSettings......................... 255
ConfigureHowStorageCapacityDisplays................... 259
ConfigurePostScanBlackoutPeriods........................ 260
USING MEDIA LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
AddCartridgestotheMLMDatabase....................... 262
DiscoverCartridgesManually.............................. 264
StoptheDiscoveryProcess................................. 266
USING PRESCAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
USING POSTSCAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
OperationalOverview..................................... 267
AddressRequirementsforUse.............................. 271
EnablePostScan........................................... 272
RequestaManualPostScan................................. 272
PausethePostScanProcess................................. 274
USING MLM REPORTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
GenerateMLMReports.................................... 275
SaveanMLMReport...................................... 280
OverrideaPoorCartridgeHealthReport..................... 282
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MANAGING THE MLM DATABASE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
BackUptheMLMandDLMDatabases...................... 284
VerifytheDatabaseBackupFile............................. 286
DeleteMLMRecordsFromtheDatabase..................... 286
DownloadtheMLMDatabaseforAnalysisandArchival....... 289
Chapter 10 – Using Drive Lifecycle Management 290
BLUESCALE DRIVE LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
MONITORING DRIVE HEALTH USING DLM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
UsingtheDriveHealthIcons............................... 293
ViewingandSavingaDetailedDriveHealthReport........... 295
DOWNLOADING THE DLM DATABASE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Chapter 11 – Configuring and Using AutoSupport 300
AUTOSUPPORT OVERVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
CONFIGURING AUTOSUPPORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
ConfigureMailRecipients.................................. 303
ConfigureAutoSupportProfiles............................. 303
ConfigureAlarms......................................... 308
ConfigureLogSetForwarding.............................. 310
USING AUTOSUPPORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
CreateNewSupportTickets................................ 311
UpdateExistingSupportTickets............................ 315
Chapter 12 – Library Troubleshooting 317
TROUBLESHOOTING LIBRARY PROBLEMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
TROUBLESHOOTING LIBRARY INITIALIZATION ISSUES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
TROUBLESHOOTING BLUESCALE USER INTERFACE ISSUES . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
TROUBLESHOOTING MLM ISSUES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
TROUBLESHOOTING ENCRYPTION ISSUES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
RESOLVING OPERATIONAL ISSUES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
USING BLUESCALE HARDWARE HEALTH MONITORING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
RespondtoHHMNotifications............................. 327
ViewHardwareHealthMonitoring(HHM)Data.............. 331
CAPTURING TRACES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
RESETTING THE LIBRARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
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RESETTING COMPONENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
ResettheLCMorRCM.................................... 337
ResetaRIM.............................................. 338
ResetthePowerControlModule............................ 340
TESTING THE ROBOTICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
RESTORING THE LIBRARY CONFIGURATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
RestoreFromanAutoConfigurationSaveFile................ 344
RestoretheLibraryConfigurationUsingaSavedConfiguration. 348
RestoretheMLMandDLMDatabases....................... 350
Chapter 13 – Drive Troubleshooting 353
RESETTING ADRIVE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
USING AGLOBAL SPARE DRIVE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
UsetheGlobalSpareDrive................................. 356
UndotheGlobalSpareDrive............................... 359
RETRIEVING ADRIVE TRACE OR DRIVE DUMP FILE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
UsetheDriveTracesButton................................ 360
UsetheIBMTapeDiagnosticTool(ITDT)toRetrieveaDriveDump..
