Tandberg Data Storage Library T128 User manual

USER’S GUIDE
433568-01

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Contents
1 About This Guide and Your Product 1
Product Safety Statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Product Model Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Explanation of Symbols and Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Other Documents You Might Need . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Getting More Information or Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2 Description 3
Modules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
5U Control Module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
9U Expansion Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Stackability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Unused Storage Slots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Front Panel Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Access Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
I/E Station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Operator Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Front Power Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Back Panel Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Rear Power Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Power System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Library Control Blade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Robotic System and Barcode Scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Tape Drive Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Library Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Licensable Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Capacity-On-Demand (COD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Partitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Logical Unit Numbering (LUN). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Control Path Modification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Support for WORM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
System Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
3 Setting Up the Library 17
Unpacking the Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

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Unpacking and Inspecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Finding a Location. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Initial Setup Road Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Downloading Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
4 Understanding the User Interface 21
Common User Interface Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
System Summary and Subsystem Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Home Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Capacity View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Library View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Operator Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Operator Panel Keyboards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Web Client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Menu Trees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
User Privileges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
User Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
5 Configuring Your Library 29
About the Setup Wizard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Using the Default Administrative User Account. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Completing the Library Configuration With Menu Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Using the Setup Wizard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Setup Wizard Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Choosing the Interface: Local or Remote . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Remote Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Configuring Network Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Working With Partitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Automatically Creating Partitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Manually Creating Partitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Modifying Partitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Deleting Partitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Deleting Partitions Before Permanently Removing Expansion Modules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Changing Partition Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Changing Partition Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Configuring Cleaning Slots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Configuring I/E Station Slots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Configuring Zero I/E Station Slots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Setting Tape Drive Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Modifying the Control Path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Applying License Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Obtaining a Capacity-On-Demand License Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Setting Customer Contact Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Configuring the Library E-mail Account. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Working With E-mail Notifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Creating E-mail Notifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Modifying E-mail Notifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Deleting E-mail Notifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Working With User Accounts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Creating User Accounts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Modifying User Accounts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

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Deleting User Accounts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Setting the Date and Time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Managing the Network. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Enabling SSL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Setting Trap Registration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Enabling SNMP Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Configuring Library Security Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Configuring the Internal Network. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Configuring System Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Configuring Operator Panel Display Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Registering the Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
6 Running Your Library 55
Logging In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Logging Out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Understanding the Location Coordinates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Modules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Columns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Slots. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Tape Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Performing Media Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Importing Media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Bulkloading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Moving Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Exporting Media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Loading Tape Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Unloading Tape Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Changing the Tape Drive Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
About Cleaning Tape Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Enabling AutoClean. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Importing Cleaning Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Exporting Cleaning Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Manually Cleaning Tape Drives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Locking and Unlocking the I/E Stations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Shutting Down or Restarting the Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
7 Getting Information 69
Viewing System Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Viewing the Library Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Viewing Network Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Viewing Logged in Users. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Viewing Slot Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Viewing Information About the Tandberg StorageLibrary T128 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
8 Updating Library and Tape Drive Firmware 73
Updating Library Firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
About Tape Drive Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

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Creating a FUP Tape. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Erasing a FUP Tape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Using a FUP Tape to Update Tape Drive Firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Using an Image File to Update Tape Drive Firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Order a New FUP Tape From Technical Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Retrieving Tape Drive Logs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
9 Installing, Removing, and Replacing 83
Taking the Library Online/Offline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Taking a Library Online . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Taking a Library Offline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Cabling the Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Connecting Library Cables (SCSI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Connecting Library Cables (Fibre Channel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Installing a Stand-Alone 5U Control Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Installing a New 14U Library Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Preparing to Install a 14U Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Installing the 9U Expansion Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Installing the 5U Control Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Preparing to Use the 14U Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Adding a 9U Expansion Module to an Existing Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Preparing to Install the 9U Expansion Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Unstacking the Existing Modules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Installing the New 9U Expansion Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Preparing to Use the Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Removing 9U Expansion Modules From an Existing Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Preparing to Permanently Remove the 9U Expansion Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Removing the 9U Expansion Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Preparing to Use the New Library Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Replacing the 5U Library Control Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Preparing to Remove the 5U Control Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Removing the 5U Control Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Replacing the 5U Control Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Preparing to Use the 5U Control Module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Replacing a 9U Expansion Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Preparing to Remove the 9U Expansion Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Removing the 9U Expansion Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Replacing the 9U Expansion Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Preparing to Use the 9U Expansion Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Removing and Replacing the Library Control Blade and LCB Compact Flash Card. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Replacing the LCB and LCB Compact Flash Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Replacing the LCB. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Adding, Removing, and Replacing Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Adding a Redundant Power Supply. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Permanently Removing a Redundant Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Removing and Replacing a Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Installing the Rackmount Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Preparing Rackmount Kit for Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Installing the Rackmount Shelves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Preparing Your Library for Rack Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Installing Modules in the Rack. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Installing Additional Modules Into the Rack. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Adding, Removing, and Replacing Tape Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Adding a Tape Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

