StorageTek L700e Manual

L700e
Tape Library
Operator’s Guide
Document 95845

L700e Tape
Library
Operator’s Guide

ii Tenth Edition 95845
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L700 Tape Library Configuration Information
Serial
Number:_______________ Code Version: _____________
Library ID: ________________
Number of Drives Installed: _______
DLT7000 Single-ended ❑Differential ❑
On bus ❑Off bus ❑
Address: __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
DLT8000 Single-ended ❑Differential ❑
On bus ❑Off bus ❑
Address: __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
9840/T9840B/T9940 Differential ❑
Fiber Channel ❑
On bus ❑Off bus ❑
Address: __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
Ultrium Single-ended ❑Differential ❑
HVD ❑ LVD ❑
On bus ❑Off bus ❑
Address: __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
Fast Load: Enabled ❑
Disabled ❑Auto Clean: Enabled ❑
Disabled ❑

95845 Tenth Edition iii
Summary of Changes
EC Date Edition Description
53897 August 1999 First Initial Release
111626 April 2001 Ninth Refer to this and previous editions for a description
of the changes.
111677 August 2001 Tenth General: Changed book title to reflect frame
change from L700 to L700e.
Appendix A: Revised cartridge tape and label
information to include SDLT cartridges.

Summary of Changes
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This page intentionally left blank.

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Contents
Summary of Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
Figures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xii
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
Organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
Alert Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv
Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv
Additional Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xv
StorageTek’s External Web Site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xv
Customer Resource Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xv
e-Partners Site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi
Hardcopy Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi
Comments and Suggestions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi
Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xvii
FCC Compliance Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xvii
CISPR 22 and EN55022 Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xvii
Japanese Compliance Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .-xviii
Taiwan Warning Label Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .-xviii
Internal Code License Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xix
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxi
Fiber Optic Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxi
Laser Product Label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxi
Fiber-Optic Cable Handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xxii
Fiber-Optic Cable Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xxii
Rack Safety and Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxiii
Electrostatic Discharge Damage Prevention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxvi
1: General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-1
Tape Library Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
Robot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
Storage Cells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Cell Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5

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Library Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Reserved Cells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9
Cartridge Access Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10
Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11
Horizon L Series Library Monitor Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12
Tape Library Safety Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12
Controlling Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12
Library Operating Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12
Automated Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13
Auto Clean Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13
13U Rack Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-14
2: Controls and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-1
Operator Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
Display Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
Library Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
FSC (Fault Symptom Code) Logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
CAP Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
Drive Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
Cleaning Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9
Diagnostic Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10
Version Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11
Main Configuration Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12
Library Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12
Library SCSI Interface Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13
Library Fibre Channel Interface Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13
Drive Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14
Network Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15
Personality Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16
Display Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16
Operations Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-17
Library Power Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-18
Redundant AC Power Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-20
Tape Drive Power Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-21
3: Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-1
Enabling Auto Clean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
Powering on the Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Initializing and IPLing the Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3

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Re-initializing the Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
Re-IPLing the Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
Entering Configuration Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
Operator Panel Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
Library Entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
Setting the Library’s SCSI ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
Setting the Library Fibre Channel Port 0 Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
Reviewing Port 0 Worldwide ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
Reviewing Library Worldwide ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
Enabling/Disabling Fast Load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
Setting the Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8
Setting the Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9
Configuring a Personality Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9
Setting the Web Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9
Drive Entries (SCSI Drives Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
Network Entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12
Viewing the Ethernet Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12
Setting the Library Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12
Setting the IP Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13
Setting the Network Gateway Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14
Setting the Subnet Mask Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15
Screen Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15
Cleaning Cartridge Warning Count . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16
Horizon L Series Library Monitor Entries (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-17
Loading Tapes into the Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-18
Placing the Library Online . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-20
Sending Library Audit Data to the Client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-20
4: Library Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-1
Operating in Automated Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Monitoring Status Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
CAP Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
Library Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
Remote Users Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
Drive Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
Drive Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
CAP Magazine Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5
CAP States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5
Cleaning Cartridge Usage Count . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
Cartridges in the Reserved Cells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
Cartridges in Reserved Cells and CAP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
Library Personality Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7