362
UsetheBlueScaleRetrieveDriveDumpUtility................ 363
TROUBLESHOOTING DRIVES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
IdentifytheProblem....................................... 365
InterprettheDetailedDriveInformation..................... 368
USING DLM TO TEST ADRIVE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382
RequirementsforUsingtheWizard......................... 382
RuntheDLMDriveHealthVerificationWizard............... 384
Chapter 14 – Maintaining the Library 387
UPDATING, SERVICING, OR MOVING THE LIBRARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388
RENEWING THE BLUESCALE SOFTWARE SUPPORT KEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389
UPDATING THE BLUESCALE SOFTWARE AND LIBRARY FIRMWARE . . . . . . . 391
ChecktheLibraryBlueScaleSoftwareVersion................ 392
CheckComponentFirmwareVersions(Optional)............. 393
ChecktheCurrentlyReleasedBlueScaleVersion.............. 395
DownloadtheBlueScalePackage............................ 396
PreparefortheBlueScalePackageUpdate.................... 397
InstalltheUpdatePackage................................. 398
ManageUpdatePackages.................................. 411
INSTALLING CORD LOCKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412
CALIBRATING THE TOUCH SCREEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413
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Chapter 15 – Maintaining the Drives 414
CLEANING ADRIVE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415
DetermineWhetherCleaningisRequired.................... 416
PreparetheLibraryforDriveCleaning....................... 417
DeterminetheCleaningMethod............................ 418
ManuallyCleaningaDrive................................. 419
TrackCleaningCartridgeUse............................... 421
UPDATING DRIVE FIRMWARE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422
PreparefortheUpdateProcess.............................. 423
UpdateUsingITDT....................................... 426
UpdateUsingDriveUpdatethroughPackageUpdate......... 429
UpdateUsingtheDriveFirmwareUpdateWizard............ 437
UpdateUsingtheUpdateDriveFirmwareUtility............. 440
UPDATING DRIVE DEVICE DRIVERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444
ADDING OR REPLACING ADRIVE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445
AddaDrivetotheLibrary................................. 445
ReplaceaDrive........................................... 446
Chapter 16 – Technical Support 447
ACCESSING THE TECHNICAL SUPPORT PORTAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447
CreateanAccount......................................... 448
LogIntothePortal........................................ 450
OPENING ASUPPORT TICKET . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450
RETURNS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453
Appendix A – Best Practices 454
MLM BEST PRACTICES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454
ImplementationGuidelines................................. 455
UsagePolicyGuidelines................................... 455
DisasterRecoveryPlanning................................. 457
BACK UPAND PROTECT THE LIBRARY METADATA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458
BackUptheLibraryMetadata.............................. 458
VerifyandProtecttheMetadataBackup...................... 460
USING CARTRIDGES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462
LabelingCartridges....................................... 462
HandlingCartridges....................................... 463
StoringCartridges......................................... 464
UsingCartridgesintheLibrary............................. 465
CartridgeRotation........................................ 466
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Appendix B – Media & Upgrades 469
MEDIA AND MEDIA ACCESSORIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469
SpectraCertifiedMedia.................................... 469
MediaandMediaAccessories............................... 470
HowToOrder............................................ 471
LIBRARY SUPPORT AND UPGRADES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471
ServiceContractExtension................................. 471
BlueScaleSoftwareUpdates................................ 472
LibraryUpgrades......................................... 472
HowtoOrder............................................ 475
REPLACEABLE COMPONENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475
Appendix C – Specifications 476
LIBRARY SPECIFICATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477
DataStorageCapacity..................................... 477
SizeandWeight........................................... 479
ServiceAccessRequirements............................... 480
ShippingandStorageSizeandWeight....................... 480
PowerSpecifications....................................... 481
EnvironmentalSpecifications............................... 484
ShockandVibrationSpecifications.......................... 486
INTEROPERABILITY AND SOFTWARE COMPATIBILITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 486
INTERFACE SPECIFICATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 486
ComponentInterfaceConnectors............................ 487
NetworkInterfaceCableRequirements...................... 487
UniversalSerialBus(USB)Support.......................... 488
NDMPSupport........................................... 488
TAPE DRIVE AND MEDIA SPECIFICATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 488
LTOTapeDriveSpecifications.............................. 488
TS11xxTechnologyTapeDriveSpecifications................. 490
Drive‐BasedEncryptionHighlights.......................... 492
TapeMediaSpecifications.................................. 492
BarcodeLabelSpecifications................................ 495
Appendix D – Regulatory & Safety Standards 500
EU DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500
EMISSION STANDARDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 501
FCC NOTICE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 501
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SAFETY STANDARDS AND COMPLIANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 501
LaserWarning............................................ 502
NEMKO ACCREDITATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502
ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503
WasteofElectronicandElectricalEquipment(WEEE)Directive. 503
RestrictionofHazardousSubstancesinElectricalandElectronic
Equipment(RoHS)..................................... 503
MeasuresfortheAdministrationoftheControlofPollutionby
ElectronicInformationProducts(China).................. 504
RecyclingYourLibrary.................................... 504
CONFLICT MINERALS POLICY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 505
Index 506
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About This Guide
Thisguidedescribeshowtoconfigure,use,maintain,andtroubleshootthe
Spectra®T950Vlibrary.
INTENDED AUDIENCE
Thisguideisintendedfordatacenteradministratorsandoperatorswho
maintainandoperatebackupsystems.Theinformationinthisguide
assumesafamiliaritywithSCSIandFibreChannelcommandprotocols,as
wellaswithnetworkconnectivityprotocolssuchasFibreChanneland
Ethernet.Italsoassumesaknowledgeoftechnicaltaskssuchas
configuringoperatingsystemsandinstallingdrivers.
