HP StoreEver MSL2024, MSL4048, MSL8048, and MSL8096 Tape Libraries User and Service Guide (AK378-96059, December 2012)
Table Of Contents
- User and Service Guide
- Contents
- 1 Features and overview
- Library options
- Interface specifications and requirements for parallel SCSI drives
- Interface specifications and requirements for Fibre Channel drives
- Interface specifications and requirements for SAS drives
- LTO-4 and later generation tape drives and encryption
- Logical libraries
- Control path and data path failover
- Front panel overview
- Back panel overview
- Tape drive back panel overviews
- Tape drive power indicator
- Controller health status indicator
- Power supply back panel (MSL4048, MSL8084, and MSL8096)
- 2 Installing the library
- Preparing the host
- Planning the parallel SCSI configuration
- Planning the SAS configuration
- Planning the Fibre Channel configuration
- Choosing a location
- Unpacking the shipping container
- Identifying product components
- Removing the shipping lock
- Mounting the device in a rack
- Installing the tabletop conversion kit
- Installing tape drives
- Installing a redundant power supply
- Changing the SCSI address (parallel SCSI drives only)
- Connecting the parallel SCSI cable (parallel SCSI devices only)
- Connecting the Fibre Channel cables (Fibre Channel devices only)
- Connecting the SAS cable (SAS devices only)
- Powering on the device
- Configuring the device
- Verifying the connection
- Labeling and loading the tape cartridges
- Verifying the installation
- Configuring additional features
- 3 Tape cartridges and magazines
- 4 Operating the tape library
- Remote management interface (RMI)
- Overview
- Login
- Status pane
- Getting help
- Identity
- Status
- Configuration
- Changing the system configuration
- Changing the drive configuration
- Changing the network configuration
- Configuration: Network Management
- Changing the administrator password
- Setting the date and time
- Setting error log mode
- Setting event notification parameters
- Saving and restoring the device configuration and restoring factory defaults
- Operations
- Support
- MSL2024 Operator control panel (OCP)
- LED indicators
- Library home screen
- Operator control panel buttons
- Understanding the menu structure
- Unlocking the mailslot (Unlock Mailslot)
- Status/Information
- Configuration
- Configuring logical libraries (Status/Information > Set Logical Libraries)
- Changing the administrator password (Configuration > Change Admin Password)
- Setting the number of reserved slots (Configuration > Set Reserved Slot Count)
- Configuring the mailslot (Configuration > Configure Mailslot)
- Bar code reporting format (Configuration > Barcode Format Reporting)
- Changing the SCSI address — parallel SCSI devices (Configuration> Change Drive)
- Changing the drive configuration — Fibre Channel devices (Configuration > Change Drive)
- Setting the master drive (Configuration > Set Master Drive)
- Setting behaviors (Configuration > Library behavior)
- Setting the date and time (Configuration > Library Date/Time)
- Configuring network settings (Configuration > Configure Network Settings)
- Configuring automatic cleaning (Configuration > Configure Auto Cleaning)
- Restoring factory defaults (Configuration > Restore Defaults)
- Saving and restoring the library configuration (Configuration > Save/Restore Configuration)
- Operations
- Unlocking, removing, and replacing magazines (Operations > Unlock Left or Right Magazine)
- Cleaning a tape drive (Operations> Clean Drive)
- Moving tapes in the library (Operations > Move Tape)
- Updating tape cartridge inventory (Operations > Perform Inventory)
- Rebooting the library (Operations> Reboot library)
- Enabling password locks (Operations > Enable Library Password Locks)
- Support
- Powering a drive on or off (Support > Power On/Off Drives)
- Running the demonstration (Support > Run Demo)
- Running the slot to slot test (Support > Run Slot To Slot Test)
- Running the wellness test (Support > Run Wellness Test)
- Upgrading firmware (Support > Library FW Upgrade, Support > Drive FW Upgrade)
- Viewing logs (Support > Library Error Log)
- Downloading a support ticket (Support > Download Support Ticket)
- Forcing the drive to eject a tape (Support > Force Drive To Eject Tape)
- MSL4048, MSL8048, and MSL8096 operator control panel
- Overview
- Using the OCP
- Illustrated menu option and navigation examples
- Info menu
- Configuration menu
- Changing the number of logical libraries (Configuration > Logical Libraries)
- Changing the library configuration (Configuration > Library)
- Changing the drive configuration (Configuration > Drives)
- Changing the network configuration (Configuration > Network)
- Barcode reporting format (Configuration > Barcode Reporting)
- Setting and changing the administrator password (Configuration> Set Admin Password)
