HP Interface Manager and Command View for Tape Libraries 3.7 User Guide

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Drive clusters in the ESL E-Series libraries are zero-based, although they are not referred to from the front panel of the
library.
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The zero-based numbering of the FC ports and SCSI busses corresponds to the numbers that are printed on the actual
hardware.
Navigating the CLI
The CLI is case-sensitive. Enter all commands and keywords in lower case. User-defined strings,
such as names or descriptions, may be any case including mixed case. Case information for
user-defined strings is preserved in the configuration.
The CLI provides the following basic commands:
Table 35 Basic commands
DescriptionCommand
Displays configuration, status, and log information.show
Sets or changes configurable values.set
Contains commands to map hosts to all drives.map
Contains commands to unmap hosts from all drives.unmap
Saves the current configuration or logs.save
Restores saved or factory default configurations.restore
Downloads firmware.download
Reboots devices.reboot
Contains commands to create hosts for mapping purposes.create
Move media between drives, slots, and mail slots.move
Contains commands to synchronize the mapping.synch
Launches part replacement wizards.replace
Launches the remove host wizard.remove
contains commands to clear various Interface Manager characteristicsclear
Table 36 (page 184) shows additional operating commands provided by the CLI.
Table 36 Operational commands
DescriptionCommand
Moves to the root command level.home
Moves up one command level.up
Displays help text for a particular command.help
Terminates the current management session.exit
The CLI also provides a command history that stores the last ten entered commands. Use the up
and down arrow keys to scroll through the list of previous commands. For a complete listing of CLI
commands, see (page 190).
Interface Manager mode
The Interface Manager mode setting specifies how the FC interface controllers are configured. In
Automatic mode, the host port connection settings will be configured the same across all FC interface
controllers in the library. In Manual mode, the host port connection settings for each FC interface
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