User's Manual

Table 5-12. Drive Identity page elements

Menu Item Description 2U Library 4U Library

SCSI Fibre SAS SCSI Fibre SAS

SCSI ID For each SCSI drive, click on the drop down list

and select the number of the slot in which the

drive is located.

Power On For each drive, click in the box to power ON the

selected drive.

XX X XX X

Control Path The control path drive communicates messages

from the host to the library. Select this option for

each drive that you want to be a control path

drive. At least one drive in each logical library

must be designated as a control path drive.

XX X XX X

Port A Configuration:

Speed This is the current speed setting of the drive. For

each Fibre Channel drive, click on the drop down

list and select Automatic, 1Gb/s, 2Gb/s, 4 Gb/s,

or 8 Gb/s. For each SAS drive, select Automatic,

3 Gb/s, or 6 Gb/s. Selecting Automatic will

allow library speed to automatically negotiate to

the current server speed.

Topology For each Fibre Channel drive, click LN-Port,

L-Port, or N-Port.

FC-AL Loop

This is the loop position number. The options are:

"Manual" or "Automatic".

Port B Configuration:

Port B is supported for SAS full height drives

only.

Note: Port B is only supported for failover.

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Figure 5-41. The Configure Library: Drives page for a 2U library

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