- Restore defaults (Configuration > Restore Defaults)
- Setting the library date and time (Configuration > Set Date and Time)
- Saving and restoring the library configuration (Configuration> Save/Restore)
- Operations menu
- Support menu
- Powering drives on and off (Support > Power on/off Drives)
- Cleaning the tape drive (Support > Clean Drive)
- Running tests (Support > Run Tests)
- Viewing logs (Support > View Logs)
- Updating library and drive firmware (Support > FW Upgrade)
- Force ejecting a drive (Support > Force Drive Eject)
- Downloading a support ticket (Support > Support Ticket)
- Rebooting the tape library (Support > Reboot)
- Remote management interface (RMI)
- 5 Troubleshooting
- Detection problems after installing a parallel SCSI device
- Detection problems after installing a SAS device
- Fibre Channel connection problems
- Operation problems
- Performance problems
- Service and repair
- The wellness test
- Error codes
- Warning events
- Configuration change events
- Information events
- Using HP Library & Tape Tools to diagnose problems
- 6 Upgrading and servicing the tape library
- Possible tools needed
- Installing a new tape drive
- Removing and replacing a tape drive
- Removing and replacing a magazine
- Installing a redundant power supply (MSL4048, MSL8048, and MSL8096 only)
- Replacing the power supply (MSL4048, MSL8048, and MSL8096)
- Replacing the library controller (MSL4048, MSL8048, and MSL8096)
- Removing and replacing the base chassis
- 7 Support and other resources
- 8 Documentation feedback
- A Technical specifications
- B Regulatory information
- C Electrostatic discharge
- Glossary
- Index
5. Enter the administrator password if prompted.
6. Press Previous or Next until the screen displays the filename of the library firmware file on the
USB drive. Press Enter to select the firmware file.
7. If the upgrade failed, press Enter to display the error code and message describing the cause
of the failure.
8. Remove the USB flash drive from the USB port.
To upgrade drive firmware from a USB flash drive:
1. Download current tape drive firmware using HP Library & Tape Tools or from the HP support
website: www.hp.com/support/storage. Copy the firmware onto the USB flash drive.
TIP: The display will only show the first 16 characters of the file name. If the USB drive has
multiple firmware files, ensure that you can distinguish the files from the first 16 characters in
their file names.
2. Insert the USB flash drive into the USB port on the back of the device.
3. From the Home screen, press Previous or Next until the screen displays Support. Press Enter
to select.
4. Press Previous or Next until the screen displays Drive FW Upgrade. Press Enter to select.
5. Enter the administrator password if prompted.
6. Press Previous or Next until the screen displays Drive FW Upgrade by USB. Press Enter to
select.
7. Press Previous or Next until the screen displays the filename of the drive firmware file on the
USB drive. Press Enter to select the firmware file.
8. If the upgrade failed, press Enter to display the error code and message describing the cause
of the failure.
9. Remove the USB flash drive from the USB port.
To update drive firmware from a firmware upgrade tape:
1. Load a firmware upgrade tape into the mailslot or any open slot. If all slots are full, remove
a data tape to make room for the firmware upgrade tape.
2. From the Home screen, press Previous or Next until the screen displays Support. Press Enter
to select.
3. Press Previous or Next until the screen displays Drive FW Upgrade. Press Enter to select.
4. Enter the administrator password if prompted.
5. Press Previous or Next until the screen displays Drive FW Upgrade by Tape. Press Enter to
select.
6. Press Previous or Next until the screen displays one of the following: Drive 1. The second line
may read: Firmware: G39W or Drive 2 Firmware: G39W or All Drives. Press Enter to select
the appropriate drive to upgrade.
7. Press Previous or Next until the display shows the correct slot location of the firmware upgrade
tape installed in the device (example) FW Tape Location Slot: Mailslot. Press Enter to select
the correct firmware tape location. The screen displays Upgrading Drive FW.
8. When the update is complete, the screen displays either Success Export FW Tape, or Failed
Export FW Tape. If the upgrade failed, press Enter to display the error code and message
describing the cause of the failure.
9. Remove the firmware upgrade tape from the device using either the mailslot or by removing
the magazine where the tape has been placed.
Viewing logs (Support > Library Error Log)
The library keeps a log of recent error and warning messages. See “Error codes” (page 163) for
more information about error codes.
To access the error or warning log:
MSL2024 Operator control panel (OCP) 121