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Permanently Removing a Tape Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Removing and Replacing a Tape Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
10 Troubleshooting 153
About RAS Tickets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Viewing RAS Tickets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Resolving RAS Tickets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Capturing Snapshots of Library Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
About Saving and Restoring the Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Saving the Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Restoring the Configuration and Library Firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Identifying Tape Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Configuring the Internal Network. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Interpreting LEDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
LCB LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Amber LED on the LCB. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Servicing the LCB Based on LED Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Tape Drive LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Fibre Port Link LED on Tape Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Power Supply LEDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
11 Working With Cartridges and Barcodes 163
Handling Cartridges Properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Write-Protecting Cartridges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Barcode Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Installing Barcode Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
12 Specifications 167
Library Specifications Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Library Capacity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Library Environmental Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Library Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Library Component Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Electrical Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Library Power Consumption and Heat Output. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
13 Glossary 173

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Tables
Table 1 Available Library Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Table 2 Licensed Slots Per Library Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Table 3 Web Client Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Table 4 Operator Panel Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Table 5 Number of Partitions Supported . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Table 6 Number of I/E Station Slots Available Per Base System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Table 7 Activated Slots Per Available Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Table 8 Cover Plate Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Table 9 Cover Plate Location after Removing a 9U Expansion Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Table 10 Library Control Blade LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Table 11 Amber LED on the Library Control Blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Table 12 Tape Drive Activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Table 13 Fibre Port Link LED on Tape Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Table 14 Power Supply LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Table 15 Library Specification Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Table 16 Library Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Table 17 Library Environmental Specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Table 18 Library Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Table 19 Library Component Weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Table 20 Library Typical Power Consumption and Heat Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

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Figures
Figure 1 5U Library Configuration (Stand-Alone 5U Control Module) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Figure 2 14U Library Configuration (5U Control Module Plus One 9U Expansion Module) . . . . . . . 4
Figure 3 5U and 14U Library Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Figure 4 Front Panel Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Figure 5 Tandberg StorageLibrary T128 Back Panel Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Figure 6 Power System LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Figure 7 Library Control Blade LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Figure 8 Operator Panel User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Figure 9 Web Client User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Figure 10 Library Location Coordinates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Figure 11 Stand-Alone 5U Control Module SCSI Cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Figure 12 Multi-Module SCSI Cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Figure 13 Stand-Alone 5U Control Module Fibre Channel Cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Figure 14 Multi-Module Fibre Channel Cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Figure 15 Location of Tape Drive LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Figure 16 Power Consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Figure 17 Current Draw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

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About This Guide and Your Product
This guide contains information and instructions necessary for the normal operation and management of
the Tandberg StorageLibrary™ T128 library. This guide is intended for anyone interested in learning about
or anyone that needs to know how to install, configure, and operate the Tandberg StorageLibrary T128
library. Be aware that administrator level privileges are required to configure many of the features described
in this guide.
Product Safety Statements
This product is designed for data storage and retrieval using magnetic tapes. Any other application is not
considered the intended use. Tandberg Data 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 regulatory requirements. Be aware that
improper use may result in bodily injury, damage to the equipment, or interference with other equipment.
Product Model Number
The StorageLibrary model number is as follows: i500.
Explanation of Symbols and Notes
The following symbols appear throughout this document to highlight important information.
Note Be sure to read all operating instructions in this manual and in the System, Safety, and
Regulatory Information Guide before operating this product.
WARNING INDICATES A POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS SITUATION WHICH, IF NOT
AVOIDED, COULD RESULT IN DEATH OR BODILY INJURY.
CAUTION Indicates a situation that may cause possible damage to equipment, loss
of data, or interference with other equipment.

2About This Guide and Your Product
Other Documents You Might Need
The following documents are also available for this product.These documents can be found in the product
box or at www.tandberg.com.
• Tandberg StorageLibrary 128 Quick Start Guide (433567-xx)
• System, Safety, and Regulatory Information Guide (433605-xx)
Getting More Information or Help
Please visit www.tandberg.com for information about how to contact Tandberg Data.
Note Indicates important information that helps you make better use of your system.