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Exporting Cleaning Cartridges through the CAP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9
Importing Cleaning Cartridges through the CAP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9
Importing Data Cartridges through the CAP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
Exporting Data Cartridges through the CAP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16
Manually Cleaning a Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16
Reviewing FSC Logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-17
Running Diagnostic Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18
Running Drive Diagnostic Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-19
Running a Get-Put Loop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-19
Operating in Demo Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-20
Powering off the Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-21
Operating in Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-22
Opening the Library Front Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-22
Moving the Robot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-23
Raising and Lowering the Hand-camera Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-24
Rotating the Z Column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-25
Locating a Cartridge in the Storage Cells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-25
Removing a Cartridge from the Hand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-26
Loading/Unloading Cartridges Manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-28
Loading a Cartridge into a Load Handle Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-28
Unloading a Cartridge from a Load Handle Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-30
Loading a Cartridge into a 9840/T9840B/T9940 Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-31
Unloading a Cartridge from a 9840/T9840B/T9940 Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-32
Loading a Cartridge into an Ultrium Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-33
Unloading a Cartridge from an Ultrium Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-34
Returning the Library to Online Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-35
5: StorageTek Maintenance Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-1
Customer Support Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
Customer Initiated Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
StorageTek’s Worldwide Offices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
A: Cartridge Tape Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1
Cartridge Tapes and Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1
Cleaning and Diagnostic Cartridge Starter Kits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2
Cartridge and Label Part Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3
Colored Cartridge Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-4
Preparing Cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-4
Handling a Cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-4
Inspecting a Cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-5
Ordering Tape Cartridges/Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-9
Applying Cartridge Labels to DLT Cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-10

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Contents
Applying Cartridge Labels to 9840/T9840B Cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-12
Applying Cartridge Labels to T9940 Cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-13
Applying Cartridge Labels to Ultrium Cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-14
Setting the DLT and SDLT Write-protect Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-15
Setting the 9840/T9840B Write-protect Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-16
Setting the T9940 Write-protect Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-17
Setting the Ultrium Write-protect Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-18
Maintaining Cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-19
DLT Cartridge Environmental Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-19
9840/T9840B Cartridge Environmental Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-20
Ultrium Cartridge Environmental Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-21
Storage of Cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-22
Cartridge Exterior—Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-22
Repair of a Detached Leader Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-22
B: Library Elements and Diagrams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Glossary-1
Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Index-1
Reader’s Comment Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RCF-1

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Figures
Figure 1-1. Library Major External Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
Figure 1-2. Robot Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
Figure 1-3. Locating Cartridges—Top View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7
Figure 1-4. Locating Cartridges—Panels, Cells, Rows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8
Figure 1-5. Reserved Cell Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10
Figure 2-1. Operator Panel Display, Controls, and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Figure 2-2. Library Initial Status Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
Figure 2-3. Main Menu Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
Figure 2-4. FSC Log Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
Figure 2-5. CAP Status Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
Figure 2-6. Drive Information Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
Figure 2-7. Cleaning Information Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10
Figure 2-8. Main Diagnostics Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11
Figure 2-9. Version Information Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11
Figure 2-10. Main Configuration Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12
Figure 2-11. Library Configuration Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13
Figure 2-12. Library SCSI Interface Configuration Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13
Figure 2-13. Library Fibre Channel Interface Configuration Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14
Figure 2-14. Drive Configuration Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15
Figure 2-15. Network Configuration Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15
Figure 2-16. Personality Module Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16
Figure 2-17. Display Information Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16
Figure 2-18. Library Power Switch Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-19
Figure 2-19. Drive Power Switch Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-21
Figure 3-1. Placing Tapes into Array Cells—9840, T9840B and T9940 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-18
Figure 3-2. Placing Tapes into Array Cells—Ultrium, DLT, and SDLT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-19
Figure 4-1. Example Library Status Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
Figure 4-2. Removing the CAP Magazine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12
Figure 4-3. Entering DLT/SDLT Cartridges into the CAP Magazine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13
Figure 4-4. Entering 9840/T9840B/T9940 Cartridges into the CAP Magazine . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14
Figure 4-5. Entering Ultrium Cartridges into the CAP Magazine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15
Figure 4-6. Opening the Access Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-23
Figure 4-7. Raising and Lowering the Hand-camera Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-24
Figure 4-8. Rotating the Z Column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-25
Figure 4-9. Extending the Gripper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-26
Figure 4-10. Removing a Cartridge from the Hand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-27

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Figure 4-11. Drive with Load Handle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-29
Figure 4-12. Loading a Cartridge into a Load Handle Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-30
Figure 4-13. Loading a Cartridge into the 9840/T9840B/T9940 Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-32
Figure 4-14. Loading a Cartridge into an Ultrium Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-34
Figure A-1. DLT and SDLT Cartridge Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-5
Figure A-2. 9840/T9840B Cartridge Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-6
Figure A-3. T9940 Cartridge Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-7
Figure A-4. Ultrium Cartridge Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-8
Figure A-5. Applying Cartridge Labels to DLT and SDLT Cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-11
Figure A-6. Applying Cartridge Labels to 9840/T9840B Cartridges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-12
Figure A-7. Applying Cartridge Labels to T9940 Cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-13
Figure A-8. Ultrium Cartridge Label. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-14
Figure A-9. Setting the DLT and SDLT Write-protect Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-15
Figure A-10. Setting the 9840/T9840B Write-protect Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-16
Figure A-11. Setting the T9940 Write-protect Switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-17
Figure A-12. Setting the Ultrium Write-protect Switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-18
Figure B-1. Tape Library Elements—1 CAP, 1 Drive Column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-2
Figure B-2. Tape Library Elements—1 CAP, 2 Drive Columns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-3
Figure B-3. Tape Library Elements—2 CAPs, 1 Drive Column. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-4
Figure B-4. Tape Library Elements—2 CAPs, 2 Drive Columns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-5

