HP StorageWorks MSL Library Extender user guide (AQ746-96005, September 2009)
Table Of Contents
- HP StorageWorks MSL Library Extender user guide
- Table of Contents
- 1 Features and overview
- 2 Configuring and operating an extended library
- 3 Installing the Library Extender
- Identifying product components
- Downloading product documentation
- Determining the master and lower Library
- Saving the Library configurations
- Upgrading the Library firmware
- Enabling extended mode
- Removing the cartridges from the Libraries
- Powering off the Libraries
- Positioning the Libraries in a rack
- Relocating tape drives
- Removing and replacing drive bay covers
- Removing the USB device and Ethernet cable from the lower Library
- Extending the pull-out tab
- Aligning the Libraries
- Installing the Extender
- Powering on the extended library
- Verifying the installation
- 4 Using diagnostic tools and troubleshooting
- 5 Servicing the Library Extender
- Replacing the Library Extender
- Removing the Library Extender
- Removing a cartridge from the Extender
- Repackaging the Library Extender
- Releasing the magazines manually
- 6 Support and other resources
- A Technical specifications
- B Electrostatic discharge
- C Regulatory compliance notices
- Glossary
- Index
Special cases
• OCP contrast setting (MSL4048 and MSL8096) — each Library retains the setting it had before
extended mode was enabled.
• Drive power — In the extended library, one of the tape drives is configured as the SCSI master
drive. The SCSI master drive can be in either Library.
When extended mode is disabled, the Library that hosts the tape drive that was configured as the
SCSI master drive in the extended library retains the drive power settings from the extended library.
Thus, if any tape drives in this Library were powered off, they will continue to be powered off.
In the other Library, all tape drives are powered on.
Removing a cartridge from the Extender
If the extended library cannot return a tape to one of the Tape Libraries, you may need to remove it
manually.
1. Remove the Extender from the tape Libraries.
a. Using a #1 Phillips screwdriver, loosen the four thumbscrews that secure the Extender to the
Tape Libraries.
b. Pull the Extender straight out of the Libraries as shown in Figure 35, page 60.
Figure 35 Removing the Extender
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2. If the tape cartridge is near the front of the Extender, grasp the cartridge with your hand and
pull it straight out of the Extender.
Servicing the Library Extender60