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Description
The Tandberg StorageLibrary T128 tape library automates the retrieval, storage, and management of tape
cartridges. Tape cartridges are stored in the library and mounted and dismounted from tape drives using
firmware running on the library or software running on the host systems.
The Tandberg StorageLibrary T128 tape library is different from other tape libraries because it is an
intelligent library. The Tandberg StorageLibrary T128 tape library offers advanced management features
and reliability as well as scalable performance and storage capacity.
The Tandberg StorageLibrary T128 library is designed for ease of installation, configuration, and field
upgrades. The Tandberg StorageLibrary T128 library is built upon two basic building blocks: the 5U control
module and 9U expansion module (where 1U = 1.75").
These building blocks form the basis of the following available library configurations:
• A 5U library, consisting of a stand-alone control module
• A 14U library, consisting of one 5U control module and one 9U expansion module
Figure 1 on page 3 shows the front view of a 5U stand-alone control module.
Figure 2 on page 4 shows the front view of a 14U library, consisting of a 5U control module and a 9U
expansion module.
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Figure 1 5U Library Configuration (Stand-Alone 5U Control Module)

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Figure 2 14U Library Configuration (5U Control Module Plus One 9U Expansion Module)
Modules
Tandberg StorageLibrary T128 libraries are modular, and you can increase the size of the 5U library at any
time. The base systems for the Tandberg StorageLibrary T128 library are as follows:
• A 5U library, consisting of a control module
• A 14U library, consisting of a 5U control module and a 9U expansion module
Expansion modules provide additional capacity as your storage and tape drive requirements change. If you
have a stand-alone 5U control module, you can add a 9U expansion module to increase the size of your
library to 14U. See Figure 3 on page 5 for an illustration of library scalability.
Table 1 shows the specifications for the available library configurations.
Each module has a specific number of fixed storage slots, I/E station slots, and tape drive slots available.
See Table on page 168 for more information on module capacity. For information on installing, removing,
and replacing modules, see Installing, Removing, and Replacing on page 83.
Table 1 Available Library Configurations
Library Configuration Minimum, Maximum
Tape Drives Minimum, Maximum Tape Slots Minimum, Maximum Power Supplies
5U 1, 236, 36 1, 2
14U 1, 636, 128 2, 4

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5U Control Module
The 5U control module is required in any Tandberg StorageLibrary T128 library configuration. The 5U
control module contains the robotic controls, library control blade (LCB), and touch screen display. The 5U
control module also contains an import/export (I/E) station, fixed storage slots, tape drives, and at least one
power supply.
9U Expansion Modules
A 9U expansion module is a supplementary module that can be stacked above or below the 5U control
module (The recommended (but not required) placement of the 9U expansion module is below the 5U
control module). The expansion module contains fixed storage slots, tape drive slots, and power supply
slots. The I/E stations on the expansion module are included and may be configured as storage.
If an expansion module contains only cartridges, all power is derived from the control module.
Stackability
The two base systems for the Tandberg StorageLibrary T128 are the 5U library, consisting of a 5U
stand-alone control module, and the 14U library, consisting of a 5U control module and a 9U expansion
module. In addition, a 9U expansion module can be added to an existing 5U library to expand the size of
the library to 14U, which is the maximum rack height of the library. Figure 3 on page 5 illustrates the
stackability of the library.
Figure 3 5U and 14U Library Configurations
WARNING ALL LIBRARIES MAY BE INSTALLED IN A RACK HAVING A MAIN
PROTECTIVE EARTHING (GROUNDING) TERMINAL, AND POWER
MUST BE SUPPLIED VIA AN INDUSTRIAL PLUG AND
SOCKET-OUTLET AND/OR AN APPLIANCE COUPLER COMPLYING
WITH IEC 60309 (OR AN EQUIVALENT NATIONAL STANDARD) AND
HAVING A PROTECTIVE EARTH (GROUND) CONDUCTOR WITH A
CROSS SECTIONAL AREA OF AT LEAST 1.5 MM2(14 AWG).
TO ENSURE PROPER AIRFLOW AND ACCESS SPACE, ALLOW 60 CM
(24 INCHES) IN THE FRONT AND BACK OF THE LIBRARY.