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Tables
Table 1-1. Tape Library Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
Table 2-1. Operations Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-17
Table 4-1. CAP Status Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
Table 4-2. Library Status Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
Table 4-3. Drive Status Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
Table 4-4. CAP Magazine Slot Status Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5
Table 4-5. CAP States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5
Table 4-6. Personality Module Status/Info Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8
Table 4-7. L700e Library Drive Diagnostic Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18
Table A-1. Cleaning and Diagnostic Cartridge Starter Kits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2
Table A-2. Cartridge and Label Part Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3
Table A-3. Ultrium Cartridge Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-8
Table A-4. Ultrium Cartridge Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-9
Table A-5. DLT Cartridge Environmental Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-19
Table A-6. 9840/T9840B Cartridge Environmental Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-20
Table A-7. LTO Ultrium Cartridge Environmental Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-21

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Preface
This guide describes how to operate the L700e tape library (referred to in this
manual as “the library”). For specific drive information and for host-generated
software commands and console messages, refer to your drive or software
documentation.
This guide is intended primarily for data center operators. System programmers
and computer system administrators might also find the information useful.
■Organization
This guide has five chapters and two appendixes:
Chapter 1 “General Information”describes the tape library hardware. This
chapter also describes the library’s two operating modes, its
Auto Clean feature, and the optional Horizon L Series Library
Monitor.
Chapter 2 “Controls and Indicators”shows the locations of the power
switch and operator panel and describes the functions of the
buttons, indicators, and display screens.
Chapter 3 “Configuration”describes how to power on and configure the
library and drives through the operator panel.
Chapter 4 “Library Operation”contains the procedures for operating the
library in two modes: automated mode and manual mode. It
explains how to load cartridges through the CAP, power off the
library, and manually removing cartridges.
Chapter 5 “StorageTek Maintenance Support”describes how to contact the
Customer Support Center for assistance if the library has a
hardware or software problem.
Appendix A “Cartridge Tape Information”describes how to prepare, inspect,
store, clean, and repair cartridges. It also lists the criteria that
colored cartridges must meet to be used in the tape library.
Appendix B “Library Elements and Diagrams”includes maps of all SCSI
elements and panel, row, column locations for the library cells.
Glossary The Glossary defines new or special L700e tape library terms
and abbreviations used in this guide.
Index The Index assists in locating information in this guide.

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not always, follows the information to which it pertains.
CAUTION:
A caution informs the reader of conditions that might result in damage to
hardware, corruption of data, corruption of application software, or long-
term health problems in people. A caution always precedes the
information to which it pertains.
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death. A warning always precedes the information to which it pertains.
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Jumper names TERMPWR All uppercase
Keyboard keys <Y>
<Enter> or
<Ctrl+Alt+Delete>
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(usually initial caps); enclosed
within angle brackets

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Notices
Please read the following compliance and warning statements for this product.
CAUTION:
Potential equipment damage: Cables that connect peripherals must be
shielded and grounded; refer to cable descriptions in the instruction
manuals. Operation of this equipment with cables that are not shielded
and not correctly grounded might result in interference to radio and TV
reception.
Changes or modifications to this equipment that are not expressly
approved in advance by StorageTek will void the warranty. In addition,
changes or modifications to this equipment might cause it to create
harmful interference.
■FCC Compliance Statement
The following compliance statement pertains to Federal Communications
Commission Rules 47 CFR 15.105:
Note: This equipment has been tested and found to comply to the limits for
Class A digital devices pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits
are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful
interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial
environment. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio
frequency energy and, if not installed in accordance with the instruction
manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause
harmful interference, in which case the user will be required to correct
the interference at his or her own expense.
■CISPR 22 and EN55022 Warning
This is a Class A product. In a domestic environment, this product may cause
radio interference, in which case, the user may be required to take adequate
measures.

Japanese Compliance Statement
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■Japanese Compliance Statement
The following compliance statement in Japanese pertains to VCCI EMI
regulations:
English translation: This is a Class A product based on the standard of the
Voluntary Control Council for Interference by Information Technology
Equipment (VCCI). If this equipment is used in a domestic environment, radio
disturbance may occur, in which case, the user may be required to take
corrective actions.
■Taiwan Warning Label Statement
The following warning label statement pertains to BSMI regulations in Taiwan,
R.O.C.:
English translation: This is a Class A product. In a domestic environment, this
product may cause radio interference, in which case, the user may be required
to take adequate measures.