Users Guide

Chapter 12 Installing, Removing, and Replacing
Taking the Library Online/Offline
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• Cabling Libraries With Fibre Channel Tape Drives Connected to
Fibre Channel I/O Blades
• Recommended Library Cabling for FC I/O Blades
Taking the Library Online/Offline
An online library allows a host application to fully control library
operations. Taking a library offline switches library control to the user
interfaces and limits host application command requests.
Taking a Library Online12
To take an entire library online, take all of its partitions online.
1 Using the library’s operator panel, select Operations > Change
Partition Mode
; or, using the Web client, select Operations > Partitions
> Change Mode
.
2 For each partition that you want to take online, click Online.
3 Click Apply.
Warning: Without tape drives, tape cartridges, or power supplies, a
5U Library Control Module weighs approximately 60 lbs
(27.2 kg). A 9U Library Expansion Module, without tape
drives, tape cartridges, or power supplies, exceeds 65 lbs
(29.5 kg).
To avoid serious injury, at least two people are required to
safely lift the modules.
Caution: ML6030 (and higher) CM and Expansion Modules require
professional installation. Professional installation may
have been included with your purchase. Please call
1-800-945-3355 to schedule professional installation of
your PowerVault library.