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Unused Storage Slots
Each library configuration contains a limited number of slots that are not accessible to the robot.
In any library configuration, the picker cannot access the bottom two slots in each column in the lowest
module in the stack due to the fact that there is not enough clearance at the bottom of the library for the
robotic picker. The slot counts in this User’s Manual do not include these unusable slots. When bulkloading
the library, do not insert storage or cleaning tapes into the bottom two rows of the lowest module in the
library configuration. For information on bulkloading, see Bulkloading on page 59.
Front Panel Components
The Tandberg StorageLibrary T128 library is made up of physical hardware components. Figure 4 on
page 6 shows the front panel components of the library. The paragraphs following Figure 4 describe the
components in detail.
Figure 4 Front Panel Components
Access Door
The access door allows access to the internal components of the library. Each control module and
expansion module has an access door. In most cases, you will not need to access the library through this
door except when you want to bulkload or unload cartridges from the library.
The access door is locked by the I/E station door. To open the access door, you must first open the I/E
station door. If you want to prohibit access to the library, which is recommended for security reasons, lock
the I/E station door. This keeps unauthorized users from accessing tape cartridges.

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You can lock and unlock the I/E station door using commands on the Operations menu. If necessary, you
canalso lock andunlock theI/E stationdoormanually, using a T10 TORXscrewdriver. Formoreinformation
on these methods of locking and unlocking the I/E station door, see Locking and Unlocking the I/E Stations
on page 66.
If the access door is opened, the library is not available for use. When an access door (on any module) is
opened, all in-progress motion commands are stopped, and the picker slowly lowers to the bottom of the
library. When the access door is closed, the library returns any media in the picker to its original slot and
also performs a library inventory.
I/E Station
I/E stations enable importing and exporting cartridges with minimal interruption of normal library operations.
I/E stations are located on the front of the control module and on the front of expansion modules. A 5U I/E
station has a capacity of six cartridges within a removable magazine. A 9U I/E station has a capacity of 12
cartridges within two removable magazines.
The I/E stations can also be configured as storage as well as become part of a logical division of library
resources known as a partition. The I/E station is shared among all partitions, but the I/E station slots are
owned by one partition at a time. When an I/E station slot is assigned to a partition, only that partition can
access that slot.
Operator Panel
The operator panel is the touch screen display device upon which the graphical user interface (GUI)
appears. The operator panel is located on the access door of the control module. The library operations and
service functions are performed from this screen. The GUI is also accessible through a remote web client.
For more information on the library user interfaces, see Understanding the User Interface on page 21.
Front Power Switch
Turning off the front power switch turns off the robot and operator panel, but power still runs to the power
supplies. Use the front power switch to manually reboot or shut down the library. See Shutting Down or
Restarting the Library on page 67 for instructions on how to shut down or restart the library safely.
Back Panel Components
Figure 5 on page 8 shows the back panel components of the library. The paragraphs following Figure 5
describe the components in detail.
CAUTION CARE SHOULD BE TAKEN TO AVOID OPENING THE ACCESS DOOR
DURING ROBOTIC OPERATIONS SINCE THE ROBOT WILL STOP
IMMEDIATELY AND WILL FAIL TO COMPLETE THE CURRENT
OPERATION.

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Figure 5 Tandberg StorageLibrary T128 Back Panel Components
Rear Power Switches
Rearpowerswitchesarelocated oneach powersupply.Turningoff therearpower switchonapowersupply
removes all power from the library. The rear power switches should be used in all emergency and service
situations.
Power System
Thelibrarysupportssingleandredundantpowerconfigurations.Thesinglepowerconfigurationhasa single
AC line input and single DC power supply. The redundant configuration has dual AC line input and dual DC
power supplies.
If you have redundant power supplies, you can hot swap a power supply (power to the library remains on
while you exchange the hardware), and you can hot add power supplies to other modules (power to the
library remains on while you are adding the hardware).
WARNING TURN OFF THE REAR POWER SWITCH WHENEVER YOU ARE
SERVICING THE LIBRARY. IN THE EVENT OF DANGER TO
PERSONNEL OR PROPERTY, IMMEDIATELY TURN OFF THE REAR
POWER SWITCH AND REMOVE ALL POWER CORDS.
CAUTION Except in emergencies, use the shutdown procedure before
switching off the rear power switch. See Shutting Down or Restarting
the Library on page 67 for instructions on how to shut down the
library.