PRODUCT STATUS
TheSpectraLogic®TechnicalSupportportalprovidesinformationabout
whichproductsarecurrentlysupportedandwhichareconsidered
discontinued.Toviewinformationaboutdiscontinuedproducts,loginto
theportal(seeAccessingtheTechnicalSupportPortalonpage447)and
navigatetoDocumentation > Product Discontinuance Information.
RELATED INFORMATION
Thissectioncontainsinformationaboutthisdocumentandother
documentsrelatedtotheT950Vlibrary.
BlueScale User Interface Screens
TheBlueScale®interfacechangesasnewfeaturesareaddedorother
modificationsaremadebetweensoftwarerevisions.Therefore,thescreens
onyourlibrarymaydifferfromthoseshowninthisdocument.
About This Guide Related Information
August 2019 User Guide—Spectra T950V Library 19
Additional Publications
ForadditionalinformationabouttheSpectraT950Vlibraryanditsdrives,
refertothepublicationslistedinthissection.
Spectra T950V Library
ThisguideandthefollowingdocumentsrelatedtotheT950Vlibraryare
availableasPDFfilesontheSpectraLogicwebsiteat:
support.spectralogic.com/documentation.
TheSpectraT950VLibraryQuickReferenceGuideprovidesaquick
referencefortheuserinterfaceandinstructionsforperforming
day‐to‐daylibraryoperationssuchaspoweringonandoff,and
preparing,importing,andexportingmedia.
TheSpectraT950VLibraryBlueScaleToolbarOptionMapprovidesaquick
referenceforlocatingtheoptionsandcommandsavailablethroughthe
BlueScaleuserinterface.
TheSpectraT950VLibrarySitePreparationGuideprovidesinformation
aboutpreparingyoursitefortheinstallationoftheT950Vlibrary.
TheSpectraTapeLibrariesEncryptionUserGuideprovidesdetailed
informationaboutusingBlueScaleEncryptionStandardand
ProfessionalEdition,theSpectraSKLMEncryptionkeymanagement
system,andtheSpectraKMIPEncryptionkeymanagement.Italso
providesusefulinformationaboutencryptionbestpracticesand
recyclingencryptedmedia.
TheSpectraTapeLibrariesSCSIDeveloper’sGuideprovidesdetailed
informationabouttheSCSIandFibreChannelcommandsusedinthe
library.
TheSpectraTapeLibrariesXMLCommandReferenceprovidesdetailed
informationaboutusingtheXMLinterfacewiththeT950Vlibrary.
TheSpectraTapeLibrariesWarningsdocumentprovidesallofthe
warningsfoundinSpectratapelibrariesdocumentation,inEnglishand
27otherlanguages.
ThefollowingdocumentisavailableafterloggingintoyourSupportportal
accountat: support.spectralogic.com.
TheT950VLibraryReleaseNotesandDocumentationUpdatesprovidesthe
mostup‐to‐dateinformationabouttheT950Vlibrary,drives,and
media.
About This Guide Related Information
August 2019 User Guide—Spectra T950V Library 20
LTO Ultrium Tape Drives
ThefollowingdocumentsprovideinformationthatisapplicabletoallIBM
LTOtapedrives.
IBMTapeDeviceDriversInstallationandUser’sGuide
Note: ThisguidealsoprovidesinformationaboutusingtheIBMTape
DiagnosticTool(ITDT)totroubleshootdriveproblems.
IBMTotalStorageLTOUltriumTapeDrive:SCSIReference
Fordrive‐specificinformation,searchfortheproductname(forexample,
LTO5)onthedocumentationpageontheIBMwebsite.Youcanalsosearch
theIBMSupportPortalat:
http://www‐947.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/Documentation.
TS11xx Technology Drives
ThefollowingdocumentsprovideinformationthatisapplicabletoTS11xx
technologydrives.
IBMSystemStorageTapeDrive3592SCSIReference
IBMTapeDeviceDriversInstallationandUserʹsGuide
Note: ThisguidealsoprovidesinformationaboutusingtheIBMTape
DiagnosticTool(ITDT)totroubleshootdriveproblems.
Spectra SKLM Server
Foradditionalinformationthatcanassistyouduringtheinstallationand
configurationofyourserver,seethefollowingwebsite:
IBMSecurityKeyLifecycleManagerwelcomepage.
KMIP
Seethedocumentationspecifictoyourserver.
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