Specifications

User Interfaces
Management Card
The Sun StorEdge L25 and L100 libraries can be remotely managed via a management card (noted in
manuals as the MC300). The management card consists of two powerful tools: ALERT Notification and
ALERT Library Management.
ALERT Notification signals the user of any error conditions within the library (or the entire stack)
through email.
ALERT Library Management allows remote access to the status of the library and components, such as
tape drives or robotics, allowing the user to quickly react to issues and administer a resolution. One
management card is required for each library (or group of libraries). A single card has the ability to
provide status of any of the libraries within the stack where it resides.
ALERT Notification provides:
− Email status of library events to one or more specified email addresses, to provide proactive
response to library events
ALERT Library Management allows:
− Viewing of library availability
− Examining the status of library components such as drives and robotics
− Moving tapes to/from slots, drives or load port
− Monitoring barcodes of tape cartridges (inventory of library)
− Initiating drive cleaning
− Running diagnostics
Two of the important library management features are described below in more detail.
Remote Front Panel
ALERT Library Management provides a menu-driven remote interface that includes nearly all the
functions available on the front panel of the library itself. From a remote browser anywhere in the world,
the system administrator can check the status of the library, reconfigure the library, move tapes to and
from drives and to the load ports, and initiate drive cleaning and system tests. The graphical
representation of the slots and drives in the library shows the location of all tape media, including the
barcode labels. Performing operations such as unloading tapes via the load port by initially moving tape
cartridges from the slots via the browser is a convenient management technique that saves time and
money. For example, the tapes can be ready in the load port when the operator goes to the library to
retrieve them.
Component-Level Diagnostics
ALERT Library Management allows the system administrator to check the status of the most critical
library component — the tape drives. If the E-Mail Home system signals an error condition at the library,
the administrator can check the status of individual subsystems in the library, or can insert a tape in the
drive that is showing the error. The ability to remotely perform diagnostics can help eliminate the need
for the administrator to go to the data center if an error condition arises, saving valuable time.
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